Look at all these choices. So much choice, thats our show tonight. John when we talk choice, theres not much more important than health care. The president sold obamacare saying it would lower costs and yet give us more coverage and more good choices, winwin. Some people would gain better insurance and even if you didnt, you wouldnt lose anything. If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. [ applause ] oops, that one didnt work out so well. Millions have learned that no, you dont get on keep your doctor. Six million policies were canceled. But millions of americans who did not have Health Insurance before now do have it. Thats why obamacare is good, says dr. Kathleen doctors for america, a group that wants government to pay for more of our health care. On the other side, Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute wrote a book saying we need more competition, and less government. So, kathleen, i agree with michael. You say obamacare is a great thing . Im looking at
Safe territory. It has been a long and bumpy road after failing in the house. Going through several interations but the major hurdle was passing the house last week. It seems fairly safe in the senate tomorrow. The stort of big changes is the ends the direct payments in which the government sent out 5 billion regardless of the weather or crop yield. It didnt prod farmers to plant any more of one kind of crop to get subsidies. But it wasnt politically poplar. They are beefing up the insurance for natural disasters. The other part of the bill is the funding for food stamps. They will ultimately cut 8 million in food stamp funding which is small enough to get Many Democrats on board who balked at the other versions like one that had 40 million in cuts. So this was enough to get it through the house. Christina peterson. Follow her on twitter and her stories are online. Coming up tonight, cspan created in 1979 and brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host this wee
Hi, everyone. My name is james matheny, the new ceo and president of the Rand Corporation. A nonprofit nonpartisan Research Organization committed to the public good. This is my first public event in my new role and i am grateful that its on biodefense. This is probably the topic i lost the most sleep over the last 20 years. I expect i will be losing more sleep tonight but but i thit will be worth it. The covid 19 pendant has shown a devastating impact can be due to a moderate pandemic, and we can imagine the impact of biological threats that are either here or on the horizon that have more thann a 1 infection the county rate. The biological threats that are enabled by advances and Synthetic Biology make possible to design pathogens that are evenre more severe, that are evn more deadly than what we find in nature. The capabilities are accessible not just to state biological weapons programs that unfortunately persist today but also to individuals. To help us understand the threats we f
Sleep tonight, but i think it will be worth it. The covid19 pandemic has shown the devastating impact can be due to a moderate pandemic. And we can imagine the impact of biological threat here or in the horizons that have more than a 1 fatality rate. The biological threats that are enabled by advances and Synthetic Biology is make possible to design pathogens that are even more severe, even more deadly than what we find in nature and the capabilities are accessible not just to state and biological weapon programs that unfortunately persist today but also to individuals. To help us understand the threat we face and what we can do about them, we are fortunate to have two congressional leaders on National Security issues and the distinguished panel of experts including one of my mentors on the topic for 15 years. Im honored to first welcome that distinguished guests, representative mike turner that represents the tenth Congressional District in southwestern ohio which includes dayton and
Preparedness and emerging bio threats from other nations. Nonstate actors and natural causes. They also talk about the role of government partnerships with the private sector and International Communities as well as intergovernmental coordination. Im the ceo and president of the Rand Corporation a nonprofit and nonpartisan Research Organization committed to the public good. This is my first public event in my new role and i am grateful that its the topic that id lost the most sleep over the last 20 years. I expect i will be losing more sleep tonight, but i think it will be worth it. The covid19 pandemic has shown the devastating impact can be due to a moderate pandemic. And we can imagine the impact of biological threat here or in the horizons that have more than a 1 fatality rate. The biological threats that are enabled by advances and Synthetic Biology is make possible to design pathogens that are even more severe, even more deadly than what we find in nature and the capabilities are