Are, what are you seeing . A couple things stand out right away. First of all the measure would lower the federal deficit by 119 billion over ten years. Thats an important number because as the senate is crossing their own legislation theyre going to need to meet or beat that number. Additionally, cbo is estimating that over the next decade, 23 mil million more people would be uninsured under the ahca than currently under the Affordable Care act. Thats going to be a big number that democrats are going to focus on. Republicans have said that coverage smunt necessarily be the main issue, particularly if people have coverage and they cant also use it. Additionally, premiums, those are really big focus for people in the senate right now, a lot of Senate Republicans say that lower premiums is their number one priority with this bill. Cbo is projecting that premiums would, under this legislation, as they previously predicted, would tend to increase before 2020 relative to current law. After
Are, what are you seeing . A couple things stand out right away. First of all the measure would lower the federal deficit by 119 billion over ten years. Thats an important number because as the senate is crossing their own legislation theyre going to need to meet or beat that number. Additionally, cbo is estimating that over the next decade, 23 mil million more people would be uninsured under the ahca than currently under the Affordable Care act. Thats going to be a big number that democrats are going to focus on. Republicans have said that coverage smunt necessarily be the main issue, particularly if people have coverage and they cant also use it. Additionally, premiums, those are really big focus for people in the senate right now, a lot of Senate Republicans say that lower premiums is their number one priority with this bill. Cbo is projecting that premiums would, under this legislation, as they previously predicted, would tend to increase before 2020 relative to current law. After
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. I am pleased to be joined by diane rav itch, a former assistant the education secretary under bush 41. Ten years ago, she published a scathing critique of the standardized testing system she once supported in programs like no child left behind. Since then, shes become a defender of Public Schools. I am honored to have Diane Ravitch on this program. How are you holding up so far . Im glad to be with you. How are you holding up so far . I went paragliding the other day, im holding up really well. Youre paragliding, obama is water surfing, how can you be so calm at a moment like this . Im not calm, i hate whats going on. I theres a full scale frontal attack on our Public School system. Its an outrage, close to 90 of the children in this country go to Public Education and Public Education is the bedrock of our democracy, doors open to all. Taking in kids who are english language learners, kids with disabilities. Kids who are t
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. I am pleased to be joined by diane rav itch, a former assistant the education secretary under bush 41. Ten years ago, she published a scathing critique of the standardized testing system she once supported in programs like no child left behind. Since then, shes become a defender of Public Schools. I am honored to have Diane Ravitch on this program. How are you holding up so far . Im glad to be with you. How are you holding up so far . I went paragliding the other day, im holding up really well. Youre paragliding, obama is water surfing, how can you be so calm at a moment like this . Im not calm, i hate whats going on. I theres a full scale frontal attack on our Public School system. Its an outrage, close to 90 of the children in this country go to Public Education and Public Education is the bedrock of our democracy, doors open to all. Taking in kids who are english language learners, kids with disabilities. Kids who are t
Independents can dial in at 2027488002. Do you trust the government to protect against terrorism . cspanwj. If you want to get through on twitter, make a conversation on acebook. Com cspan. You can always send us an email. Pew research center, view of government handling of terrorism post9 11 low. Here, you can see it for the first time. More americans do not trust the government. 52 as opposed to 48 that do. You can see variations over the years since 2001. Over all of those years, americans have trusted the , a majority of americans have trusted the governmentprotect against terrorism except for now. The New York Times this morning looks at the president s press conference, his statement yesterday. His defense response to terror attacks. Mr. Obama now realizes he was slow to respond to public fears after terrorist attacks in paris and california, acknowledging his lowkey approach led americans to worry that he is not doing enough to keep the country safe. He is engaged in a blitz of