Medicare for all. National, every person living in the country, and of the Health Professional in the country, is in the system. It is more comprehensive and there are no upfront outofpocket costs like copays or deductibles. Then medicare for all, everybody pays into it through a preventive tax, and everybody is covered for the care they need. That is certainly an expansive definition, and it gives us some to work with, but it is much more expansive than National Health Insurance Programs in other countries, which do include outofpocket expenses which often have secondary payers working alongside the governmentrun market. This would be much more expansive than perhaps anywhere in the world. Host lets look at the idea of pros and cons for such a system. Michael tanner, the idea of singlepayer what are the pros and cons as far as that program is concerned . Guest it would certainly give everybody a piece of paper saying they have Health Insurance, more than what some people have today. B
Of a singlepayer Health Care System in the u. S. This is just under one hour. [no audio] definitions. Doctor, how would you define washington journal continues. Host were going to engage in a discussion look at the topic of singlepayer health care. Two guest joining us, Michael Tanner with the cato institute. He serves as a senior fellow. And dr. Margaret flowers is a National Board advisor for the physicians for a National Health program. Of you, good morning. Lets start with definitions. Doctor, how would you define singlepayer as a working definition as far as health care is concerned . The easiest way is to call it National Improved Medicare for all. National, every person living in the country, and of the Health Professional in the country, is in the system. It is more comprehensive and there are no upfront outofpocket costs like copays or deductibles. Then medicare for all, everybody pays into it through a preventive tax, and everybody is covered for the care they need. That is c
Of a singlepayer Health Care System in the u. S. This is just under one hour. [no audio] definitions. Doctor, how would you define washington journal continues. Host were going to engage in a discussion look at the topic of singlepayer health care. Two guest joining us, Michael Tanner with the cato institute. He serves as a senior fellow. And dr. Margaret flowers is a National Board advisor for the physicians for a National Health program. Of you, good morning. Lets start with definitions. Doctor, how would you define singlepayer as a working definition as far as health care is concerned . The easiest way is to call it National Improved Medicare for all. National, every person living in the country, and of the Health Professional in the country, is in the system. It is more comprehensive and there are no upfront outofpocket costs like copays or deductibles. Then medicare for all, everybody pays into it through a preventive tax, and everybody is covered for the care they need. That is c
East and africa were disappointed. U. S. Saw the kleins of 4 u. S. Saw declines of 4 asia, middle east and africa saw declines of 4. 4 this read is not something investors would like to hear. If you look at the share price it is down by 1. 8 . Betty and it might go lower given these numbers. U. S. Sales down 4 . Incredible. Scarlet mcdonalds japans february same store sales fell 29 . A sense of the challenges mcdonalds faces. Mcdonalds had some issues in japan, particularly they could not sell french fries because of the port strike on the west coast. That gives you a sense of the difficulties in the asiapacific region. Betty and the difficulties for Steve Easterbrook as he takes the helm. Thank you, scarlet. Lets look at top stories. Europes central bank taking the first steps towards boosting price growth in the region. The ecb buying german and italian bonds. Those insecurities and french notes are being bought. A part of quantitative easing. Officials saying the new greek plan to a
Im ali velshi, this show marks the begin of al jazeeras discussion of rebuilding the middle class. Most americans agree that the middle class is in crisis, squeezed by years of job losses, rising costs, and stagnant wages. Over the next hour, ill introduce you to people like your selves. People like the family in new york, the family of oregon, ill also speak to america mes foremost experts who follow the problems that the middle class face. Together well identify why the middle class is crucial to a thriving economy. Who is in the middle class. The pressures they face, and what it will take to keep the dream from slipping away from millions of americans. While 90 of americans aspire to be in the middle class, when you dig deeper only 44 of americans today say they belong to the middle class, and thats down from 2008 when the recession hit. While theres no accepted definition of what the middle class is, economists often define it by almost. So for the purposes of our conversation now,