alan miller is the chairman and chief executive officer of universal health services. u.h.s. runs more than 100 hospitals and medical facilities. he joins us from philadelphia. welcome to "nightly business report", nice to see you. >> thank you, tom. >> tom: so far health care reform has required insurance companies to cover adult children up to 26 years old, a limited lifetime limit and provided tax benefits for small businesses offering insurance him have these changes meant more patients for your firm? >> no, not immediately. we're seeing some, i guess, from the children that have been added. but the big number will come when the mandate comes in and 31 million people will have to have insurance who don't have it currently. >> tom: there's a mandate that continues to be fought in court. supporters say this reform ames to get more people health insurance grooing for instance that individual mandate and limit the growth of spending. which is the big tub or maybe the bigger threat to u. h. s.? >> well, we obviously would be very happy to see 31 million additional people have

. >> we are here at the national press club talking with christy miller about her new book, alan and eat it. tommy what inspired you to write about president both of wise? >> guest: i've been writing about women in politics for the last 25 years. these two women were very instrumental in the success of the bush administration each in a completely different way. alan wilson, a childhood sweetheart, kind of got into the