place other pieces of legislation so you can purchase insurance across state lines, bring about medical malpractice lawsuit abuse reform, do the kinds of things that will drive down premium costs for folks so they re actually able to afford a coverage plan that works for them. dr. price, your goals sound lofty and good. in some ways, is all of this an exercise in futility? all of this hand ringing today, because even if it does pass, even if you are able to cajole the recalcitrant republicans on the fence, that s just the house. it still goes to the senate whereby all measure, this bill will fail. that s the legislative process. what i will tell you is a true exercise in futility is keeping the current system. the current system is failing patients. that s what we need to remember. you have states across the land that aren t able to put in place
any idea what he was doing in new york? whether or not he gets diplomatic immunity? he was not on business. the imf says it was a personal trip. he does have a daughter who lives in new york, so it s entirely possible that he was meeting them. he hasn t said what he was doing there. he had been in europe, earlier last week and he was headed out there, our understanding is that he does not have diplomatic immunity in this case. the imf coverage is only for official business. as a french diplomat, he doesn t really that coverage wouldn t extend in a case like this. any peculiarities i mean, i guess he s got a history that is a little bit peculiar, but not necessarily mean he has allegations in the past. but nonetheless, it s out there. the allegations in the past were more of the variety of inappropriate relationships, relationship with a subordinate in the imf, in particular, but that was not anywhere near
in washington, d.c.. any idea what he s doing in new york? was he on business? was not on business. it was a personal trip. he does have a daughter who lives in new york. it is entirely possible he was meeting them. he hasn t said what he was doing there. he been in europe earlier last week and of course he was headed out there our understanding is he does not have diplomatic immunity. in this case the imf coverage is only for official business. as a french diplomat he doesn t really that coverage wouldn t extend in a case like this. greta: i guessnp he s got a history that is a little peculiar. nonetheless it is sitting out there. the allegations were more inappropriate relationships, relationship with a subordinate in the imf in particular. that was not anywhere near