omaha, neb. on our democrats' line.caller: and a person goes to see a doctor the doctor is very compassionate and tell the client what is needed. my sister who is a doctor in joyce it. there are always tests which caused thousands. my sister was a doctor always enjoys it. when it comes to the billing department of the hospital is an entirely different entity. they have a credit company call and make threats to my sister. i am tired of this. my sister is trying. she tries to pay this bill. but when i hear my doctor or her doctor giving her nitroglycerin and telling her that she is a walking time bomb and then i hear these credit companies -- i call them personally to ask them who they think they are making threats to muster. they say that she owes money. they have no consideration. the hospital is the same way. does the hospital really care? or is this really two different entities in the hospital? the hospitals need to be straight up with their clients. my sister can only afford so much. host: thank you, omaha. thank yo

two weeks ago, i was an oin omaha, neb. at one the nation's first fully digital hospital. i saw how technology can help doctors and patients. health care providers like the kaiser system in california and the mayo clinic have lowered costs and have more importantly improve outcomes for their patients. i have spoken to community health center providers from ohio and pennsylvania who helped outline how information technology has helped them save resources and provide better care. our challenge is how to take the best practices and spread them across the entire country. i have every confidence that we can meet this challenge and its cheek -- meet our goals. protecting people choices of doctors and health plans and ensure

host: here is dug from lincoln, neb. you are on the air. -- here is doug from lincoln, nebraska. caller: during the civil rights movement, several groups popped up. the panthers came out of that in the 1960's and 1970's. i am wondering why. colder dropped the charges against the black panthers -- i am wondering why the charges were dropped against the black panthers in pennsylvania. guest: i have no idea what the black panthers are doing in pennsylvania. i have not heard about that intimidation case. i know about the black panthers in the days that they were organized. we talk about some of the altercations with the police in the book and some later things. but i am not aware of that. host: what is your current view of the civil rights commission and how they are performing? how are they different? what should they be doing? guest: since the reagan years, the civil rights commission legislation was changed after a fight with the administration. i ended up suing president reagan in federal district court because he fired commissioners for criticizing his policies. in any case, und