There hasnt been any agreement on any single proposal. But that may be about to change. A combination of the republican takeover of the senate, a looming Supreme Court decision and the white house race are putting more pressure than ever before on republicans to offer some sort of alternative to obamacare. But before they could get to any sort of agreement, there are some fundamental philosophical disagreements that need to be worked out about how to get and move the country into a more free market direction. And thats why i wrote my book, overcoming obamacare. And what i tried to do is i looked at the flurry of plans that have been offered as alternatives to obamacare. And i sorted them into three basic approaches or schools of thought. The first school of thought i called Reform School and this is comprised of people who say that at this point it might be unrealistic to fully repeal obamacare. And holding out for full repeal shouldnt be a barrier to instituting reforms to the overall
My first stop in the series was at the Commonwealth Fund to learn more about health care and how it got so expensive. We solicited a lot of patient stories through social media and at the end of the series i had this bank of woe of patient stories, people who were smart for the most port New York Times readers who had not been able to make the system work. By there time you are finished, you realized you just scratched the service. I felt like i needed to know because it shows how prices had gotten as a physician to tried in the 80, i knew health care had not always been this way. I wanted to understand how did we get to this system which literally nobody seems to like right now. And by understanding that how can we get to a better place. We have seen so many efforts reform and everybody agrees to needs to be reformed but as see see on the hill today we are still arguing. As you mentioned, you are a physician i am a physician. We went to the same medical school. Harvard medical school.
We face many dangers and critical challenges from north korea, to iran, to venezuela. We thank spain for its recent decision to expel its north korean ambassador, and for standing with us in our efforts to isolate the brutal north korean regime. It is time for all responsible nations to join forces to isolate the north korean menace. North Korean Nuclear weapons and Missile Development threaten the entire world with unthinkable loss of life. Act now to must ensure the regimes complete. Enuclearization i appreciate the United Nations Security Council voting twice , toimously, 150, twice adopt hardhitting resolutions against north korea. I initially we initially initiated tough new sanctions for those who do business with this outlaw regime, and applaud chinas action to restrict its trade with north korea. And in particular, i applaud alla for breaking off banking relationships with north korea, something that people would have sought unthinkable even two months ago. I want to thank pres
Hello it is the pleasure to be here if you congratulations lawn in incredible readable and thorough review of problems with the Health Care System. I have a ton of questions based on my background as a physician or Health Policy analyst but first i would like u. S. Gay couple of questions so why did you write this book and why now. I worked a couple of years on the series for the year times and also to the Commonwealth Fund how the Health Care System had gotten so very expensive so we solicited patients stories and then i had a bank of patients stories for the most part that were injured but they cannot make the system work. That was one aspect. In the newspaper story pickoff one piece it you go one by one and did you realize you scratch the surface then i needed to know how the prices had gotten high a and look at those factors but i wanted to understand the evolution of that process because the position you trained in the 80s by new health care have not always been this way so how do
System. Shes interviewed by david blumenthal, president of the commonwealth fund. Host hello. It is a pleasure to be here with you. I want to congratulate you on an incredibly readable in a thorough review of our problems in the Healthcare System and proposals for a solution. I have a ton of questions for you based on my background in the physician as a policy analyst and of course, also as an occasional patient. But first, i would like to ask a couple of question for context. The first one is why did you write this book and why did you write it al . Guest i worked on a series for the new york times. My first stop in that it was actually at the Commonwealth Club to learn a little bit more about the Healthcare System andd how it had gotten so very expensive. Then during that series, we solicited in love stories through social media. At the end of the series two years later, i had a kind of wow of patient stories and people that were smart just havent been able to make the system work. W