Cases of more than 1,300 caught in various forms of modernday slavery. There is information and data i will share with you based on this research in cases i have documented. You can still challenge me and ask questions. The focus of this conference really could not be more important or timely. We have a diverse away array of individuals on the panel. We are all seeking to better understand and tackle this issue of slavery more effectively. What is slavery in the modern era . How does it relate to past forms of slavery . Do we still have slavery today or have a corrupted and sensationalize this term for other means and ends . These are some of the questions i hope we will be able to tackle this weekend. I hope my remarks this morning will help frame this conference as well as these questions as i take a brief look at slavery across the centuries and even look to the future and predict what we might see in the years to come. Let us start by going back a few centuries to a phenomenon all
Billion a year in wasted spending on health care. He man is the secondbiggest provider of the Medicare Health plan. From the city club of cleveland this is about one hour. Good afternoon. Welcome to the city club of cleveland. I and the president of the board of directors. I am delighted to introduce bruce broussard, the president and ceo of humana, at a fortune 100 insurance provider and administrators serving over 11 million customers. Over the past four years, the issue of health care has been at the center of our nations great policy debates with implications beyond the Healthcare Industry impacting our larger fiscal policy and important social concerns. We are fortunate to have mr. Bruce broussard to discuss this policy. Prior to joining humana in 2011 he was an executive with a corporation and the u. S. Oncology. Large producers and providers of healthcare products. With that background, he brings to our podium a Broad Perspective on the Health Care Issues facing our country. He
That is the opinion of eugene robinson. Alabama on theom democrats line. Caller i heard a congresswoman yesterday who said there was only to the blaze through the problem. He said one was raising taxes. The other, i cannot remember. I think the other was cutting programs. I feel like the only way they are going to fix it is by cutting programs or taxing businesses. I have looked at statistics. It said some corporations like exxon and walmart have more income. I do not understand how they do not owe more. We spend every day on these people. They are making millions and millions. It is amazing that they should not sit in on anything except to help the regulate everything. It is amazing to me. Host we are asking the question on our Facebook Page. Will this congress be different . We welcome your comments. 78 are saying no. 17 are saying yes, it will be different. Roman joins us on the line for republicans. Caller as far as will congress be different, i would like to say it will, but i hav