Society with the Supreme Court pushing . Was much more relaxing. [laughter] thank us tell me to think floyd abrams who has impacted many of our lives and a regular basis. Thank you. Host one of the things i took away from the book, which was very wonderful, by the way, and you dont say this explicitly, but what i took away the most is women in the senate use their gender when it behooves them and shy away from it when it doesnt. Is that one of the points you were trying to make with this book, or what is it that you want people to take away . Guest well, i do think that that is partially true, but when women came into the senate, most people dont realize there were very few women in the senate up until 1990, up until 1990, only two women in the senate, so all the male senators dont know what to do with women coming into the senate, and you have women coming in at the same time as you have a very big shift in washington in terms of behavior in washington becoming more partisan and more
They are worried, and i see the fear in their eyes. We need to continue to find ways to make these programs more efficient. I believe when you give it to the private sector, there is a profit incentive there. How can they be as competitive . You did not believe in a profit incentive . Not for Small Businesses, but when it comes to medicare, they deserve the best treatment, not somebody spinning off a profit incentive and salaries. When you compare medicare to private insurance companies, their costs are way lower. What we have is working, but we need to make it more efficient. A brief follow, who can make it more efficient, private . That is part of free markets. That is what made this country what it is. When you talk about seniors been afraid, one of the main reasons they are afraid is because of their doctors dropping them off of Medicare Coverage because reimbursable rates are getting cut and cut and cut. That is a big concern for our seniors. It is about beneficiaries, those waiti
Stephen kicked off the debate in a recent and widely read article for Time Magazine where he delved into the absurd hospital charge master, revealing a hospital pricing model as absurd, they charge the highest prices to the people who are least likely to pay them, the uninsured. He pointed out his point of view that the only force disciplining it is medicare, which still guarantees wide access and quality medical care for beneficiaries. We could bring more to the system and save patients a lot of heartache and expense. In rebuttal, he says our system is so dysfunctional because medicare distorts pricing in ways that produce perverse outcomes for payers. Allow me to introduce both of our speakers before we begin. Stephen designed a company to create a viable Business Model for journalism to flourish on line. He is a feature writer for magazines and trains journalist and founded brills content magazine. He is a graduate of yale and yale law school. The chief executive officer of the game
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Im Terrell Brown. The 113th congress has been sworn in, and today the house takes up its first piece of business, the bill of providing aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy. John boehner was reelected as speaker of the house, but he sparked a flood of criticism from within his own party. Tara mergener is in washington this morning. Tara, good morning to you. Terrell, the speaker changed course after an angry backlash for the delay. Its the first of two votes to send up 60 million in aid to the victims of Superstorm Sandy. Hes trying to rebuild his home but hes run into a problem. His frustration grew when the last session of congress ended this week without acting on a bill to provide Financial Relief to millions of victims. Its like a slap in the face when you really think about, you know, the way were being treated by the government, that theyre withholding, you know, money that should have been given to us, you know, to help us rebuild. Camarada isnt the only one. Ask any family in li