Anybody else want go ahead, vern. Just to comment on the general direction, in the surveys we have the privilege of doing with the Kaiser Family foundation and namd we have a series of questions on whats going on with the system reform and Payment System reform and so on and if theres one thing that characterizes Medicaid Programs today it is a focus on what they can do to make their programs better in the sense of achieving Better Outcomes and so on. There are just example examples after, you know, many, many examples that you could cite. Its arizona is exemplary. And there are 49 other exemplary states also in terms of what theyre doing in this regard. It is amazing what states are doing now and if you want to look at one place where medicaid is a leader in the health care system, you can look at medicaid. It is definitely, definitely leading. Trying things that other folks havent tried. States are focused and they have the ability to be flexible and one state learns from another. Le
Who could plausibly win the nomination, someone who will be 53 years old next year, rather than somebody who will be 75 years old. Somebody who has been a twoterm governor of a state that sort of was widely considered in the mainstream of the party and politics, where Bernie Sanders has been, he is a unique character. But lets face it, he has not member, most effective liberal democratic senator. An effective senator, ted kennedy, there are boatloads. But he has chosen to be a voice, but to actually do stuff, get agenda,one, drive an that has not been sanders so much. I know that his supporters are passionate and they believe in him, that is great. The thing is, what a party would a party moved to him, the democratic party, and a pinch, i have a hard time seeing that happen. Anyway, thank you for coming out here. [applause] [applause] tonight on cspan, you look at the impact of legalized marijuana. In colorado and other states. , as debate on Marijuana Forum hosted by the steamboat ins
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