day. it s another record low since about a year ago. and this from the new york times, for the first time since march 5th of last year, san francisco general hospital had no covid patients, a truly momentous day. dr. jane, an infectious disease physician at the hospital said on thursday, michigan, the state that reported one of the largest surges in the spring has rapidly improved, about 1,400 cases were identified on sunday, compared with 7,800 cases a day in mid-april. let s bring in someone we have talked to all along the way, dr. jha, dean at brown university school of health. so, i have i feel like we have turned to you when the news is so bleak. the news is now so hopeful, so optimistic. do you expect to continue this trajectory? are you comfortable now? do you feel secure in saying good things are ahead? yes, nicole, thanks for having me back. i feel pretty comfortable saying the next few months should be even better than they are now.
filed this report that really got this ball rolling with the inspector general s office. so the timing of this is very key. why don t you walk us through how this all got started. first of all, i just heard you play the clip of the president saying if this is true. did he not hear his own irs official on friday confess and apologize to the facts, the limited amount of facts that are on the table? of course, it s true. the irs just said it s true, that they have been targeting the tea party and other conservative groups. that s number one. number two, i was not familiar with that testimony when we filed our complaint with the inspector general of the treasurer department. we were approached on march 5th of last year. the person didn t want their name to come out. so that made it a little difficult. we had the information at the time, including this horrific letter with threats and all the
on march 5th of last year. health care reform is entitlement reform. our budget cannot take this upward spiral of costs. we have a moral obligation to reduce the deficit and not heap mountains of debt onto the next generation. but i want to talk for a moment about what it means to the economy. imagine an economy where people could change jobs, start businesses, become self-employed, to pursue their artistic aspirations or be entrepreneurial and start new businesses if they were not job locked because they have a child who s bipolar or a family member who s diabetic with a pre-existing condition. and all of the other constraints that having health care or not having health care places on an entrepreneurial spirit. think of an economy with that of people following their pursuits, taking risks.
of the concerns she mentioned. and can t mention health care in michigan without acknowledging chairman dingell, how difficult it was to pass medicare. how he worked over these decades to improve it. how committed he is to make preserving it, and how important a part of preserving medicare is to this passing this health care bill and later, he will inspire us, with that, but, he, mr. president, as you know, as a young congressman, gavelled medicare into law. in the house of representatives. you have talked about how the presents system is unsustainable. for families, and businesses and, modern and large any size, and how it is unsustainable as you said on march 5th of last year, and health care reform is entitlement reform. our budget cannot take this upward spiral of costs. we have a moral obligation to
foundation filed this report that really got this ball rolling with the inspector general s office. timing of this was very key. walk us through how this all got started. first of all i just heard you play the clip of the president say if this is true. did he not hear his own irs official on friday confess and apologize to the facts, limited amount of facts on the table? of course it s true. irs says it s true. that is not one. number two i was not familiar with the testimony when we filed our complaint when the administration division. we re approached on march 5th of last year the person didn t want their name to come out so that made it difficult. we had information at the time including this horrific letter with threats of perjury and