On cspan2. Great weather here all the time. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Welcome to the texas book festival. Im joined today by two incredible authors who are going to help us unpack American Health care. Katherine eban, who whens an investigative journalist, a Fortune Magazine contributor and an Andrew Carnegie fellow. Her articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking and coercive interrogations by the cia have Won International attention and numerous awards. She lectures frequently on the topic of pharmaceutical integrity, bottle of lies the inside story of the generic drug boom, her second book, was published bihar per collins in by harpercollins in may. Based on a decade of reporting, the book takes readers into manufacturing plants where the majority of our low cost generic medicine is made. Educated at Brown University and oxford where she was a rhodes scholar, eban lives in brooklyn with her husband, two daughters and newfoundland dog romeo. Dr. Marty mak
Welcome to the texas book festival. Im joined today by two incredible authors who are going to help us unpack American Health care. Katherine eban, who whens an investigative journalist, a Fortune Magazine contributor and an Andrew Carnegie fellow. Her articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking and coercive interrogations by the cia have Won International attention and numerous awards. She lectures frequently on the topic of pharmaceutical integrity, bottle of lies the inside story of the generic drug boom, her second book, was published bihar per collins in by harpercollins in may. Based on a decade of reporting, the book takes readers into manufacturing plants where the majority of our low cost generic medicine is made. Educated at Brown University and oxford where she was a rhodes scholar, eban lives in brooklyn with her husband, two daughters and newfoundland dog romeo. Dr. Marty makary works at Johns Hopkins university and author of the New York Times bestseller un
Our question to you, what is your experience with rising Prescription Drug costs . Are you worried about costs going up in the future . We want to hear from you. We are opening regional lines. If you are in the eastern are central time zones, 202 7488000. If you are living in the mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7848001. We are always on social media. The New York Times reported on this new Trump Administration plan earlier this week. The Trump Administration said they are taking steps to make it import less expensive Prescription Drugs from canada. The move has been supported by progressives. Fierceencountered opposition from the pharmaceutical industries. The fda plans to advise manufacturers on how to import hype priced drugs that are sold more cheaply in other countries. President trump is been clear that they are paying to high prices for Prescription Drugs available to other countries at lower prices. The rising price of prescription at thes a popular topic president ial debat
All the government would pay all the nations bills and everybody would have Coverage Area and a public option on the other hand would create a government type program like medicare like medicaid and more available. Right now you have to meet certain qualifications to into any of the government provided health programs. A public option would makeit much easier for people to get into government , government page. For the democrats debating on these issues, why are they so firmly advocating for these two positions. I guess what im asking, whats wrong with the Current System . Everybody agrees the Current System is not working well. People are paying too much, most people have insurance but substantial number of people still do not. A lot of people who do have insurance literally cant afford to use their insurance because they have multithousand dollar deductibles so everybody agrees that we need to fix whats broken. How you do that, democrats generally agree that everybody should have hea
Plus, high aspirations. We meet the pharmaceuticals chief pushing cannabis as the answer to americas opioid addiction crisis. Hello, and welcome to bbc news. Hurricane irma threatened much, and its delivering on that threat. One of the most powerful atlantic storms on record has pummeled a number of caribbean islands, notably the leeward islands, with extremely heavy rain accompanied by winds of up to 320km h. Thats 200 miles an hour. The Prime Minister of Antigua And Barbuda has told the bbc 90 of buildings on barbuda have been demolished. He said the island, home to about 1,800 people, is now just rubble. A 2 year old child is believed to have died and 6 people are reported dead on saint martin and the neighbouring territory of st ba rts. The eye of the hurricane has passed over the British Virgin islands. Puerto rico awaits, as does florida. Andy moore reports. The island of barbuda, home to 1600 people, was one of the first places to be hit by irma, and it bore the full runt. To be