Reasons why health care is so unaffordable that all of the research pointed to, and that is not what the politicians are talking about. The Research Suggests that it is pricing failures, middlemen, and inappropriate medicare medical care. We need to talk about how to fix the broken Health Care System because people are getting crushed. People are getting hammered. Touredd the country the country and met with hundreds of folks. Patients in their homes listen to them about how the Health Care Systems devastated them, and it is a mess. I do not believe we are divided country and i do not think the choice is put before spy health care by politicians are the right choices. There is tremendous consensus and the consensus is that we need to address pricing failures. Us after theilled flight they would be gouging us. If airlines did not have to show a price, you would simply fly, and then they would send you a bill, and they would be gouging all over it. That is what is happening in health car
Flints deadly water on the contaminated water in the michigan city. As always, well take your calls you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. His next. Is next. Host this is the washington journal for september 10. The House Judiciary Committee will markup gun control bills this afternoon. Look for more information on those events at cspan. Org. For our first hour, we want to hear from republicans only about the three announced primary challengers to President Trump. Mark sanford, bill weld, and joe walsh. What do you think about these declared challengers to the president and do you support or oppose their efforts . If you support the efforts, 2027488000 is the number to call and tell us why. You can also tell us if you oppose at 2027488001. If you want to tweet us this morning, cspanwj is how you do that. Before the start of this program, on our facebook page, 300 of you commenting. You can participate in a poll at the facebook page. Making his sanford comments about his
The pig book has been around since 1991. We have identified 11,014 earmarks, and so when people say its just a few million the year, or a few thousand there, it adds up over time. The earmarks are correcting, costly, inequitable, and we should talk more about them. One of the many publications we put out each year, and certainly something we have been working on for a long time. Host since we will be talking about money, our viewers will always have this question. How was citizens against government waste funded . Guest by individuals and associations and foundations. The vast majority of our money comes from individual taxpayers, and always has. Host and also we will be talking about federal earmarks, lets set the stage. What is an earmark . Guest if its one of our seven criteria developed back in 1991 with the congressional park west ors coalition. To be not specifically authorized, not subject to hearings, serves only a local or special interest, it exceeds the budget or last years
Teachers, your line is 7028000. We want to hear from School Administrators at 2027 028001. Parents, we want to hear from you at 2027028002. If you dont fit into any of those categories, we still want to hear what you think. You can always reach us on social media come on twitter, and on facebook. Lets set up the question for you. Of teachertopic pay has been a hot one in the democratic president ial race for the democratic nomination. One of the first candidates to jump off was Kamala Harris, who came out in april with her proposal for raising teacher pay in new hampshire. Here is what she had to say. Lets be clear, there are two groups of people raising our children, parents, often with the assistance of grandparents, and our teachers. We are not paying them their value when we know teachers in our country make 10 less than similarly College Educated individuals. Which is why as president i will implement what will be the first time in our nation a federal investment in closing that t
President s would weve ever had. And a grandfather, whirl wind johnson hosted a tennis camp including for Althea Gibson and arthur ashe. My grandfather, a phenomenal physician, but somehow managed to be a student of the tennis game and transform that learning into a program that would, for decades, provide players an opportunity for africanamericans to integrate the sport. Watch the cspan cities tour saturday beginning at 5 p. M. Eastern, sunday at 2 p. M. On American History tv on cspan 3. Working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. Health and Human Services secretary, alex azar spoke before the Senate Finance committee this week about the president s proposed 2019 budget. He answered questions on a range of issues, including funding for medicare and medicaid, the Opioid Epidemic, Community Based clinic training and autism and also discussed the administrations approach for lowering Health Care Costs including Prescription Drugs. Mr. Azar was sworn in as hhs secretary in