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President trump can avoid a fumble on the issue like what happened in 2018 for republicans. so dont play defense. our next guest could hold the answer though. a healthcare plan for the people, by the people. a practicing orthopedic surgeon and fred or tease, together they are crafting a healthcare plan just like the way apple built their iphone franchise. doctor, to you, how does apple gives clues to success in 2020? >> well, apple has been a very productive company for a long time. but what we ...

Would allow private insurance to continue to exist. clarify, bennet is defending the existence of private insurance as an option. bernie sanders doesnt want that at all. bennets argument is that this would create competition which would allow the public to choose a public option over private insurance which is an entity making a profit. a practicing physician and vice president of payer and provider integration at johns hopkins medicine. she served in the obama administration as director of poli...

By his own admission and a lot of -- somewhat skeptical of the report we got last year about things like his weight and so forth. remember, that was dr. ronnie jackson. \dr. jackson is no longer his official white house physician, he got a new job title recently called the chief chief medical officer at the white house. thats supposed to make him a policy adviser on opiod abuse rather than a practicing physician overseeing his health. will that be his responsibility. there will be a team of doct...

Than most states. virginians react negatively to a photo like that which is mind boggling. im sure the governor is under a lot of pressure. we have a hard time understanding this. we think of the whole thing as bizarre and we are just observers. imagine if youre governor and in a matter of hours, this started late yesterday afternoon, in a matter of hours, everybody you know is talking about your resignation. i am sure it is mind blowing. >> and david, hes a pediatrician, studying to be a pediat...

Protections so people who need these protections pay a lot more. other protections to disappear including caps, bans on annual or lifetime limits. important if you have a chronic or term call illness. they can charge more based on age, gender or profession and young people would not stay on insurance policies until theyre 26 years old. theres a lot that could go wrong here. joining me is a doctor, whos a practicing physician at johns hopkins university. good to talk to you. thank you for being w...

It absolutely not free. part of what the government pays as gpsd goe gross domestic product goes up. 170 million people get their insurance right now through their employer. guess what their employer does? they take a tax deduction. they dont pay taxes on it its an incentive for jobs. this thing is a job killer. if you get rid of 170 million coverage and there is more choice, more competition. again, no competition here, no choice. so prices will not go down. and, again, there is no incentive fo...

Fight over spending to keep the government open. having an impact on that is the cost of the republican tax plan which is $1.5 trillion. heres what the white house director of legislative affairs told hallie jackson in the last hour. >> the childrens health insurance program will be funded, hallie. >> by the end of the year? >> theres probably going to be a short-term fix in january. and will be fixed in the larger january spending bill. >> joining us now is kavita patel who is currently a pract...

This has happened? this seems sort of mccarthy word era banning if in fact it is true? >> its unprecedented certainly in my lifetime. the fact is that the progress we have made is a result of technology that is science based. and i would also add that its programs that are evidence based. and to exclude the use of that language by the organization that is responsible for that progress is absolutely insane. >> it is flabbergasting. i want to bring you in. you are a practicing physician. what went...

Casualties here, but nothing as big as this. this is the biggest one weve had in 20 years. >> and today a plea from las vegass mayor to those looking for help, to help. >> what we ask for is blood. thats the main thing right now. is that if our people want to do something and they are healthy, then please donate blood. >> meanwhile, the governor of the state said today more help is on the way. >> my next step to sign an evacuation order that provides a waiver for out of state health care provide...

Todd: three senate republicans rejecting the so-called skinny repeal of obamacare, what does this mean for millions of americans struggling with healthcare? a member of the independent board of directors, thank you for being here at an early hour. tell us your story. >> i was a practicing physician for 16 years, when the 2008 election took place i got very concerned that there would be some development that would hurt the relationship of those who provide care, provide to our patientss, hospital...