The recount on the horizon there. All the fallout this morning. Impeachment bombshell. The key witness who now says his memory has been refreshed revising his testimony describing a quid pro quo undercutting the president s defense. Bitter arctic blast. Six states now facing a Winter Weather advisory. Icy roads already causing accidents as the deep freeze moves in for millions. Cancer scam . The pennsylvania woman arrested accused of bilking Good Samaritans out of thousands of dollars. How a podcast and her own husband led to her arrest. And good morning, america. Hope youre well this wednesday morning. Little mermaid was fun. Little mermaid live was fantastic and Queen Latifah as ursula trending big. One of the highlights. Of the night, she really shined on stage, and backstage this was what she tweeted. This video saying, when you want your tentacles to shine. Your tentacles to shine. It was a great show last night. Shaggy was the crab. Really was good. We have more on that ahead. Bu
Investigators are still trying to figure out what started this massive fire in Central New Jersey that left two people dead. The flames broke out early yesterday morning in jamesburg. One person not home at the time but unaccounted for was located and is okay. Police in new york city are investigating what may be a big drug mixup. Cops posted a picture on facebook saying they took a 106pound shipment of marijuana off the streets. But the people in vermont who grew it say it was hemp which is legal. It was sent by fed ex to a legal cbd store in new york. When tipped off, police made an arrest and seized the shipment. The growers say theyre out risk. Ts turn now fro streets of new york to the hockey arenas of north america. With this years hockey season heating up, some of the busiest people on the sidelines are the dentists. Abcs brad mielke has that story. Brad, good morning. Yeah, thats right. Hockey season is under way, which means a lot of players are out there on the ice losing tee
Thank you everybody for coming. Please continue to enjoy your lunch. Im tim carney, im a visiting fellow here at the American Enterprise institute as well as being a the commentary ted tor at the Washington Examiner. Were here to talk about health care. But i want to ask a specific question about health care. And its a question that some people on the Free Enterprise side, the free market conservative or libertiarian side dont always ask. Kui, bono in latin, or who benefits. I think sometimes people on the right or right of center are uncomfortable with that question in policy debates because they say why should it matter who benefits . Because we see Elizabeth Warren will say a tax cut is bad because rich people benefit. But i think its actually a very important thing to talk about. One, it definitely influences our debates. If you remember in the 2008 campaign and the passage of obamacare, barack obama certainly thought it was very important to point out that he was battling, you kno
Comin going up in the past year, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you saw your Health Care Costs going down, please call us at 202 7488001. If your health care stayed the same, but you have an opinion on this topic anyway, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us at 202 7488003. We are always reading on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Basic Background Information out of the way. Cnbc had a great article earlier this month on the Health Care Costs in the u. S. And how they are increasing. Let me read a little bit of background from that article. It says, the average American Household spent almost 5,000 per person on health care last year. 1 increase from the roughly 2500 per person that americans spent 34 years ago in 1984 according to an analysis of the bureau of labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure survey. Comparisons,ate clever adjusted all dollar amounts for inflation. It is not surprising that Health Care Costs have risen
Thank you, everybody for coming. Continue to enjoy your lunch. Im tim carney, a visiting fellow here at American Enterprise institute as well as being the commentary editor at the Washington Examiner. We are here to talk about health care but i want to ask a a specific question about health care. Its a question that some people on the Free Enterprise side, the freemarket conservative or libertarian side dont always ask, who benefits. I think sometimes people on the right or right of center are uncomfortable with that question in policy debates because they say why should it matter who benefits . We see Elizabeth Warren will say tax cut is bad because rich people benefit. But i think its actually a very important thing to talk about. One influences are debates gif you remember in the 2008 campaign and the passage of obamacare, barack obama thought it was important to point out that he was battling the Health Care Sector, that he was battling the drug drugmakers or he was battling the in