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
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Obamacare. Its not a question of if, but a question of when. Train to the very latest on that plus Jared Kushners testimony coming up to congress. It is the busiest week of earnings for the quarter with one and a third s p 500 this week. Some of the highlights include googles Parent Company alphabet. Well tell you who else is reporting and how it may impact your money. The broader averages today. Take a look at markets. Dow industrials down 20 points. S p 500point back this morning. Fresh data showing the reach of the economy grew slower than expected. Down better than 1 . Down two thirds of 1 . In asia overnight, nikkei average was the one exception down two thirds of a percent. Best performers in hong kong a passive . Tragedy in texas. At least nine people found dead. More than a dozen others taken to the hospital after being found the back of a semi truck. Looking at Human Trafficking charges. We will tell you all about that with those immigrants did not try. Plus, the doctor may be
I just wanted to start with an brief opening comments to frame todays discussion. When it comes to health care, those on the right are often defined more by what they are again then by what they are for. The truth is there have a lot of plans that have been offered on the right of alternatives to obamacare. But there hasnt been any agreement on any single proposal. That may be about to change. A combination of the republican takeover of the senate, a looming Supreme Court decision in the white house race are putting more pressure than ever before on republicans to offer some sort of alternative to obamacare. Before they could get to any sort of agreement, there are some in the mental, philosophical disagreement that need to be worked out about how to get into the country into a more freemarket direction. That is why i wrote my book, overcoming obamacare. I looked at the flurry of plans that have been offered as alternatives to obamacare. I sorted them into three basic approaches. The f
What a week it has been. Rarely has so much history been in so few days. Confederate flags falling all across the south. At the center of it all, president obama, in what may be his best week in office. He passes a trade bill that appeared to be dead. Saving obamacare for the second time. For the first time securing the right to marriage for all americans. This decision a firms what millions of americans already believe in their hearts when all americans are treated as equal, were all more free. Then that arresting scene in charleston a president summoning the spirit of america in song. Amazing grace how sweet what a week. We begin at the Supreme Court, with our expert terry moran, you have been covering the court for three decades. Reporter george the court has seen a lot of history. I cant think of a week to match it. The court with emphatic finality bringing to a close two National Debates that have been roilg the country, Health Care Obamacare and equality for gays under the marria