Because for many people,especially in the district i represent, one of the poorest the North Carolina, one that has high unemployment rates, that this is a godsend for a lot of people who thousands of people as a matter that who have never had coverage, who never had opportunity to go to a doctor. And i think Preventive Care is going to be the key to oppose do the things that we need to do for our population. So im looking forward to this discussion into the dialogue tonight because this is something thats very dear to me. And ill just say that i grew up with a mother who is now 89 in another month she will be 90 but i did note that i didnt have health care. I had assister who is very ill with sickle cell anemia. We got our health care from the emergency room. And so for a lot of people like my family even today, dont have an opportunity to see a doctor and he would need to see a doctor this will help us i think in the long run in terms of making sure that we do have a society that is
Suddenly, their rates would skyrocket. You would have a domino effect. Everyone else in the individual market in that stage would suddenly be jeopardized. Some private Insurance Companies would see their portfolios in grave jeopardy, pretty quickly. I would say, having been there for not only all the debate and testimony, all the hearings, that led the implementations there was never a conversation suggesting testimony amendments, during the passage of the bill or certainly any regulation that we ever wrote, any conversation i had with my former colleagues, governors around the country that said, oh by the way, if you dont set up your own exchange, your citizens wont have coverage. I think it is a it is difficult to read what is a National Framework national law, National Coverage and say that this was the intent but that is what the plans adjusts. 34 states have not established their own exchanges or operate their own. If the Supreme Court ruled that this funding mechanism was not con
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Time when remembers are getting, you know, or when congress is getting trashed and bashed and all that kind of stuff, that, its heartening, i guess, to in some ways write a book that makes you appreciate all the holistic picture of members of congress in their directs. If somebody wanted to find out about what would they have to do to do that and just as in amount of reflectors out there you can find out a lot to get a good picture and a reasonable picture of what theyre doing. Where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. This week dr. Marty makary examines the danger of a hospital stay in his book unaccountable. The Johns Hopkins surgeon provides an inside look at hospital errors over treatment and a closed door concert that protect medical practitioners he discusses his findings and experience with president of washington, d. C. s hospital Richard Davis im judd davis here to say what hospitals wont tell you and how transparency can revolutionize so welcome your an expert in the
About whether or not things are made public. I feel for you, because part of me think that is youre captured by those you are supposed to regulate, but then youre supposed to regulate those you are captured by. I could tell whether youre in charge or whether youre a minute a minion to them. The notion that you will say ill go after this im you know, i dont sense that you feel like you have any control over the situation, and if you have no control, if youre merely a monetary passthrough, why should you even exist . Well, i think the the reality is that while the issue we are talking about here i dont have a vote on, and i dont get to set those policies, i can certainly set the tone on it, and i can certainly be someone who voices a very loud opinion and says this is not right, this is inappropriate, these are the conflicts that exist when you have a policy and a practice like this on on your campus. When i first took the job, the very first summit i held in indianapolis was a summit on