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
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
I think eric did a great with job of talking about some of the problems that we see, that economic inequality seems to breed political inequality. We also have Health Inequalities which is, you know, tightly related to income. And i think what we should be focusing on is the welfare of our nation. And, i mean, that does include focusing on the welfare of those at the bottom of the income distribution, but we shouldnt lose sight that there are people in the middle who really, you know, have seen their incomes stagnate over the last 20 or 30 years. The body language suggests that robert would like to [laughter] i mean, obviously, i worked in the poverty programs for 18 years, and im really focused on the bottom. I will offer this, though, there are some solutions on the income inequality issue. And one of them is and im a believer in the transparency with regard to the ratios between ceos and the workers. That rule has been passed. Sec is trying to enforce it. Thatll with be a good thing
I am Mary Landrieu and i approve this message because Louisiana Children should never pay the price for millionaires tax cut im bill cassidy and i approve this message. A few words on obamacare. On voting with the barack obama 97 of the time. I am very happy to see the president defend what i think its an extraordinary record. But if you dare disagree with her now you know what to do on election day. That louisiana Runoff Election between Mary Landrieu and congressman bill cassidy will be held december 6. Louisiana has what is known as an open primary system where if no candidate gets over 50 of the vote in a the november election than the top two face off in a Runoff Election. It will also be decided by saturdays runoff. Coming up next on cspan2 the communicators with paypal cofounder talking about innovation and business startups. And a discussion on how medical data can be used by healthcare consumers. Later on cspan to a look of posttraumatic stress disorder and a conversation on b
What does each side have to do tonight . Bate caller there have been some Little Things being promoted. Tonight . Right now. W things Mary Landrieus campaign is focusing on bill cassidys time as a teacher. He has also been a congressman. How much work he was doing for lsu. Bill cassidy refused the allegations, saying he was doing a lot of work. Had people in d. C. He was working with. As far as the cassidy side, he has been only agreeing to a limited number of debates. This is literally the only debate between the primary and the runoff. For his campaign, it has really keep your head down and get through this. Story on the a teaching controversy. Askseadline, Mary Landrieu bill cassidy to bring records. The Keystone Pipeline has been an issue in the race. Especially the votes in the house and senate. What did the votes do for both sides . Caller the Keystone Pipeline han an issue in the at the end of t, iote was a lot more think it played better on tv and in d. C. Than it did here. Any