to pay a premium to see a doctor if they want to. heather: that brings us the cost question, less out-of-pocket costs for patients? i have to say cost, don t the cost savings that the patient level. there are savings with price negotiation between drug companies and pharmacies, will the patient see the cost? not historically. heather: the opioid crisis at length, a lot needs to be done in the area, will this merger help at all? strong reservations about this merger, it may improve the opioid crisis, won t fix it but help it a little bit in the sense that right now, getting multiple opioid prescriptions from various doctors and very little oversight, working on being able to monitor them to make sure they are taking them effectively. and well aware, to have more
what s disruption is a social media campaign significantly shifting a national policy. and also add in addition to the cost question, so, the military pays ten times more in viagra coverage than it would to cover our transgender, openly serving men and women. yeah, i ve had a whole conversation about that yesterday on my show. okay, thank you. totally aware of the nickels and dimes going in different directions. and i think also part of the point was, there were conservatives on capitol hill who were lobbying the white house on this specifically and they weren t asking for an all-out ban. they were surprised that this went as far as it did. 30 seconds, as a lawyer, if the president plans to follow through on the tweet, what can you do to fight it? yeah, absolutely. you know, we ll look at all options, whether it s grassroots organizing, we ll be standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with the other groups targeted such as the muslim community and women s groups.
bit more about the cost question. you brought up the point that we have declining costs at the same time we have a public perception of increasing costs. i also want to talk a little bit about the question you raised when you said, people on tuesday are going to go to the exchanges, and i want to say, are they? are they actually because part of what this law requires is that people actively do it. that the exchanges don t come to you in the mail. will the people do the thing they need to do to make this a personal and not a political question. we ve got more of your questions and answers when we come back on wmhp 37. let s do crisp on the outside. cozy on the inside. and let s not do any of this. let s go to school. let s go to save. and then, let s go to town. so then we can go do, absolutely nothing. let s do this. more saving. more doing.
and the uninsured, or at least part of the uninsured market. that is kind of a direct the government directly taking over about 7 or 8% of the market it doesn t have control over now. even in that part of the market, even there where they re having the most direct effect, there is not even a public option with the public insurer pushing out the public sector. people are still going to be buying from cigna, blue cross or blue shield or kaiser. not to say there is not government regulation, but the idea that it is a government takeover? what about the cost question, i am fascinated about the cost question. people seem like they re really debating a thing that we re going to find out pretty soon, there is a spirited debate that premiums will shock people. premiums wouldn t shock people. well, we can kind of wait, the proof of the pudding is in the
government or their employer. and the uninsured, or at least part of the uninsured market. that is kind of a direct the government directly taking over about 7 or 8% of the market it doesn t have control over now. even in that part of the market, even there where they re having the most direct effect, there is not even a public option with the public insurer pushing out the public sector. people are still going to be buying from cigna, blue cross or blue shield or kaiser. not to say there is not government regulation, but the idea that it is a government takeover? what about the cost question, i am fascinated about the cost question. people seem like they re really debating a thing that we re going to find out pretty soon, there is a spirited debate that premiums will shock people. premiums wouldn t shock people. well, we can kind of wait, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.