US Rep. Jo Ann Emerson attended the White House Health Care Forum on March 5, 2009. This was a chance for her to speak on behalf of the people in the 8th Congressional District of Missouri regarding health care reform.
Complete video at: fora.tv Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) outlines his recent draft of The Patients’ Choice Act of 2009, a Republican-sponsored health care reform bill. “Let’s equalize the tax treatment, let’s take this tax benefit and de-link it from the job and reattach it to the worker,” Ryan urges. —– Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will discuss the impacts of various possible health care reforms. What positive reforms could be done? What will happen if we pass the wrong reforms? And what …
Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, Inc., Antonio Perez, Chairman and CEO of Eastman Kodak, Inc., and John Castellani, President of Business Roundtable, held a teleconference Tuesday, September 15, 2009 to release a report called “Health Care Reform: The Perils of Inaction and the Promise of Effective Action.” The teleconference is now posted in four parts, including Q&A with reporters. This is the second part of the four segments.
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Complete video at: fora.tv Senate staffers Kate Leone and Russ Sullivan state that the goal of health care reform is to make sure it is affordable and accessible to all. Debate about how to achieve that goal has included the possibility of making basic health coverage mandatory. —– New School President and former US Senator Bob Kerrey hosts a debate from the recording studio in the US Senate to discuss the health care reform debate raging on Capitol Hill. He is joined by three top …
A panel discussion on whether or not linking President Obama’s policies to Adolf Hitler is simply rhetoric, or something more serious. The first thing David Frum points out is that Obama and Hitler do share a lot of things in common, and plugs a website called obamaisliterallyhitlet.com, which he calls “a funny website”. “The nuttier you are, the more coverage you get,” says Clarence Page. And Dana Bash says that such people linking Obama to Hitler lack “fundamental policy questions.”…
To all the weak Democrats afraid of stepping on toes, take note. This is how the Democrats should handle the ridiculous charges coming from the right-wing loonies at these town hall meetings. At a town hall meeting this week in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, a young woman, holding a picture depicting Obama with a swastika, asked Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), “Why are you supporting this Nazi policy?” Frank, who is Jewish, responded: “On what planet do you spend most of your time?” He then praised the …
Town Hall meeting, St Louis. The meeting ended because of crowd chaos…on both sides. Russ Carnahan couldn’t control the angry crowd, which is the few minutes of recording seen here. People were angry because this WAS NOT an open discussion about health care reform, just a neatly packaged ‘presentation’ to provide a good appearance.
Complete video at: fora.tv Comedian Lewis Black lists the reasons why he does, and does not, believe in God. The former list includes BBQ, sausage gravy, and the female breast; the latter includes ticks, cancer and the laughter of a child. Black also gives his take on the state of US healthcare. —– Comedian Lewis Black discusses his latest book Me Of Little Faith with Bob Schieffer as part of the Aspen Ideas Festival 2009. - Aspen Institute Lewis Black is a stand-up comedian, actor …
As our government considers a serious overhaul of our health care system and even a public insurance plan, it is essential that the public understands how more government involvement will impact accessibility, affordability, and quality. Under the direction of Dr. Roger Stark, a retired surgeon with over thirty years of medical experience, Washington Policy Center has launched its 2009 Federal Health Care Reform Project. As part of this project, WPC created these three short, informative …