to raise money for syria at the moment. toare finding it easier respond to the refugee situation, but donors are waiting to find out what is going to happen in syria before they commit to funds. >> i think we have time for one more. >> my name is rosemary. i is a health related question. withre doing great work the refugees while they are out of the country and coming in trying to to prevent -- trying to prevent infectious diseases plaguing those countries, but articles i have read are showing some of those democrats are starting to be affected by some of the public health problems affecting americans, such as obesity. i was interested in finding out, is the cdc or any other programs working on health promotion projects that continue to work with those refugees when they come in because, for

cultural reasons, they be some of the men do not go to the clinic to get health screening stunned and some of those people are found out to have diseases and later stages and health education in general? i'm interested in finding out if there initiatives working on that. >> that is a great question. we have, in the last five years, built up the domestic side of our refugee program, and in the last year, have funded grants to 10 states that have large receiving populations and are working closely with refugee resettlement -- the office of refugee resettlement. it does not and. this is continuing upstream. there are a lot of cost effective solutions on the disease side. we have been doing screening for some of the major chronic diseases. downstream, there is more to be done, but there are a lot of activities, health education promotion, tapping into programs.

one thing is identify the needs at the community level and target best practices. thing working with refugees is they often fall in this neglected. you see the number of agencies that have to work together to coordinate this process, but it does not become the sole mission of one agency. sometimes it falls lower in the birdie. when you are displacing your infrastructure from your home country and you are in a secondary -- when you are displaced, your infrastructure from your home country is broken and you are in a secondary country. it has been difficult to maintain continuity of health services for refugees after that initial. a federal assistance. we are excited about the implementation of the affordable in january, 20 13 is going to extend the ability for access and coverage for a lot of these services. how that plays out state-by- , but remains to be defined

the opportunity is to close that area and offer more preventative services in this country after arrival to a larger group of people. >> thank you. >> oath of our speakers have enlightened us in many areas -- both of our speakers have enlightened us in many areas and i cannot thank him enough, but if you will lose join me in thanking them. [death march ♪] >> today's ceremony was a culmination of work where tuesday sailors were uncovered from the uss monitor. they got great information on the age and height and some of the elements -- some of the ailments, they were not able to provide a dna match.

the monitor was a revolutionary ship. it changed modern warfare and one day. the ship was different from its predecessors because it was an iron ship. transition from the wooden warship to the age of iron. then that was wil its revolving gun turf. it was designed by john harrison who designed this vessel would two guns. that couldguns rotate 360 degrees. for the first time in history it the navigation of the ship from the firing of the weapons. this changed everything. 151 years ago tomorrow, the monitor that the css virginia and for four hours these two ships slug it out to a draw, but would change that day was the course that naval warfare

with taken every navy in the world. ofthis weekend, the history the union's first ironclad, monitor, and the fate of two of its crew. on c-span three's american history tv. --are documented he documentary, "in sickness and in health care," they asked the president to focus on healthcare and the school system. their winners of the student cam contest. >> health care, whether you are or poor, young or old, republican or democrat, healthcare affects the lives of men and -- of millions. clearr. president, it is our healthcare hinges on the daily lives of each american. let's take a look at the facts.

15% of americans are uninsured. spent to: five troy and dollars each year on healthcare. contrary to popular belief, we do not have the best healthcare system in the world. we are ranked 37th. in comes the affordable care act, also known as obamacare, designed to lower costs and ensure more people. , thete all the arguing bill was signed into law in march 2010. >> good afternoon. earlier today, the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the affordable care act, the name of the health care reform we passed two years ago. if you are one of the 30 million americans who do not yet have health insurance, starting in 2014, this law will offer you an array of quality, affordable private health insurance lands to choose from. -- plans to choose from. >> a lot of that was included in

the healthcare law. you hear romney and other republicans talk constantly about this, $750 billion in cuts. those are reduced payments to providers in medicare plans the president obama used to bring he does as down, but lot of other things to change the medicare program. he starts new demonstration programs to change payment systems. he is trying to change the system from within. >> one of the current issues we are spending a great deal of time on right now is the medicaid expansion that was proposed under the affordable care act. i spend a lot of time talking to people about medicaid expansion. make medicaid and non- categorical program. instead of having to be aged, blind, or disabled, it would be available to anybody up to 138% of poverty. it is a way to get poor people

of all varieties access to health care coverage they would not otherwise be able to afford. >> as important as it is, it is surprising that most americans do not understand it. we went to franklin, tennessee, to see what people had to say. what ite no idea really means. i think we are all supposed to have insurance, whether you can afford it or not. is that it? >> i do not think he has done a good job explaining what is in the plan. i do not think we are going to know until he goes into effect. >> i feel, from a moral standpoint, a country as well off as we are, we should take advantage of helping those who cannot help themselves. we just got married. you are

not a dependent anymore after you get married. we were not sure about health insurance. >> the information was accessible. it was easy to find it if you google search affordable care act. >> i am diabetic. i do not know how it will affect me. ispart of a country's will the ability to take care of people. i recently had a friend of mine , andot a sore on his foot because he cannot go to a a clinic, he almost lost his leg. he ended up having to go into the er. that is inexcusable. >> even though the bill has good intentions, it will not fix everything. there is always room for revision. >> here is the danger when the federal level takes a position where they can tell someone whether they purchase a product or a service is where do is --

where does it stop. if the federal government can tell us whether to buy health care, can they us to buy a certain kind of car or another product or service? >> employers will have a strong incentive to avoid hiring low- wage workers, because if they hire a low-wage worker and they end up in the new subsidized system of insurance, they will pay a fine. wageo if i hire a higher worker. this dis-incentivize is hiring people who are most in need to >> each healthcare provider now will shop for you. if you go to rite aid or or walmart or wherever you're going to buy the lower -- the lowest costs antacid you can find or .hatever, you cannot do that you go where your health

provider tells you to go or walk into an er and it is paid by us, the health -- the taxpayer. the system has some flaws in it that need changing. there are some good aspects about the affordable care act and address some of those issues. all not think it addresses the problems within the system. >> it is clear that, above numbers and money, what it boils down to is the people and their well-being. we went up to bowling green, ohio, and talked to a cardiac nurse at a hospital for low income patients. >> healthcare is important because it keeps us alive and healthy and safe. the most important issue is patient safety. hospitals are now worried about productivity because they are not making enough money.

they need more patience because they need to make money, so they are pushing patients on us to try to hurry up and do what we need to do to get them better so we can push them back out the door, but it is costing the patient -- it could cost the patient their life. and are are admitted discharged before they should be, so they are being readmitted -- now insurance are saying if you are readmitted for the same thing within 30 days they are not going to cover it. -- to to school to check take care of my patients to the best-of-five bill daley -- the best of my ability. healthcare is so bad. it is about the numbers, not the patients. how can we give that care and feelyou and your loved one special and if everything being taken away from us? we do not have the right drugs to cover the sick patients. we do not have enough staff

because the hospital needs to make money. something needs to be done about patient safety. this issueear that affects everyone no matter where they are and is critical to the success of our nation. dear mr. president, no matter what side of the fence people are on, our health care system is at a turning point. we need to make over -- make sure america is ready so as americans we can move forward. next, a discussion about women in politics. a forum on the growing numbers of refugees around the world, followed by a discussion on refugees and disease outbreaks and refugee settlements. larry pratt,s," executive director of gun owners

of america. sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> they had a political marriage, much like john and abigail. she would lobby in the halls of congress. saywas always careful to my husband believes this and advocates that. but she was doing the pitch. one of her husband's opponents said he hoped that if james were , sheelected president would take up housekeeping like a normal woman. she said, "if james and i erred elected -- i are elected, i will neither