Being late. The days take on a life of their own. So, but i wanted to say good morning. Good morning, dr. Collins, welcome back to labor hhs to the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say a thank you on behalf of the of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about nihs work. We met with the researchers who were working to cure Sickle Cell Disease, to develop treatments for major depression, the shrinkage of cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials. So it was a moving and an informative, but a very moving experience, as well. Let me welcome our witnesses including the five institute and Center Directors who join us today, and in addition, and always a great addition dr. Francis collins who has joined us many times, director of the National Institutes of health. Today joined by dr. Bruce tromberg, by the institut
Thank you, everybody for coming. Continue to enjoy your lunch. Im tim carney, a visiting fellow here at American Enterprise institute as well as being the commentary editor at the Washington Examiner. We are here to talk about health care but i want to ask a a specific question about health care. Its a question that some people on the Free Enterprise side, the freemarket conservative or libertarian side dont always ask, who benefits. I think sometimes people on the right or right of center are uncomfortable with that question in policy debates because they say why should it matter who benefits . We see Elizabeth Warren will say tax cut is bad because rich people benefit. But i think its actually a very important thing to talk about. One influences are debates gif you remember in the 2008 campaign and the passage of obamacare, barack obama thought it was important to point out that he was battling the Health Care Sector, that he was battling the drug drugmakers or he was battling the in
Four centuries what might happen there. While we would never want to accuse either harvard or the university of michigan of theft it is an indisputable fact this upsurge in good fortune was ours before it was theirs. Phil deloria received his bachelors degree from the university of colorado in 1982. Wanting to observe and understand humanity from many different angles, he then taught band at A Denver Metro high school. Having observed High School Music performance to satisfaction he returned to cu for journalism and mass communication. Thats when we remembered what to call the program before it became an acronym that is it different every time i say it. One of the most gracious acts of kindness to me, phil took my western American History course, which i believe then was called the early year, the not so early american frontier as part of his journalism program. In that course students were required to write about an adventure they experienced. It launched me on a western add ven tutur
Thank you, everyone, for coming. Im tim carney. Im a visiting fellow here at the american enter Price Institute as being the commentary editor at the Washington Examiner. We are here talking about health care and we want to ask a specific question about health care and its a question of the Free Enterprise side and the free market consentive or libertarian side dont always ask in latin or who benefits . I think sometimes people on the right or right of enter are uncomfortable with that question because they say why should it matter who benefits because we see Elizabeth Warren will say a tax cut is bad because rich people benefit, but i think its actually a very important thing to talk about. One definitely influences our debates. If you remember in the 2008 campaign and the passage of obamacare, barack obama certainly thought it was very important to point out that he was battling, you know, the Health Care Sector. That he was battling the drugmakers or he was battling the insurers and
And nasdaq gained. 18 , how do we keep track of everything . I know one way you shouldnt we dont look at some aggregate tally that tells you 42 of the companies have beaten estimates, or 24 have the guide down. Dont buy, dont buy no, these surveys are useless because who cares if a Company Beats or lowered estimates it doesnt tell us anything. No, no to find out what matters, we need to go company by company. Who doesnt even know that were in a tough environment because there business is in such good shape . Lets call that one a winner who is able to thrive . Who is struggling to hold their own in the worst economy in two years . s in trouble . Who is in much better shape than you expect thanks to savvy management these are the real questions, and you cant answer them like saying 47 , you got to do homework so let me give you the scorecard to date. Well start with the joyfully oblivious companies that are oblivious to all the slings and arrows on the economy worldwide, the ones that do