Tanden. She is the Domestic Policy Adviser to President Biden. Let me ask you that. This is the president s final State Of The Union speech before this upcoming election. What are we going to see tonight . Well, i think youre going to see the president in fighting form. Im talking about what hes accomplished for the American People, what hes delivered on lower cost Prescription Drugs, millions of jobs, more people covered by Health Insurance than any time in american history. But hes also going to lay out his agenda for the future. Whole host of issues. And really fundamentally lay out the stakes what hes fighting for, and what other people may be fighting for and why his his his agenda is the one that really serves the American People and neera i mean one issue thats on a lot of americans minds is inflation. It has cooled. I mean, the data shows that its clear, but it continues to be a thorn in the side for many americans, im sure youve seen people putting on social media how much it
While now dealing with a stinging election night, democrats say they have settled one of the key disputes in the $1.75 trillion spending bill the cost of prescription bills. senate majority leader chuck schumer announced yesterday. it will allow to negotiate the price of some medicines, penalize for rising prices faster than inflation. and cap costs at seniors at $2,000 a year. democrats will say it will cap monthly insulin at $35. it s backed by the white house and has the endorsement of senator kyrsten sinema of arizona who negotiated the terms directly with house speaker nancy pelosi. sinema released a statement that reads in part this, the senator welcomes a new agreement on a historic transformative medicare drug negotiation, to ensure that
Plans to cap costs for social care in england will protect people against the catastrophic fear of losing everything according to the prime minister. we are asking this morning, going into their proposals. under the proposals no one will have to pay more than £86,000 for their care, but as tim muffett reports, some families are already facing huge costs. my name isjonathan, my mother s name isjean. she is 93 and she s had parkinson s for the last 20 years. as his mum s health has declined, jonathan s faced mounting costs emotional and financial. she has paid for her care herself all along it s about £267,000 now and that s come from £180,000 of savings, plus her earnings because she does have an income. but now her half of the house is being sold, so she has basically left 166,000 to pay for the remainder of her care. and from my reckoning, that
Spilling into the streets from homes and hotels. the city s mayor says there s been no reports of any major damage. the headlines on bbc news: mps will vote later today on the prime minister s plans for tax rises, to fund the nhs and social care. the home secretary will hold discussions with her french counterpart about the surge in the number of migrants crossing the english channel to the uk. over a thouand people have made the journey so far this week. anti taliban forces have asked the international community to not recognise the all male government announced by the taliban yesterday. plans to cap costs for social care in england will protect people against the catastrophic fear of losing everything , according to the prime minister. under the proposals, no one will have to pay more
Listening to a viable, very well-planned health care plan to replace the aca. laura: you realized early on there was no provision to cap costs, i read that. yeah. laura: you saw that premiums could just keep increasing. what do you think in your mind, what are republicans today missing on this? keep in mind that the health care industry and the insurance industry, they took advantage of the aca. they knew that it was a very sensitive issue, it was a major economic issue for the time, and so, during the period of time that we had aca, they upped their costs and they blamed it on the obamacare, and a lot of people believed that and they still believe that today. so, that was what happened back in 2009-2010. today what the republicans need to be aware of is that they need to help they need to have some provision in the