They have several prisons within our state that take it so that the cost for that does not come out of our per diem there. So, again, heres our creativity. As you heard, i have a long history with managed Care Organizations and whether you like them or dont or whatever, its the world we live in and they are successful. So some of the principles that those managed Care Organizations have used, we have applied in the department of corrections. The first one being and im very proud of this is called the summer of Health Care Benefits and it is the same document or a similar document that you receive when you sign up for your own insurance. It basically tells you what is or is not covered and is or is not eligible and basically, what the Insurance Company will and will not pay for, but for us, it listsous what services are eligible to the inmates and which arent and it puts everyone on the same Playing Field because the inmates understand which services will be covered and which ones are n
[applause] the 2013 National Medal of arts to bill t. Jones for his contributions for provocative performances that blend an eclectic mix of modern and traditional dance. [laughter] he creates works that challenge us and inspire us to greater heights. [applause] john candor. [applause] the 2013 National Medal of arts to john candor for his contributions as a composer. For more than half a century, mr. Candor has been on broadway, television, and film to evoke romanticism and wonder. [applause] Jeffrey Katzenberg. [applause] the 2013 National Medal of arts to Jeffrey Katzenberg are lighting up our screens in opening up our hearts the animation and cinema. He has embraced new technology to develop the art of storytelling and transform the way we experience film. [applause] maxine hong kingston. [applause] the 2013 National Medal of arts to maxine hong kingston. Her novels have examined the past and present and her voice has strengthened our identity as understanding of asian identity and
[applause] brahm resnik is an anchor and reporter for 12 news, the nbc. Ffiliate in phoenix he has reported on politics and government at the local, state, and federal levels, and has covered every policy issue of consequence in arizona from education to immigration. Please give him a very warm welcome. [applause] great to be here. Welcome to you all. Can you hear me in back . Everything working fine . Good. Lets start with introducing the panel. Robert robb became an editorial columnist for the arizona in 1999 and his columns generally appear three times a week. He also serves as a distinguished associate for the su. Rison institute at a robert robb. [applause] weigel,enter, david political reporter for slate. For most of his career, starting at reason magazine, he covered the conservative movement, and was one of the first reporters to embed with ron pauls residential campaign. Yes. Shout out to ron paul. A few of those tonight. [laughter] the rallyorted from in 2009. David weigel. [
Poverty. Now [applause] look to what the Obama Administration is doing on work and marriage. I was campaigning in wisconsin and the state senator came up to me and told me that in wisconsin if you are married and have if you are unmarried and have two children, and you make 15,000 a year, you receive 38,000 in government benefits. If you marry, you lose them all. Do you understand what that and thats not just wisconsin. Its in every state. Its more in some states. You know what that means . That government prohibits, makes it economically infeasible for single moms to marry. It makes it a bridge too far. Because its economically impossible to make it work. And the same thing with work. You heard all the talk about obamacare how its a disincentive to work because the more you work the less your subsidies get. Look at all the welfare programs. Every single one of them, the more you work the lower your benefits get. We have a government right now that is fixated on keeping people unmarrie
Senate . One of the things we are always fighting is Getting Better science so we can convince fishermen and convince countries, governments, of the imperative of didnt of making decisions. Hear we dont and that there are plenty of stocks out there and theres there is no reason to be restrictive. We need science. And globally we need to put our heart Heads Together and budget for the capacity to be able to do what we need to do to convince people of the urgency of this. We need a plan that requires fishery to use dear and andniques gear techniques to dramatically reduce the other amount of species that are caught by accident and discarded, a plan to end subsidies, which only promotes overfishing. A plan that makes it near impossible for illegally caught fish to actually come to the market anywhere, whether in boston or beijing or barcelona or any other city that does not begin with a b. Lets develop a plan that protects more marine habitats. We will have an announcement regarding that.