jon: next hour we re waiting for the start of jury deliberations in the case of a houston woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death with her stiletto heel. the testimony the victim could have been saved by first responders might impact this case. also new details on an american contractor jailed in cuba. allen gross now on a hunger strike but his lawyer is saying that the u.s. government put his life in danger. plus uconn taking home the ncaa title. we ve got a live report on the wild celebrations after their victory last night. jenna: we re going to turn to health now. feeling less motivated than usual? it could be your diet. eating a lot of junk food not only leads to weight gain but can make you more tired and lazy as well. dr. debbie is a practicing physician. so dr. debbie, these are researchers at ucla and they took a look at rats.
that is little bit naive assumption. they were getting care before. they were getting care inefficiently. unfor the lately a lot of people will get different treatment. jenna: different doctors have different points of views. sure. jenna: you have been a practicing physician in your time. a pediatric heart surgeon wrote in the wall street journal little more anecdotal talking about feeling it is to practice medicine. compensation levels are falling to doctors to medicare and medicaid. that is not a good thing. the new law did not stop lawsuit and malpractice premiums. his thinking it is really creating a bifurcated market. where you have physicians, limited amount will accept medicare and medicaid and lines will be longer to see them. more people will be able to see them. right. jenna: you will get other doctors that will be concierge doctors, where if you re wealthy you can afford to go to them get great care. if you re not, middle class or lower class you will not be able to do
from president obama in the p run up to the passage of the affordable care act. as many americans are about to find out, keeping your doctor may not be as easy as he made it sound. dr. scott gotleib is a practicing physician and withica the food and drug administration and a resident fellow at the american enterprise institute. welcome back. thanks for having me. am we are now hearing theseome reports about people not being able to get their doctor, keep their doctor even if they keep their insurance or get new insurance. why is this happening? the networks that these obamacare plans are using are extremely restrictivere networks. they are n not contracting with a lot ofks doctors and they are trying to hold down cost. how does it hold down costs ? you may not be able to get appointments. and they want to contract with the lowest cost providersider which are medicaid providers. many are hmo s jie. they are
another now famous promise from president obama in the run-up to the passage of the affordable care act. as many americans are about to fiend out, keeping your doctor may not be as easy as he made it sound. our guest is a practicing physician and former deputy commissioner of food and drug administration. he s a fellow at the american enterprise institute. welcome back. thanks for having me. we re now hearing these reports about people not being able to keep their doctor, even if they keep their insurance or get new information. why is this happening? because the network these obama care plans are using are extremely restrictive narrow networks. they re doing that to try to hold down costs. how does it hold down costs? it impedes access. you might not be able to get an appointment. long waiting lines? yes. the plans are also trying to contract with the lower cost providers. that s why many of the plans in the exchanges are actually medicaid hmos. they re called me kad
covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. ask your health care provider about levemir® flexpen today. i want to bring in two house members on opposite sides of this government shutdown fight, and i suspect many other fights as well. phil roe is a tennessee republican, also a member of the tea party caucus and a practicing physician for 30 years plus. and jim mcdermott is a democrat from washington state, a senior member of the ways and means committee and also a former psychiatri psychiatrist. congressman roe, let me begin