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Nice to see you. Melissa attias is making her first visit to newsmakers. Dr. Wall, we can we start our program about the expected consideration of what is called a doc fix. I know your organization does not prefer that term but i am sure many cspan viewers have heard that in washington parlance. Tell us what this issue is. Dr. Wah we are talking about Sustainable Growth rate which has been in place for a long time. It was originally passed in 1997. It was thought to be an effort to control the costs of the Medicare Program. It resulted in about 17 patches over the last 10 or 12 years. Each one...

Here again, i think a false choices being offered. Sending soldiers into syria at this point would be counterproductive. At this point, we have a whole lot of allies in that region that are asking us to do that. We are not working effectively with the turkish kurdish rebels jordanians, saudis, kurds. We are not working effectively with any of our allies. To say the only thing that we can do is go off to war is not true. There is a whole set of things that we have been asked to do by people who share our interest and we are not doing them. Announcer Senior Editor for the Weekly Standard on his ...

They are less harmful because of no tabacco but more because we nont know what they are made of. They are feeling weird and giving me headaches. Also a question of whether or not they are a gateway to marijuana or regular smoking. Good questions, dont miss that the vapors deliver life saving chemicals. The same regulations for natural tabacco should be in place for the ecigarettes. Well the sales doubled in the past year to an a billion and a half dollars and for many the exploding popularity is a major cause of concern. Ecigarettes are blamed for 161 increase in calls to poison control countr...

People are surprised it is unregulated and available to the kids. Yes, the only a Community Surprises me. We are starting the show asking whether it is harmful, and that is a major point of contention. They are less harmful because of no tabacco but more because we nont know what they are made of. They are feeling weird and giving me headaches. Also a question of whether or not they are a gateway to marijuana or regular smoking. Good questions, dont miss that the vapors deliver life saving chemicals. The same regulations for natural tabacco should be in place for the ecigarettes. Well the sale...

Ecigarettes are blamed for 161 increase in calls to poison control country. The cartridges come in a number of flavors and enticing to kids. They are not child proof. They are popular among the teens with a survey finding that the number of High School Students using them nearly doubled in just a year. So what exactly are the risks soe associated with the ecigarettes them. Ray story is ceo of the association and drochlt George Rogers from the Childrens Hospital and the university of kentucky. Welcome to the program. Dr. Rogers you are a toxicologist and director of the Poison Control Center an...