Thanks for coming to our session , a Civil Society approach to preventing terrorism and targeted violence. I am a senior policy analyst with new Americas National security program. We are a think and action tanks civic life form that connects technology labs, solutions networks, media hub, and public forum. From homegrown american terrorism to United States drone wars abroad, and a corporation drones around the world to the profound changes in warfare brought by new technology and societal changes. Theuld like to introduce presentation on our new initiative before we jump into the panel portion. He was once a jihadist propagandist who ran revolutionary muslim, a new york citybased organization active in the 2000s connected to a number of terrorism cases. He connected al qaedas ideology and transformed it for america creating englishlanguage propaganda. 2011e radicalized in following his arrest in casablanca and incarceration in the u. S. After his presentation, i will invite the rest o
Tonight in our debate for communism and human rights violations, the United States scorns cuba. Has fidel castro won. Later in our panel. Charlie hebdo says it will not publish more cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Has intimidation worked. Planned parenthood caught on tape haggling over the price of foetus procurement. Do they have anything to apologise for. Im imran garda. And this is third rail we can do more to support the cuban people and promote our values through engagement. You dont break a mafia by doing business it. We gave away the store and got nothing in return. They have not made political reforms. Do we want a china model perpetuating the slavery of the people. Every economic traction strengthens the regime that is torturing the people. Change. We are risking going backwards, instead of forward. Isolating the country does want. For the last 54 years its been a . In few years you have a new generation taking over. Human rights, value of democracy. Thatll be on the agenda.
Tonight in our debate for communism and human rights violations, the United States scorns cuba. Has fidel castro won. Later in our panel. Charlie hebdo says it will not publish more cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Has intimidation worked. Planned parenthood caught on tape haggling over the price of foetus procurement. Do they have anything to apologise for. Im imran garda. And this is third rail we can do more to support the cuban people and promote our values through engagement. You dont break a mafia by doing business it. We gave away the store and got nothing in return. They have not made political reforms. Do we want a china model perpetuating the slavery of the people. Every economic traction strengthens the regime that is torturing the people. Change. We are risking going backwards, instead of forward. Isolating the country does want. For the last 54 years its been a . In few years you have a new generation taking over. Human rights, value of democracy. Thatll be on the agenda.
Question, and before you do that, identify yourself and your affiliation if you have one. Yes, sir . Hi. My name is steven spitz. I have two related questions on costs. One, i had an experience in the hospital where they said that i needed a certain common procedure, and i asked what the price was. I gave them my insurance information. And they came back and they said, we dont know. Id like to know how common that is, and what is being done to try to let folks actually know what something costs . I might add, i had at the time a high deductible so it was an important question about my outofpocket costs. The second question is Medicare Part b, when i noted it in the biography to mr. White, was involved with in 2003 has a provision prohibiting the government from negotiating prices with the drug companies. And my question is why is that bill in the law . Do you want to take that one, ed . Why dont you start. Ill do the first one, and the second one real quick. The first one was, why cant
As you can in stating your question, and before you do that, identify yourself and your affiliation if you have one. Yes, sir . Hi. My name is steven spitz. I have two related questions on costs. One, i had an experience in the hospital where they said that i needed a certain common procedure, and i asked what the price was. I gave them my insurance information. And they came back and they said, we dont know. Id like to know how common that is, and what is being done to try to let folks actually know what something costs . I might add, i had at the time a high deductible so it was an important question about my outofpocket costs. The second question is Medicare Part b, when i noted it in the biography to mr. White, was involved with in 2003 has a provision prohibiting the government from negotiating prices with the drug companies. And my question is why is that bill in the law . Do you want to take that one, ed . Why dont you start. Ill do the first one, and the second one real quick.