Media, which are legitimate we are going to win the about the kind of Economic Impact this is going to have. Democratic nomination. Chris we asked you for chris with the next Big Questions for the panel, and on votes this tuesday in six states, we will ask sanders if he can flip the race for the the issue of how the coronavirus democratic nomination one more could impact, or even threaten the u. S. Economy, we got this on time. Twitter from texas guy, has the plus, a friday night surprise as coverage, Media Coverage of the the president reelection coronavirus been overhyped, campaign, he replaces chief of staff Mick Mulvaney with a key juan, how do you answer texas ally, congressman mark meadows. Guy . We will ask our sunday panel juan well, i think there about the west wing shakeup. Are alarmists out there, but the president , i think, has been somewhat partisan wearing that and, our power player of the red haaretz, calling the week, a former Rocket Scientist government of Washington
say we all scary? does that say we all must fight this tooth and nail. and now republicans in louisiana are pushing a bill that could throw women and their health care providers in prison for life. for life! this is the america that senate republicans have made possible. an america where women in many statements could be forced to follow states could be foysed to follow forced to follow through on their pregnancies, where abortion could be eliminated in more than half the states in the country, an america where many states provide zero exceptions for something as evil as rape or incest. these laws could put women and girls in serious danger, and none of this is theoretical anymore. it s written into, into the veracity of the laws that have been passed by the hard right at the state level, and we know more are coming. all of this i bring to the peat of my there to madam president, last week a draft opinion was leaked out of the supreme court, which never happens, lit
He was the first africanamerican student body president and his law degree from new york university. After law school he spent a month in new orleans playing trumpet and becoming friends with wynton marsalis. Then he worked in a law firm and later served in the u. S. Department of justice and on the staff of the house judiciary committee. He returned to charlotte in 2001 to work in a law firm there and got elected to the Charlotte City council in 2005, and he was reelected in 2007. He was elected the citys mayor in 2009, the youngest person ever to hold that job, and he was confirmed as the 17th transportation secretary in june of 2013 by a vote of 1000 a rare moment of bipartisanship. So much for biography now on to the everpopular process portion of our program. As always, were on the record here. Ive been told our guest may commit news this morning and so youre listening to the following ground rules your listening to the following ground rules is important. As is always the case at
Question, and before you do that, identify yourself and your affiliation if you have one. Yes, sir . Hi. My name is steven spitz. I have two related questions on costs. One, i had an experience in the hospital where they said that i needed a certain common procedure, and i asked what the price was. I gave them my insurance information. And they came back and they said, we dont know. Id like to know how common that is, and what is being done to try to let folks actually know what something costs . I might add, i had at the time a high deductible so it was an important question about my outofpocket costs. The second question is Medicare Part b, when i noted it in the biography to mr. White, was involved with in 2003 has a provision prohibiting the government from negotiating prices with the drug companies. And my question is why is that bill in the law . Do you want to take that one, ed . Why dont you start. Ill do the first one, and the second one real quick. The first one was, why cant
As you can in stating your question, and before you do that, identify yourself and your affiliation if you have one. Yes, sir . Hi. My name is steven spitz. I have two related questions on costs. One, i had an experience in the hospital where they said that i needed a certain common procedure, and i asked what the price was. I gave them my insurance information. And they came back and they said, we dont know. Id like to know how common that is, and what is being done to try to let folks actually know what something costs . I might add, i had at the time a high deductible so it was an important question about my outofpocket costs. The second question is Medicare Part b, when i noted it in the biography to mr. White, was involved with in 2003 has a provision prohibiting the government from negotiating prices with the drug companies. And my question is why is that bill in the law . Do you want to take that one, ed . Why dont you start. Ill do the first one, and the second one real quick.