System of the Affordable Care act and change it into a block grant. States would get a set amount whatever they wanted care act, they could go single whatever they wanted in their Health Care System. They would take the dollars and implement a plan similar to the ffordable payer, or they can go a conservative route and undo some of the parts of the Affordable Care act particularly the consumer protexases that some folks like. The preexisting conditions, things like that. Governors would be able to undo those things and have this pot of money. Take a look at some of the details offered up by senator graham and well come back to our discussion. We keep medicaid in place as it is today. We try to give more flexibility because indiana is a good example of what can happen if you give states flexibility to help poor people. One thing about medicaid, is you get a headache you run to the emergency room. I want them to have some ownership. If you smoke thats something that ought to be considere
Up. Ofnie some of the headlines come out of the meeting with the president and members of the ways and Means Committee that is going on right now, the ofsident has a competence tax reform plan coming. It will be simpler and tremendously lower. The money will come pouring back from overseas. He mentions puerto rico. He is going there on tuesday, which is today. He said the government is doing a good job in a may go to the Virgin Islands as well. Puerto rico is very important to me, that is the president with members of the house ways and Means Committee area julie hyman has the latest. Thee koman julie we saw average is up, now the gain has been trimmed in the major averages are little changed, slightly biased to the upside. One of the things that has a weight in todays session is oil. The oil stocks are down the third time in 19 days. Crude is off a big rally that we have seen, more than 20 rally from june, down. 8 percent today. The weekly supply data comes out tomorrow at 10 30 a. M.
Of the lead article in our junejuly issue. Professors. Peter is professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University and he also directs the American Grand Strategy Program and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies from june 2005 to june 2007. He was on leave as is National Advisor for strategic running and as additional reform on the National Security staff of the george w. Bush white house. Hes the author or coauthor of five books including pain, the human costs of war. Published by princeton in 2009. And to my far left, dr. Hal brands is the Henry Kissinger distinguished of distinguished professor of Global Affairs of Johns Hopkins school of advanced studies. Hes also a senior fellow at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments. His most recent book is making , u. S. Ique polar moment Foreign Policy and the rise of the post cold war order from cornell. Book calledunning a america in the age of trunk which will be released next year. The title of their a
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Well. Well. Is this one . Okay. Alright. Got you. Okay. Well well get it before the event is over here today. Well senate doors lot going in washington right now. Constructive politics and return to principal to. Talk a little bit about that book at echos and number of the comments that Barry Goldwater made in a similar book 56 years ago and maybe you can talk about the book and why you thought i was important to do that right now . Barry goldwater. Thanks. I think were going to take some questions later. We have some questions prepared for the senator. We just want to know are you with chlt with. We have opportunity for questions from audience a little later. Later. Barry goldwater in 1960 felt the conservative movement and the Republican Party had been compromised at that time by the new deal and felt there need to be a manifesto or blueprint for conservatives to follow and he wrote the conscious of a conservative at that time. This book that i wrote is very much in homage to senator