Or private sector alternative Medicare Advantage. Yes, the woman is correct you give up some choice to get more benefits. But it is a much better economic deal if you are feeling pinched and that is why many of the people who have chosen medicine cache advantage are Medicare Advantage are low low income not qualified to get medicaid but not able to buy their own medigap. They get to make it every year. So that they dont need to make the decision once and feel like they are locked in as bob said, the question about how other countries do it is a big topic and either at the end of this session or in another session you can explore it. Host we will go to anita in n. On medicare in florida on medicare. Caller im 74 years old and i have lived in florida since 2011. I had never heard of Medicare Advantage advantage, couldnt believe it when i first heard about it. But i selected it. And my question to you is i might as well tell you up front im an old retired nurse so therefore we have a tend
Atlantic counciln to talk about the situation in libya and the war on isis. Next, a discussion on the future of the Supreme Court. Then faithbased organizations outline efforts to register voters. Clinton willillary speak at a conference of black and hispanic journalists. Republican president ial nominee donald trump at a rally in green bay. This years annual gathering of progressives called Network Nation took place called Netroots Nation to lace in july. A discussion about the Supreme Court and diversity in the judicial system. The impact of the president ial election and the balance of power in the u. S. Senate. This is one hour 20 minutes. Welcome, everyone. It is a pleasure to be here. I am nan aron president of alliance for justice. I would say coming to netroots is like coming home. It is great to be here every year. I see some old faces and a lot of new faces, which is wonderful. I would say after the events of the past few weeks in our it iny, and yesterday france, it is reall
Good afternoon, everyone. I would like to thank everyone here for coming out. Another wonderful reading. I would like to take care of housekeeping firstperiod please silence your cell phones at this time and we have cspan with us this afternoon, so when you ask your questions please use our audience microphone. Lastly, this is not the last event today, so while we would usually ask you to fold up your chairs, today we ask you keep your chairs where they are. We welcome you today. We do over 500 events here in addition to events in this space we have different venues across the city and also hold book groups, classes and literary trips are at the year. I would like to begin by saying i am pleased to welcome Public Policy and a law professor, Melvin Urofsky, as he presents his new book, dissent and the Supreme Court. Its role in Court History and the nations constitutional dialogue. Melvin urofsky has written and edited 52 books and has devoted his career to studying americas legal histo
On cspan3. Next, the president of the society of the honor guard, tomb of the unknown soldier, talks about the history of Arlington National cemetery and the tomb of the unknowns. He describes how confederate general Robert E Lees mansion became a Burial Ground during the civil war and discusses the role and creation of the tomb guard and tells stories about some of the notable people interred at Arlington National cemetery. Is a little over 90 minutes. [applause] all, thank you for the invitation and thank you, Jessica Jones were doing the legwork and getting this organized and put together. This is very much we have guys in their 90s, guys in active duty, and females in our society who have guarded the tomb because the tomb was guarded first in 1995 by corporal heather johnson, the first female to walk them at in 1995. The tomb guard badge depicted on case here,d in this this is the second least awarded badge with the exception of the astronauts badge. The astronaut is in the low 200
As hank myers said, i am privileged to be the president and ceo of the National Constitution center in is the only which institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. What an inspiring charter that is. I am thrilled to be here at the for our ford symposium symposium on gerald ford. This is what we hope will be a series of collaborations with libraries across the country where we will join in theirrship to explore constitutional legacy. In partisan politics every person who serves as president makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the constitution, and the limits in places on governmental powers. I could not imagine a better than the one that we are going to talk about today. This panel is devoted to president ford domestic posit policy. Theael gearhart is distinguished professor of law of northiversity carolina chapel hill. He is author of a new book, the forgotten president. One of the 10