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States are waiting to figure out whether they're going to, for example, launch the exchange or expand medicaid, the states are paralyzed to really advertise what's going to happen if they don't know for example whether medicaid is -- expansion of medicaid is going to actually occur. >> so we started this show, like, syria 101. the things you need to know to make some kind of reasonable public opinion decision about whether or not you support strikes. so let's do this real quickly for aca. dr. smitherman, what do people need to know about october 1? what are the key maybe two or three things th...

Baltimore ravens will be promoting obama care, but only in the state of maryland. as far as all the other states, the obama administration recently awarded $67 million to more than a hundred groups around the country to act as navigators to help the uninsured understand their options under the new health law. but now republicans on the house energy and commerce committee have sent a letter to these navigators, demanding extensive paperwork, essentially requiring them to spend time doing busy work, instead of educating the uninsured. protesting this busy work, congressman henry waxman, who wrot...

Nba um of new york presbyterian hospital. rebecca oney, ceo and cofounder of health needs, dr. herb smitherman of urban health at wayne state university school of medicine. you all have long names today. and mayor ed powlowski, mayor of allentown, pennsylvania. >> let's start here. >> okay. >> i have learned so much more about the course of this over the past six months. we are facing an actual shortage in doctors. explain to me what that problem looks like. >> well, you -- in your introduction, you said a lot of it, but we actually have a national shortage. probably over the next 15 years, 11...

Dr. smitherman, it will create jobs. jobs we need. if there was political will and wisdom, we would provide primary health care providers. >> thank you to dr. herb smitherman in detroit. best rest of you back for more later. up ñrnext, the political party with the record of marginalizing women is ruling egypt. we'll talk to two women in cairo after the break. we charge everything else... maybe it's time to recharge the human battery. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping post...

Economic crisis for three years. and he still is. president obama's plan keeps taxes down for the middle class, invests in education and asks the wealthy to pay their fair share. mitt romney and his billionaire allies can spend milions to distort the president's words. but they're not interested in rebuilding the middle class. he is. i'm barack obama and i welcome back. according to the association of american medical colleges, a shortage of about 63,000 doctors by 2015, with greater shortages to come. in the future, 91,500 by 2020, and 130,600, by 2025. still with me, dr. herb smitherman, a...