bill frist andde tom daschle. this is from the bipartisan policy center and is a little more than our. >> well, good afternoon, everybody. welcome to the bipartisan policy center. it is a real pleasure to invite you to the launch of a new initiative on long-term health care. based on the crowd on this rainy day, i would say that long-term health care is an issue whose time has come, if not long overdue. we really appreciate your joining us. this will be a shared effort over the next eight months to 12 months. led by tremendous public servants, like tom daschle, bill frist, and our newest senior fellow -- we emphasize the fellow, not the senior, governor tommy thompson. it is hard in the long-term care initiative not to stumble into those experience jokes. ourill try to avoid that. goal over the next seven to eight months is to put together politically pragmatic recommendations that we will be able to release late in 2014. as i think some of you know, the bipartisan policy center, -- prides itself on aggressive adv

i am just thrilled to have the opportunity to again work with friends and colleagues, bill frist, tommy thompson, we have had experiences working together before. bill and i have a had especially the opportunity to work with many prospective colleagues, but none more so than tommy and alice. the financing and delivery of long-term care has been a challenge for many, many years. as we all recognize. both personal, as well as financial. for individuals, for families, friends, states, and the federal government. across the board -- both on the delivery and financial side of health care, it has reached new levels of concern as we consider the long-term care challenges today. care is highly fragmented. as a result, available services and support are not coordinated across providers or caregivers, making the effectiveness system inefficient and extremely expensive. so, over the next eight months, the bipartisan policy center is going to embark on an effort to develop a bipartisan, realistic, and viable way to improve the financing and delivery of these services. the issue has a complex histor

>> in 2006, at the 11th hour, bill frist introduced to the safe port act, a must pass terrorism billlegislation called the uiga, the unlawful internet gaming enforcement act, and effectively gave the government the tools to shut down online poker, which they did. shut down the biggest three companies on tax day, and since then we've enjoyed a prohibition in online poker. kennedy: when you were playing, how much did you make within a month? >> pretty much, without fail, between 50,000 and $150,000 in profit. kennedy: a month? that's amazing, dusty! is that because there were so many people playing poker at the same time? >> there were. a lot of times there were up to 300,000 people on poker stars, which is the biggest site, my former sponsor. >> dusty, do i understand that prior to the passage of this legislation, online poker was kind of open. i guess, playing poker in your house, you had organized the game, would have been illegal, since the companies were stationed outside the united states was okay or people thought it was okay. >> yeah, exactly. you know, it's never bn illegal fo

>> in 2006, at the 11th hour, bill frist introduced to the safe port act, a must pass terrorism bill legislation called the uiga, the unlawful internet gaming enforcement act, and effectively gave the government the tools to shut down online poker, which they did. shut down the biggest three companies on tax day, and since then we've enjoyed a prohibition in online poker. kennedy: when you were playing, how much did you make within a month? >> pretty much, without fail, between 50,000 and $150,000 in profit. kennedy: a month? that's amazing, dusty! is that because there were so many people playing poker at the same time? >> there were. a lot of times there were up to 300,000 people on poker stars, former sponsor. >> dusty, do i understand that prior to the passage of this legislation, online poker was kind of open. i guess, playing poker in your house, you had organized the game, would have been illegal, since the companies were stationed outside the united states was okay or people thought it was okay. >> yeah, exactly. you know, it's never been illegal for anybody to play poker and

. >> bill frist, bobby jindhal, republican leaders that talked about health care in their states and the country that can work long term. >> a bloc grant to the states is still the exact same federal mon no money. it's the exact same money. >> but there's a limit put on it. >> it's going to be hard to take something away from people. baby steps, conservatives are clinging to the possibility that hillary clinton won't run for president now that she's going to be a grandmother. but have you heard anyone suggest that jeb bush won't run now that he's a grandpa? also we had some fun at the expense of that welfare cowboy in nevada. but he did get the feds to back off. tonight what that tells us about the power of the so-called patriot groups. plus those leaflets in ukraine telling jews to register with the new government or sells. it's generated concerns about anti-semitism and a lot of skepticism. who was really behind it? and someone who has the make the biggest decision of her life all i a loan with the whole world watching. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the nissan altima with nasa inspired

and she served as senior representative speechwriter for senate majority leader bill frist and joining us from washington democratic strategist julian epstein julian served as chief minority counsel to the house judiciary committee and was former chief counsel at the house oversight committee will start with amy oh sell it obamacare amy they dead seven point five million signed up how do you rate it. well that seven point five million number is as squishy one and obamacare still has fifty four percent disapproval up according to the latest gallup poll among u.s. voters so while the president is trying to do a victory lap trying to sell obamacare to the public they're not buying it. julian what's your read oh i think the numbers are very good it's about six million that have entered the exchanges seven million that are on medicaid and medicare so it's more like twelve million that have joined we are well on our way now to universal insurance the costs the premium costs a big factor the republicans have been clear criticizing the estimate today from the congressional budget office is pre

quoting another senator former senator or another former senator bill frist, he talked about family planning as being a key engine for global health achievements. he also noted that when women base their pregnancies -- space their pregnancies out in three years years by these volunteer planning they are more likely to survive residency in childbirth. their children are more than twice as likely to survive infancy and as doctors we know that pregnancy spacing is incredibly important. we also know that research has shown that addressing the current unmet needs for modern contraception if we are able to meet that need that we prevent 79,000 maternal deaths and over 1.1 million infant deaths. from your perspective how is usaid insuring that we better support effective family planning tools to advance our shared goal in preventive child and maternal deaths? >> well thank you congressman. thank you for your leadership on these issues and global health in particular. we do have a significant proposed investment in family planning and voluntary family planning. this has been a part of opal health an

i talked to bill frist about a year ago, former lead ore the senate, republican leader of the senate he, said, don't repeal, fix. that's what we ought to be about doing. but we're not doing that. in order to guarantee not just access for each and every american, but to lower health care costs across the board. if this rather perverse bill raises health care costs for everyone by increasing the number of uninsured. that's pure and simple surrender. surrender to an idea that our nation that is no longer capable of accomplishing great things, surrender to the idea that america, the richest and the most advanced country on the face of the earth, can't guarantee that its citizens won't lose their homes when they get sick. that's what you're admitting by this bill. they will not -- you're saying they have to choose between food on the breakfast table instead of medicine on their bedside table. now that in my view is a situation that has no -- no explanation other than the fact that you have surrendered. you have given up the idea that america can take care of its own people. a choice that