Stand out right away. First of all, the measure would lower the federal deficit by 119 billion over ten years. Thats an important number because as the senate is crossing their own legislation, theyre going to need to meet or beat that number. Thats a key number well be seeing over the next couple of weeks. Additionally, cbo is estimating that over the next decade, 23 million more people with the will be uninsured under the ahca than currently under the Affordable Care act. Thats a big number that democrats are going to focus on. Republicans have said that coverage shouldnt necessarily be the main issue particularly if people have coverage and they cant also use it. Additionally, premiums, those are a really big focus for people in the senate right now. A lot of Senate Republicans say that lowering premium citizen number one priority with this bill. Lowering premiums is their number priority with this bill. One cbo is projecting that premiums under this legislation, as they previously
Stand out right away. First of all, the measure would lower the federal deficit by 119 billion over ten years. Thats an important number because as the senate is crossing their own legislation, theyre going to need to meet or beat that number. Thats a key number well be seeing over the next couple of weeks. Additionally, cbo is estimating that over the next decade, 23 million more people with the will be uninsured under the ahca than currently under the Affordable Care act. Thats a big number that democrats are going to focus on. Republicans have said that coverage shouldnt necessarily be the main issue particularly if people have coverage and they cant also use it. Additionally, premiums, those are a really big focus for people in the senate right now. A lot of Senate Republicans say that lowering premium citizen number one priority with this bill. Lowering premiums is their number priority with this bill. One cbo is projecting that premiums under this legislation, as they previously
In 1997, i had an opportunity to work on an educational project with a gentleman named doctor samuel proctor. A number of you know him as a form present of North Carolina a t, hbcu, former president of Virginia Union university, private hbcu. He spent time in washington, d. C. , as a kennedy appointee to the peace corps but a number of you know him to his work as a pastor of the baptist church. In 1997 when opportunity to sit at a very lovely room similar to this with a donor and a donor who owns a very large and Famous Family foundation. The head of the walked into the room and made exchange niceties she said and ask you one question . He said yes. Is there a need for black colleges today . And doctor proctor leaned back in his seat having her discretion of most of life and he said maam, if you make him can restructure the question . The question is not whether there is a need for hbcus today. The question is, what would america be today without the hbcus . And so she nodded to dr. Pr
Its a crisis. It doesnt discriminate. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month a Police Officer named chris green in east liverpool, ohio, had a near fatal fentanyl overdose following a routine traffic stop. He went up to a car and noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals, went back to the police station, and noticed that on his shirt there was some powder. He reached up like this and brushed the powder off his shirt. This guy is 63, 225 pounds, big man. And he fell to the floor unconscious and overdosed. They administered narcan immediately but it wasnt enough. They had to rush him to the hospital, where two more narcan doses were administered. And luckily his life was saved. His police chief said he would have died he had been alone. His police chief said, what if he had gone home with that powder on his shirt and hugged his kid . Thats just an example of what were facing. Its an obvious its obviously de
Its people. This was recorded in tempe, arizona in 2015. It is just under one hour. Susan southard is one of this community and thats what makes this event very special. She holds an msa in creative writing from Antioch University in los angeles and was a non she lives and works in tempe, where she is the founder and artistic director of essential theater. She has taught nonfiction classes at Arizona State universities piper studio, and she has directed creative writing programs for incarcerated youth and at a federal prison for women outside of phoenix. She has also raised her family here. As a matter of fact, her daughter was once a junior staffer in our kids section. Let me tell you, she was the darling of the kids book department, not only for her love of books but also for her , personal winning smile much like her mothers. So you can see susan and her family have been one of our regular patrons and readers for many years now and one of our dearest friends. So for many years we ha