Feted by staff. The National Governors association is one of the finest group of people, most professional and dedicated, knowledgeable possible. The reason i am confidently casting a vote is because of the extraordinarily good work they have done. Thank you. That sounds like a second from governor abercrombie. All in favor signal by saying i. All opposed it is unanimous. This concludes our meeting. Thank you ray much. Very much. [applause] we will have more from the National Governors association tomorrow, starting live at 9 30 am eastern when Business Leaders discuss governor mark tells initiative on employing people with disabilities. Then mike at 2 30 p. M. , a form on education with governor malloy. That is tomorrow on cspan. Next, a discussion with ruth Bader Ginsburg. Later, a form on the white house and Climate Change. At age 25, she was one of the wealthiest widows in the colonies. During the revolution, while in her mid40s, she was considered an enemy by the british who threa
Specifically, medicaid. Is it a good idea . We want to get your thoughts on all of this. 202 is the area code. 5853881 for the republicans. 2025853880 is our democratic line. You can also join us at facebook or send us an email. A couple of issues dealing with health care and the elderly. A cover story, increased a crisis in plain sight. And this cover story from Time Magazine called, why medical billsa re killing us. And from the new york times, there is the story of one of a number of republican governors he said ohio would reverse this decision if the government failed to cover all the cost of the expansion. Here are some details for ohio last year the Supreme Court ruling that they have the ability to tap in and out of the system. Medicaid covers 2. 2 Million People in ohio. It is the single Largest Program in the state with a two year budget. It accounts for roughly 18. 7 billion, or 32 of the more than 55 billion budget. Junkies to talk about medicare and medicaid as a way to dea
California, or someone from the south is different from someone from the north. China is a massive, diverse country. If you come to visit, do not spend all of your time just in beijing. Try to go somewhere different. Other places are nothing like beijing. When i have friends come to visit, i love to go out and try regional foods. Hunan food, middle eastern food, just to give people a flavor that when we talk about china, and i am guilty of it too, it is just a short hand. There is no one china. What story have you written that has gotten the most attention in china . A really good question. I think the story of the communist party chief, bo xilai. That exposed a lot of corruption at the high level of the communist party. I think the escape of the blind activist got as much attention from folks back here who are interested in the human rights question. Chen guangchens escape from harsh treatment and interrogation. Partly because he is blind and being a human rights lawyer and activist.
Communist party. I think the escape of the blind activist got as much attention from folks back here who are interested in the human rights question. Chen guangchens escape from harsh treatment and interrogation. Partly because he is blind and being a human rights lawyer and activist. Somehow, he escaped from these conditions. He made his way hundreds of miles from the province to beijing. That really got a lot of attention. That was a pretty dramatic story that happened over the last year. How exclusive were those stories to you . I got the first phone call when he was escorted from the embassy to the hospital. It was partly accidental. He was calling the Washington Post because of a former partner of mine who wrote a book, and he had a chapter devoted to Chen Guangchen which put chen on the map. I do not think he had a lot of access to the media and he wanted to let the Washington Post know. We had good relationships not only with chen and his allies. They would call us when there we
It can undermine our budget and slow the Economic Growth in our states. As it stands, state economies are slowly recovering and we are returning to the revenues we collected back in 2008. We believed in flexible federalism. As we continue to work with congress and the administration, governors are committed to a collaboration to maintain and promote a balanced system. We have as congress and the initiation to keep four points in mind. This should produce savings for the federal and state. It cannot be accomplished by shifting costs from the federal government to the states or by imposing unfunded mandates. State should be given increased flexibility. Congress should not impose efforts as this. Many of the decisions that affect our health care are made in the states, especially those about Health Care Delivery systems. As the demand for primary care is straining, we face a rapidly aging population. More than 16 million individuals are projected to gain Health Insurance coverage by 2016.