host: who does the american medical association represent? t: the american medical association basically represents every physician in this country. the house of delegates which is the policymaking body of the ama is represented by 185 countrys throughout our which includes state associations and specialty associations. basically, every physician is represented through their representative in the ama house of delegates which sets the policies. host: the house friday pass that so-called doc fix. can you explain what the house legislation entails and the view by the ama? sgr must be repealed. this is a policy which determines physician payments and it is based on the duty pay. it does not reflect the cost of delivering care in this country. in medicareing instability in this country. sgrant to see repeal of the and want to see improvement in our medicare program to provide to our seniors better care and better quality of care and lower the cost. to get to that point, we must repeal this flawed formula which is not providing for our seniors what

the american medical association which once backed obamacare warns it could leave patients with paying when they skip out and paying their insurance premiums. good to see you. what's the headline? what's the head high pressure here? >> it's not an obscure rule if you are a doctor. and it's not obscure if you are a patient. we are talking about the 5 million signing up. 5 million that didn't have it before. doctors are suffering under obamacare. if doctors are suffering, patients are suffering. we are in trouble. >> reporter: they are talking about a 90-day grace period. >> isn't it ironic the american medical association that backed the law is crying about this rule. if you have subsidized insurance, you bought it on the state exchange and you find you can't afford your premiums even with the subsidy and you bail and say i'm not going to be able to do this. the government says you have 90 days when you are still considered insured. the first month the insurer has to cover it. the last two months the doctors have to keep taking care of you even though we may not get paid. i can tell you

your doctor promise, i will read a verbatim quote from president obama in a speech at the american medical associations aired live here on fox news. he said and i quote, "no matter how we reform health care we will keep this promise to the american people: if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. period." >> now, he is saying, well, you might have to change your doctor or pay more to keep your doctor because of changes in the network. that is a significant admission that the airtight promise he made to americans was not true, is not true and it is completely unacceptable. yet another lie told to the american people in trying to sell a bill that the public didn't want in the first place. >> let me give a chance to explain this: the president's huge theme in both campaigns was transparency. did he know at the time that he first proposed obamacare that folks would not be able to keep their doctor? or they "may "as he is saying, have to change doctors? he repeated it a number of times. the american people and those who voted for obamacare believed people could keep their doctor. >> i have no ide

three new star today were released this week in the journal of american medical association's psychiatry article. one-half of troops suffered from some form of mental illness before they entered the military. one in five in panic disorder or adhd and one in ten had intermittent explosive disorder, a tendency for anger and sudden rage. this was five times higher than the average rate in the civilian population. it was seen as the most common risk factor for suicide at behavior. in the height of the wars in afghanistan and iraq, between 2004 and 2009, the military suicide rit more than doublinged since the pentagon started tracking the number in 2001. 569 soldier's deaths were ruled suicides during that period. 2012 saw a peak in military suicides, 349 service people taking their own lives. >> we also need to keep improving mental health services. >> at an address in the national convention, president obama talked about the need for improving mental health services. >> last year, i said it needed to be an all-hands on deck approach, not just in the va, but across the government. and i issu

in 2008 the journal in the american medical association published a study that i had already been doing, women on antidepressants and 30 to 70% of men and women on antidepressants have sexual problems and they responded to viagra, the viagra used in men. so that's not off the table either for women. >> you have used it for women? >> absolutely, women on antidepressants. it's a technical thing. as david mentioned, it improves blood flow to the area. that shouldn't be a problem with women but studies show when they're on specific antidepressants that is -- >> talk to the doctor that's describing. >> absolutely. >> let me jump some. this point is important because female sexual dysfunction is multifactorial and then you have different groups causing different -- the one that marc is talking about, the ones that may have a problem with lubrication, blood flow, perhaps viagra may help in those group of patients. >> please don't try it without talking to your doctor. >> a doctor has to prescribe it. >> but there are other types of patients that may have other issues. >> other patients can res

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the american medical association, which represents most of the doctors throughout the country, and i'misappointed that the texas medical association is at variance with their national association, but the a.m.a. and the aarp and a dozen other organizations representing health care providers and hospitals and seniors have decried republicans' partisan tactics. they don't like it. we have five legislative days before the last s.g.r. extension runs out on march 31, five days. should republicans not come to their senses in time, i want doctors to know that a nearly 30% cut to their reimbursements should be laid squarely at the feet of my republican friends here in the house. doctors need predictability certainly so they can best serve their patients. if a permanent solution to the s.g.r. is not reached soon, doctors will be forced to make tough decisions about which patients they will see and those they can no longer afford to see. thank you for the time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. pitts: may i inquire of

support for this bill, the american clinical laboratory association, american college of radiology, easter seals, family research council, juvenile diabetes research foundation, medical imaging and technology alliance, pennsylvania partnership for children, zero to three, national center or infants, toddlers and families, among others. and i would urge members to seriously consider this. at this time i'm pleased to yield whatever time he may consume to the gentleman from michigan, the chairman of the energy and commerce committee, mr. upton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. upton: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the distinguished chair of the health subcommittee. i have a statement for the record which i'll ask unanimous consent to submit for the record. mr. speaker, here we are at the very end of -- when the doc fix expires, march 31. that's next week. we have tried in a very responsible way for many months to try and resolve this issue, and i commend my friend, mr. waxman, and others and we passed our bill out of committee last summer, 51-0. speaker boehner said he didn't think we could honor mo

difficult to collect precise statistics so i think the number that i've seen, there's a syrian american medical associationt estimated about 200,000 people have died from preventible causes were the health system not collapsing. and i think certainly a significant portion of that are children. >> and you mentioned polio, which was irradiated in 1995. it has affected more than 80,000 children, my own brother is paraplegic from polio, i can speak personally about this disease. do you think it poses a threat to the national spread of polio? >> there's very dire and 25 confirmed cases and up to 80,000 children affected. fortunately there ab ha move afoot, able to go door to door and provide the oral vaccine that children need. but to immunize a child against polio is not the one dosage, you need multiple dosages. so that is very difficult to accomplish in circumstances such as this. and i think we're already seeing reports of possible spread of polio outside of syria. i think i saw on your news a little while ago that there was a suspected case of polio in lebanon. it's children are very much in risk in syria.

radical insurgents belonging to the american medical association., in 2012 the ama filed a brief opposing florida's attempt to ban doctors -- ban doctors -- from talking to their patients about firearm safety, stating the ama will "vigorously defend the patient/physician relationship and the free speech necessary for the practice of medicine." but the nra and rand paul have managed to whip up quite a frenzy over murthy, convincing the faithful he would use a surgeon general's office to vilify gun owners. that has been used to apparently sink his nomination. according to "the new york times", "opposition from the nra has grown so intense it's placed democrats from conservative states, several of whom are up for re-election this year, in a difficult spot." senate aides telling "the times" as many as ten dems are believed to be considering a vote against dr. murthy on those grounds. that is what this fight is really about. about the decades-long battle the nra and allies have waged against doctors and health professionals to make sure that gun violence

more and more academic evidence, as well as a study by the american medical association, has linked eating disorders with unrealistic body images found in advertising. by the time our children reach 17 years of age, they will have been exposed to over 250,000 television commercials depicting unrealistic body sizes. too often this exposure, combined with other factors, like a genetic predisposition, feeling of inadequacy, societal pressures and competition, depression or anxiety can lead to an eating disorder. the kinds of altered or photoshopped images found in our media today can cause unrealistic images of what the body is supposed to look like, causing emotional, mental and physical health issues and often resulting in an eating disorder. that is why i plan to offer legislation to look at how advertising can more closely resemble the true human form while making sure that artistic expression and the freedom of media outlets are not restricted. if enacted into law, this bill would have the federal trade commission work with stakeholders, like the eating disorders coalition, and other exp

senate leadership strongly opposing the doctor's confirmation, despite the fact that the american medical association pediatric treat gun violence as a public health care and he also testified that gun control would not be his primary focus. >> i do not intend to use the surgeon general's office as a bully pulpit for gun control. that is not going to be my priority. as we spoke about, my priority and focus is going to be on obesity prevention. there are a number of public health challenges that are facing our nation. my concerns with regard to issues like gun violence have to do with my experience as a physician. >> so let's take this issue to the table, and i do think it's a troubling trend here, as i said, the linking of public health to gun violence is not up for debate. it's really sort of a statement of fact. >> right. >> and not controversial at all within the public health community. the nra has not only decided to pen this letter, but they have also decided to score the vote on his confirmation which puts a lot of pressure on red state dems. let's remember we had a number of red state democra

this murphy thing is outrageous and holds the same position the american medical association holds anding to suggest that there is not a correction between gun violence and the health of our communities spend a little time in place like bridgeport or new york or chicago and you will see that kids are being affected every single day. not just by gunfire but about by the trauma that essentially means that kids are leaving with rates of ptsd in the cities and that are comparable to soldiers coming back from iraq. i don't know what's going to happen with this nomination but our fight against the nra will be a long one. >> senator chris fur my, we a-- we are glad you are home safe. >>> up next the conspiracy behind conspiracy theories from the ukraine to the missing plane. wait, i think i got it. the russians hijacked malaysia flight 370 to divert attention away from the annexation of crimea. putin has been in the co-pilot seat before. okay ladies, whenever you're ready. thank you. thank you. i got this. oh, no, i'll get it! let me get it. uh-uh-uh. i don't want you to pay for this. it's not h

you calculate all these expense, no money coming in,-- stuart: are you a member of "the american medical associationy supported obamacare very strongly, sir. are you going to withdraw that support? >> i am very agitated because i believe in the beginning especially had betrayed a lot of us. stuart: strong word, doctor, "betrayal." >> i am passionate about this. cancer care requires a lot of efforts, a lot of times each individual patient. so, for me supporting organization like ama is critical. if the law doesn't work i cannot maintain my private practice, cannot help my patients and what is the next step? stuart: i know you came to us in very short notice, we appreciate it because we want a clean cut understanding the situation that you and other doctors are in. and you delivered. hewlett-packard getting into the 3d printing business. a juggernaut getting into a new territory. 3d. does the smaller company have much of a chance? the ceo of 3d systems is with us after the break. so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 a month? yup. all 5 of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention.

we succeeded and we succeeded by involving all stakeholders, including the influential american medical association in a fair and equitable manner that as a resulted in a near unanimous support across the health care community. for the first time since its exact in 1997, the house and senate unite behind a policy that gets rid of this flawed medicare reimbursement system. so, madam president, if we have moved this far, what is the problem? why am i disappointed? i'm going to tell you. last night, i was informed that the majority leader is bringing straight to the floor of this body the very policy that we successfully negotiated, tacking on what are known as the health care extenders that the finance committee passed, but which were not included in what the house and senate agreed upon with the s.g.r. but -- and here's the problem -- the democrats have no plans whatsoever to pay for it. so if senate democrats want to pass a bill that has roughly $177 billion price tag without even trying to offset any of the costs. and sadly, these same democrats don't seem to care that they have quickly turned wha

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american medical association and everybody was just up and down and it was the worst thing. if we put in medicare, that was going to be the end of the world and we never would have health care in this country and we went on and on about that. they so poisoned the well that when people went out to recruit people to get in the medicare program people said, i am not going to have none of that socialistic medicine in my house. because that's what it was called. that's what people were doing in 1964 and 1965. this is a rerun of that very same movie. the republicans want to kill the idea and leave the american people out there on their own. it is -- it is probably the single best example of the difference between the republicans and the democrats. the democrats have put something out here and we're trying to help all americans. is it perfect? this isn't anybody on my side who had' say it was. we had some -- who'd say it was. we had some hearings. there's all types of problems out there. but there hasn't been any hearings on this bill, how to fix it. i talked to bill frist some mon

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that it be placed in the record the following letters from american health insurance plans blue cross blue shields, the california medical association and also from the alliance for retired americans. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. len levin these are just a few -- mr. levin: these are just a few examples of the letters from opponents. you know, you can boil this down to just a few words. the republicans are so intent on manipulating everything so that they think they can strengthen themselves for ovember that they put a poison pill into a bipartisan product. a product that we worked months shame, ct so there's no so march is irrelevant, november seems to be everything. this bill cannot become law. this is an effort simply of a political nature. i very much urge you at this last minute, rethink what you're doing. it is so transparent. . is so transparent the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i'll yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brady: first of all, i want to commend and tha

the american medical association -- washington journal, live every morning at 7:00 a.m.astern. >> a look at the global energy supply. topics include oil prices, nuclear energy, and renewable energy. earlier from the former director of national intelligence, dennis blair who now cochairs the commission on energy and geopolitics. and the former ceo of bp, john brown. he council on foreign relations posted this event earlier this month. >> good afternoon. i'm bob lack well, the senior fellow for american foreign-policy here at the council. council,half of the let me welcome you to this with admiralent dennis blair and lord john brown ofthe strategic consequences the american oil boom. proceed is wel will have a conversation among the three of us for half an hour and then we will turn it over to you for comments and questions. we will end promptly at 2:00. on thisu for coming cold wintry new york afternoon. me start, john, if i could, with you. we all read about tracking -- fracking. not all of us are technologists in the energy industry. can you tell us exactly what it is?

mode american medical association -- discusses the impact of the health care law on doctors.ashington journal, live every morning at 7:00 eastern. >> now, a look at the global energy supply. topics include oil prices, nuclear energy and renewable energy. >> let me welcome you to this particular event with admiral dennis blair and lord john browne on the strategic of the american oil boom. , weway we will proceed is will have a conversation up here among the three of us for about a half an hour. then we will turn it over to you for comments and questions. at 2:00.nd promptly again, thank you for coming on this cold, wintry, new york afternoon. let me start, if i could, with you. we all read about fracking. not all of us are technologists in the energy industry. can you tell us what exactly is it? >> good afternoon. fracking was invented just after the american civil war by the colonel roberts torpedo company. it wasn't what we do today. it was using explosives to break up rock. revised by amoco of bp.tion, now part it invented a way of forcing , propelled by water, into rocks

the american medical association is opposed to this bill that son the floor today -- is on the floor today because it is a pitch. how many times have you heard people talk -- how many times have you heard people talk about a band-aid? we're just putting a band-aid on it. we are not getting to the underlying challenge that we face. this is a band-aid and that's why the docs oppose it. this patch. now, i did hear the distinguished gentleman from florida, bilirakis, say if you don't like these pay-fors, suggest your own. we've suggested our own. overseas d oco, the account. the republicans said it's a gimmick. it wasn't a gimmick that's in the ryan -- when it was in the ryan budget. it works for you when it works for you but you don't want to put it to work for america's seniors. here's the thing. the senate majority and the house majority came together to produce this patch, this band-aid. it's the wrong way to go. it does not address the underlying problem. we could have done that. we've been trying to do it for 10 years. and it's always, always, always something that the republican m

unified school district, breathe california, ucsf, american heart association, vietnamese youth development center, lung association, san francisco medical society, and other groups. we urge you to support this ordinance to protect the quality of health for all residents both young and old in san francisco. thank you very much for your [speaker not understood] and thank you very much, supervisor mar, for bringing this to our attention. >> and thank you to your leadership and the coalition as well. >> thank you. >> through chair yee, can we open this up now for public comment? and i've asked if we could limit comments, because we have about 60 cards. so, we're going to have to limit it to 1 minute per person. there's a soft bell that goes off with 15 seconds to gi would ask people if you could try to stay within your time limit. we have a number of youth that are here with us from organizations and i'd like to ask if the young people could speak first and i'm going to start calling other names. but if you're a youth, please come forward. there are a number of people from the vietnamese youth development center, the youth leadership instit

for industrial and applied math matter iraq, the soil science society of america, the american medical association, mr. president; the american immediate i don't remember logical society, the american geophysical -- the presiding officer: the senator has used three minutes. mrs. boxer: and i would ask for 30 more seconds. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: the geological society of america. all i could say it, to come down here and accuse the democrats of being alarmists when all we are trying to $is protect the health and safety of the american people, of their families and future generations, is extreme while we are in the mainstream. and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to address some of the tropes that our climate deniers like to use. and i'll go through a couple of them before our great senior senator from the great state of oregon gives his remarks. the first trope is, it's not warming. it's nowarming the it's not warg congratulated won't admit the earth is warming. their favorite tactic is 2

sheriffs association, the national association of police organizations, the american psychological association, the american medical association and the american federation for suicide prevention. in washington, we have seen how some of these community-based services are paying off. in rural central washington, the counties of yakima, klititak invest in early intervention programs such as the treatment and meeting with patients in their homes. this region in my state now has the lowest per-capita psychiatric hospitalization, according to an editorial in the seattle times just last week. this demonstration project builds on what we already know can be successes. so clearly, we have a lot of work to do, but this important legislation will help us be smarter about community-based care that will keep people out of the emergency rooms and out of our jails and stop making them be the mental health clinics of last resort. as chris imhofe, an official with washington state social and health services remarked, quote -- "it's exciting for a community when something like this happens. it helps us not strand people with psychi

royal society the united nations food and agriculture organization american association for the advancement of science american medical association of all said that genetically engineered foods are just as safe as thing as foods that are produced can vent about the american academy of environmental medicine what about some of the other countries that have gotten involved what about just seeing that we have more allergens more autism and since one nine hundred seventy three november the twenty third we have we are become much sicker that that kind of research isn't even long enough for us to be aware it's out quite as i can so i mean honestly that is the biggest bunch of nonsense well i've ever heard i think you're right tires are saying is not found there are seventeen hundred peer reviewed publications that state that these plants are going to because they want to keep us lying in their laboratory the horror theme food safety organization european spent a half a billion dollars over the last ten years and just published the report done by scientists at institutions in universities all over europe they did more studie

well definitely should be the only thing i can say is i am heartened by the stance of the american medical associationthey have taken some bad position that they don't support g.m.o. labels for instance but they do say that genetically modified foods should have been safety tested before we started giving them what a concept one zero who knew. you know let's talk about this lawsuit what do you think is going to happen with the. is it gaining traction what's the outcome if it goes you know all good well i think that there are certainly excellent legal grounds for forcing the chemical companies to tell us not just what's the active ingredient but also what they claim are inert ingredients and when they say inert they just mean that this ingredient doesn't do. the herbicide effect or ingredients don't kill the wheat that doesn't mean the entire ingredients are actually inert like they don't do anything we've found that chemicals that are mixed with life estate to make the herbicide roundup they also kill human cells and in fact they may be even more dangerous than the roundup and certainly when you combi

the american medical association the royal society of medicine all have concurred that g.m.o. those are safe to human health so your conclusion is we don't have any evidence to show that it is not safe. so that is how long how long did you do these studies and how long can we do these studies to make sure that something like that because listen i'm. in the perfect testimony that science doesn't know everything i have a very unusual memory and years ago there was nothing about it in medical books science books or anything else now there's a whole new field that's open so i know that we don't have all of the information we don't and there are so many other countries that are against g.m.o. is my dog really one hundred percent not is ninety years ago she has a garden in the back of a house and when was she would grow watermelon if she would get anything she would say if the watermelon doesn't have seed don't need. it says he said i got to be able to take the seeds dry and then have the crop back again is genetically modified yeah i'm sorry go ahead i'm going to go over this i'm g

. >> we didn't base our decision on a study of what the american psychiatric association and other medical associations consider to be mental retardation. we based it on what was the general rule that states had adopted and a large number of states had adopted 70 as the criteria. the criteria is what do the american people think is the level of mental retardation that should make it impossible to impose the death penalty. we didn't look for the answer to that question to the apa or other medical associations. we look to what the states did. what has changed in what the states do? >> justice scalia, i would like to respond with four points and i hoped desperately i remember them. what this court said was this court number one, made clear as it is reiterated in miller vs. alabama and graham versus florida that while a consensus or perceived consensus among the states is important the ultimate test is this court's conclusion about what the eighth amendment does or doesn't allow. in making that determination on page 318 of this court's opinion in adkins this court after reciting in footnote 3

. >> we didn't base our decision in atkins upon the study of what the american psychiatric association and other medical associations considered to be mental retardation. we based it on what was the general rule that states have adopted and the large number of states had adopted 70 is the criterion. the criterion is whether the american people think is the level of mental retardation that should make it impossible to impose the death penalty. we didn't look for the answer to that question to the apa or any of the other medical associations. we look to what the states did. what has changed and let the states do? anything? >> justice scalia i would like to respond with four points and i hope desperately i will remember them. first of all what this court said was, this court number one it made clear as it is reiterated in miller versus alabama and reimburses florida that while the consensus or a perceived consensus among the states is important the ultimate test as this court's conclusion about what the eighth amendment does or doesn't allow. in making that determination on page 318 of this court's opinion

. >> but we didn't base our decision in atkins upon a study of what the american psychiatric association and other medical associations considered to be mental retardation? we based it on what was the general rule that states had adopted, and a large number of states had adopted 70 as the criteria. the cite tieran is what do the american people think is the level of mental retardation that should make it impossible to impose the death penalty. we didn't look for the answer to that question to the apa or any of the other medical associations. we looked to what the states did. now, what has changed in what the states do? anything? >> justice scalia, i have -- i would like to respond with four point and is hope desperately i'll remember. the first of all, what this court said was -- this court, number one, it made clear as it is reiterated in miller versus alabama and graham vs. florida that while a consensus or perceived consensus month the states i important, ultimate test is this court's decision what the eight amendment does or does not allow. in page 318 of the opinion in atkins, theirs course, after ci

and the american beverage association is fighting back, calling the fax unfair. medical experts are talk about the dangers of soda. >> it has 20 grams of sugar in it. and sugar in that quantity and in that form, liquid, is considered toxic. >> reporter: the fight over a soda tax in frisco is bubbling up. supporters are trying to build consensus for a ballot measure. the industry is against the tax on sugary drinks, mailing out campaign fliers and distributing signs. >> you are going to raise it up, it's going to cost me. but you are not raising up my salary. >> reporter: store owners put a stop the beverage tax sign in the window because his customers cannot afford the hike. the debate is in full swing but the proposal hasn't been approved for the november ballot by the board of supervisor. with eight months until november it is going to be an expensive battle. doctors are fighting for children's health. >> contributes to obesity which leads to poor self esteem and bullying. >> a boss says it's about family budgets. >> as parents, soda is cheaper than other things. >> if

american medical association and everybody was just up and down and it was the worst thing. if we put in medicare, that was going to be the end of the world and we never would have health care in this country and we went on and on about that. they so poisoned the well that when people went out to recruit people to get in the medicare program people said, i am not going to have none of that socialistic medicine in my house. because that's what it was called. that's what people were doing in 1964 and 1965. this is a rerun of that very same movie. the republicans want to kill the idea and leave the american people out there on their own. it is -- it is probably the single best example of the difference between the republicans and the democrats. the democrats have put something out here and we're trying to help all americans. is it perfect? this isn't anybody on my side who had' say it was. we had some -- who'd say it was. we had some hearings. there's all types of problems out there. but there hasn't been any hearings on this bill, how to fix it. i talked to bill frist some mon

support for this bill, the american clinical laboratory association, american college of radiology, easter seals, family research council, juvenile diabetes research foundation, medical imaging and technology alliance, pennsylvania partnership for children, zero to three, national center or infants, toddlers and families, among others. and i would urge members to seriously consider this. at this time i'm pleased to yield whatever time he may consume to the gentleman from michigan, the chairman of the energy and commerce committee, mr. upton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. upton: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the distinguished chair of the health subcommittee. i have a statement for the record which i'll ask unanimous consent to submit for the record. mr. speaker, here we are at the very end of -- when the doc fix expires, march 31. that's next week. we have tried in a very responsible way for many months to try and resolve this issue, and i commend my friend, mr. waxman, and others and we passed our bill out of committee last summer, 51-0. speaker boehner said he didn't think we could honor mo

. >> but we didn't base our decision on the study of what the american psychiatric association and other medicalssociations consider to be mental retardation. we based it on what was that general rule of the states. and a large number of states have adopted 70 as the criterion. what do the american people think is the level of mental retardation that should make it impossible to impose the death penalty. we didn't look for the answer to that question. we look to the state stayed. what has changed in what the states do, and i think -- >> justice scalia, i would like to respond with four points and i hope desperately that i will remember them. first of all, what the court said was number one is made clear aif madeclear as it is ren alabama in grand versus florida that while the consensus or perceived consensus among the state is important, the test is this conclusion about what the eighth amendment does or does not allow in making that determination page 318 of the court's opinion. the court after reciting footnote three but virtually identical definitions of mental retardation and footnotes numbe

, agents to force americans to buy expensive coverage instead of training more doctors and more nurses to deliver care to patients. now, according to the association of american medical colleges, we're looking at a shortage of 90,000 physicians by the end of this decade. about half of those, family physicians, primary care providers, and about half of them specialists. we see the same numbers if not even higher shortages in terms of nurses. you know, there is an old proverb, physician heal thyself. well, certainly the slogan of obamacare is going to be patient heal thyself. the old doctor-patient relationship is going to be gone. medicine as we know it is going to continue to change. even if you can get time with your doctor, you know, there is going to be a lot more of that time spent with the doctor looking not at you but at a computer screen because of the law. and that's because of the burdensome new rules, the recordkeeping requirements under the law. as more people try to get appointments with fewer doctors, some americans are going to start seeing actual rationing of care. here's how one economist described it in a blog pest for "the new york times" -- blog po

while living on the college campus, a retired medical socialologist founded the educational program as a part of the american association. they decided to study it after their experience. >> that was the first time that i ever knew that it was different under the microscope and it was really cool as she started the first camp here at university in 1998. and today that there are camps on seven other college campuses and in seven other states. >> i want them to come away with that self-confidence that they could do anything that they set their mind to. and with a love of science, >> they say that it would empower her. >> it is so incredible to see it, like the role models to feel the warmth of people believing in me, not making me feel weird for liking this so much. >> the teacher credits their leadership for the success. >> she knew what to do and how to get organized and what had to be done in what order. >> reporter: the survey shows that the graduates, they are breaking barriers in the fields of the science, technology, engineering and math. >> and 96-point something were in college and 54% of them were majors. >> rep