to say there is not 100% take up this not reflect how people access health care nationally in the united states. another example of that -- if you take 50% of americans, the lower and that access health care, they only make up 3% of all health-care expenditures. you have a small group of people that make up the primary large expenditure area. but the vast majority are not using their health care or spending money on health care. to say that 20% is somehow an anomaly is not reflective of how we as americans access health care. regarding restricting reimbursement expenses to prohibit insurance premiums, it is important to understand how a group insurance plans work. providers of these plants require 75% sun purpose of -- participation rate of eligible employees. if you as employer of providing a group plan, 75% of qualified employees have to participate. if you give some of them an hra that allows them to go out of your plan to pay for insurance premiums, that counts against her 75% threshold, which undermines your group plan. i am certainly not 25. you can tell by looking at me. if i was

us physically and what is going to happen, and it also speaks about what will happen to us as a caring nation. and also speaks about us spiritually, about the well- being in another kind of way, the part that is not physical. >> you feel a sense of hope -- tavis: you feel a sense of hope. i am not feeling the hope that i used to feel in this country. there are surveys that bear this out, but some of the americans think that our best days are behind us. the hope you have been feeling during this, -- >> and about what is so. he talks about, who differentiating between hope and optimism. hope says it doesn't put the, the evidence is bad, i will create new possibilities based on visions that allow people to engage in heroic acts. i think about my cowboy, a rodeo cowboy living his own life without me, and one of the characters i performed talks about the termination. and that notion he says, we should not be able to stay on top of a bowl. leeway 150 pounds and they wait 2,000 pounds. what keeps you on top of that bull is determination, something inside of you. the people see it clearly, but i stil

and the doing something about it national nurses united is joining up with progressive democrats of america to call for a day of action tomorrow as part of their health care not warfare campaign errors are more about this effort is registered nurse jean ross the national nurses united jean welcome thank you great to have you here with us so tell us about the tomorrow's day of action what's what's what's going on well it's our staff nurse the family will have about a thousand nurses out there from all over the country and they're coming to. lobby their legislators but legislators but also to explain to people got we have started practically problematic and on and we're talking about our main street contract for america ok so the main street country is playing off new bridges old contract for america in the ninety's i remember it. tracking back each piece of legislation that he referenced in his ten points and six point one single piece of legislation which is basically tax cuts for rich people. told me about your suggestion for well you know our job as a nurse's is to help heal to help men and to keep people well and with what's going on in this country ri

care in our war for. campaign carried out by national nurses united in the progressive democrats of america campaign is raising awareness about our deteriorating health care system it's bankrupting millions of americans and leaving them sick with nowhere to go and while this is going on our nation is spending hundreds of billions of dollars on endless wars in the middle east so the choice is pretty simple if we keep funding black hole wars or start making americans healthy again at a national nurses united progressive democrats of america took their message to the streets of washington d.c. it was rationed were held outside the white house congress and the u.s. chamber of commerce also and in attendance were high profile community leaders and lawmakers including senators bernie sanders and barbara boxer and president richard trumka for more on this day of action and where we all go from here i'm joined by three members of progressive democrats of america norman solomon john smith and tim carpenter welcome to all of you here we thank you for first of all what happened today to me are the the the big cheese of s

that the united states doesn't go the way of every single other industrialized nation on the planet and offer health care as a basic right because we are an exceptional nation or not like canada or france where there are socialized medicine at least in canada you don't have to go to prison to get life saving health care a certain time in the slammer just to see a doctor this would be an exceptional and the conservative vision of america truly has become a nightmare we show you have the share with you the story of what could have been. phil a bit of robert. back in the one nine hundred sixty s. he had been the administrator of the social security program under the administrations of jack kennedy lyndon johnson and richard nixon this guy knew what he was doing running social security and medicare was developed as an extension of social security he was the guy who helped write the medicare bill now his suggestion is we actually have his own his actual words in my book rebooting the american dream. he says for persons who are trying to understand what we were up to the first point to keep in mind is that all

anniversary of confederation, and i invite all canadians to imagine ways to build a smarter, more caring nation as we approach this wonderful milestone. i believe that in order to achieve our vision, we must work together to support families and children, to reinforce learning and innovation, and to encourage philanthropy and volunteerism. each of us can answer the call to service in our own way and, together, continue this bold experiment that we call canada. canadians have expressed their desire for a strong, stable national government in this new parliament. with this clear mandate, our government will deliver on its commitments. it will implement the next phase of canada's economic action plan to build on the progress already made. it will continue to focus on jobs and growth. it will bring the federal budget back into balance. it will invest in our system of universal health care. it will support the communities and families that work so hard to care for each other. our government will defend the rights of law-abiding citizens, and it will promote canadian values and interests at home and

there have been attempts to national elections in which health care was an important issue. in the second case i would say the central issue. first 2008 work president obama defeated senator mccain. he won the democrats, democrats one congressman. it again huge issue in 2010. republicans won a huge issue running against obamacare. we had won election on each side. 2012 is the rubber match. and probably will determine the future of health care in this country one way or the other. so this is really, an unusual moment in american politics. over the last 20, 30 years. it we it we have on these rare moments when this kind of a fork in the road. a fork that a substitute or important. health care is a huge issue. 16% of gdp. 30% of the federal budget and two different visions of how to reform it. this is not sort of one party is for doing a little more and one part is we're doing a lot more in the same direction, and this is not one of these mighty cases where the parties, one party has one idea. this is too fundamentally different visions of the way we should go on this important

aren't sure what the future holds but health care delivery is going to change significantly and become much more challenging for providers. the impacts of national health care reform in 2014 come with great uncertainty. we see ourselves as a steward of an important health care legacy and we need to make sure any agreement we reach provides an operational flexibility to respond to future health care needs. we want to continue to serve san francisco for another 150 years. our proposal will address our ability to respond to emerging challenges in health care. some of you may recall that our organization was actually in significant financial distress, nearly bankrupt only a short 20 years ago. as i said, cpmc believes in doing our fair share, but i have to suggest that a comparison of our efforts to very dissystem hospitals is unappropriate and frankly unfair. we recognize that we may not have done our fair share in previous years, but our services to the poor and underserved, including charity care and other benefits are now very fair at more than $100 million a year and we would like to work with the city staff to find the appropriate benchmarks t

factor to that crisis and in general the social crisis in greece so i think that going back to our national care and see. gaming public control in a way national control of monetary policy is a very necessary step to be taking it is not a road to disaster the government is saying on the contrary it's going to be a very positive step and european parliament member david campbell bannerman believes that the euro is a political prison for greece and salvation lies in a return to its national currency the tracker. the question now is all we throwing good money after bad money know how many billions can you throw at this you know the tolerance all the people for carts for extra taxes as we see it in greece there's real trouble there's trouble in spain and all and particularly i think it's in major trouble the euro and i have been saying for some time i do believe it will collapse i didn't thought hastily and probably quite shortly now but to be honest i think you leave your is a political prism for for countries such as greece and spain and they need to be liberated from that prison recreate their ow

in addition to national cares, she is the cofounder of future p auction c the first political action committee devoting support for african-american women seeking federal and state level political offices. she's the author of four books and a highly sought-after speaker and recipient of award after award. ladies and gentlemen, i am most honored to present our 2011 commencement speaker, ms. susan l. taylor. [applause] [applause] >> oh, god, i am -- i'm overjoyed. and more than that, i'm honored to stand before the 2011 graduating class of clark atlanta university. to stand before you on this magnificent, memorable day in your life. you've done the work. your family and friends. dr. carlton brown is such a phenomenal leader with such a big heart and the students have let me know that he is so present and available to you, and i just really want to honor you for that. but to stand here before your parents, the professors, the school administrators, your devoted board, those who invested new, believed in you and helped you bring you to this glorious day, your graduation day is such an ho

factor to the debt crisis and in general to social crisis in greece so i think that going back to a national care in seeing a new regaining public control in a way national control of monetary policy is a very necessary step to be taking it is not a road to disaster as the government is saying on the contrary it's going to be a very positive step. the far right that's politician geert wilders has been cleared of charges of inciting hatred and discrimination well versed went on trial for comments on his lawn he made in a public debate he compared the religion to nonsense and called for a ban on the koran the court ruled remarks because we were offensive by didn't break any law and immigration sentiment is on the rise of europe was e.u. leaders agree on friday to tighten border controls within the union member of the european parliament phil kleist says was not a cultural is politics failing it may be time for more radical solutions. we've always been told that multiculturalism was going to be great and was going to solve a lot of problems on the contrary it has become a problem in itself and it's

. >>> medical care for the nation's seniors could take a hit under the latest plan to save the u.s. economy. senator joe lieberman and tom coburn announced their proposal today to cut medicare to get the ballooning national debt under control. their plan would raise the eligibility age from 65 to 67 and make everyone pay more, especially the rich. the savings would be $600 billion in a decade. the plan would have been political suicide in normal times. >> nobody's going to like this plan. we understand that. but nobody wants the present medicare advantage, and those that are absolutely dependent on it to not have anything. >> our plan contains some strong medicine, but that's what it will take to keep medicare alive. >> the governor projects medicare will run out of money to pay full benefits in 2024. house minority leader nancy pelosi calls the proposal unacceptable. she released this statement saying, "it is unfair to ask seniors to get less in benefits and wait longer to get medicare all while republicans back tax breaks for beiig oil and corporations that ship jobs overseas." >>

even stepping forward to the word terrorist plots we really are going to in the service of our nation care and thank you both so much for taking the time to speak we have to say thank you for having me i will unfortunately anti muslim sentiments can be found far beyond chairman king's committee tom took on this issue just last week and he explained how it's a symptom of a march a much larger change in america take a look. what's going on in wisconsin it's not just about the unions it's also about pulling the plug on democracy in america by selling off and privatizing our commons and while republicans are helping their corporate overlords robbed the united states of america blind they needed distraction so the rest of us don't catch on to their crime and that distraction is taking place on capitol hill and we're right here in washington d.c. right now the republican chairman of the house homeland security committee peter king republican from new york state began his hearings today into american muslim communities there's no greater distraction than fear it's been so effective in the past it

it was forced nationalized health care. it is credited as a major cause of economic uncertainty, high unemployment, lagging job isk ofon, and the rest credit default crisis. the only good thing that came from forced health care was the unifying effect on republicans and independent voters that helped the party to regain control of the house in 2010. [applause] did you know the president's 2012 budget has been criticized in the mainstream liberal press? it is not a serious effort to deal with the economic crisis. they say there are not enough tax increases in it. you can join me on this. we do not have the revenue problem. we have a spending problem. we already know every republican and even a few democrats are going to vote republican in the coming elections. the fight before us is to gain the support of the independent voters. [applause] we must field a candidate who theaccurately detail failures of the administration while laying out a plan for economic future where all americans can prosper. we must run from the center a

this week the nation heard the story of james verona and so desperate for medical care he walked into a bank stole one dollar and sept only couch and waited for the cops to arrest him and throw him in jail just so he could finally receive some healthcare there's over own justifies the city. with my logic. if you really should then added fretfully because i need medical care then i guess i am medically of course to get medical care republicans nationwide ran into.

despite individual seniors pay significantly more for their care, our nation's total health care spending still will not decrease. now, let me make a comment on that. our country is confronted with a very serious fiscal challenge. none of us should can ourselves. i have three children, three grandchildren, and two great- grandchildren. if we do not get a handle -- before i do that, how many of you have grandchildren? how many of you have great grandchildren? fewer of us have a great grandchild, right? we care about them, we loved them, we want them to have a good life. am i correct? therefore, we have a responsibility to get a handle on this deficit and the debt that confronts our country. we would be irresponsible not to do that. as a result, i have said all of our expenditures need to be on the table. we need to look at all of our expenses as you would in a family, not just 12% of your expenses on one item, which is what we're doing in washington today, looking at a small sliver in the budget process. you want to look at all expenditures. that means we have to look at entitlement progra

>>reporter:romney to play defense on health care because of a law he signed as massachusetts governor of the became a model for national health care. >> and introduced a plan to repeal obamas care and replace it with mcmahon migmy model of massachusetts health care. >> it is not what we do, it is what... >> michele bachman has officially profiled her- filed. >> obama will this be a one- term president. >> also, there position on the economy reporting from new hampshire, samantha hayes. >>jacqueline: the fog returning your full forecast coming right back. Ñwkó >>pam: to extend the temporary sales hikes? 4 vehicles texas, and also for renewal in context. the government says that he needs more republican votes by four. to pamper early in temporal extend this. >> in january, i thought that i was introducing a fair and balanced realignment budget bring government closer to the people and tax extensions on a territory basis. also temporary--temporary basis and deep cuts for on going state spending. these cuts have been made. the realignment is well under way and what is missing are the extensions on a temporary basis of taxe

care. if we had national health care the uaw would have taken a cut in their benefits and wanted an add-on so i never believed that argument. >> but it was health care that was making us so uncompetitive. we'll continue this down the road. peter, sandy, thanks for being here tonight. thank you for watching. good night from new york. "piers morgan tonight" starts right now. . >>> tonight i sit down with one of those beautiful women in the world, charlize theron. [ speaking foreign language ] >> wow, i didn't even know you fancied me. that's amazing. >> one of the sexiest women alive. she's smart, she's sassy, and she can apparently tell a dirty joke and drink you under the table. sounds like a perfect woman. >> i was raised by a broad. and some of that rubbed off. >> a girl who went from a south african farm to hollywood stardom and won an oscar for her brutally honest role as a serial killer. tonight you'll see her as you've probably never seen her before. >> that's a very good taco. >> do you know how many times i've dreamt of having a taco with you over a few beers? charlize theron on he

and it was this week the nation heard the story of genes of her own man so desperate for medical care and he walked into a bank stole one dollar and set down the couch and waited for the cops to arrest him and throw him in jail just so he could finally receive some health care here's over on justified is to say. that with my logic. if you really should then added preferably because i need medical care then i guess i have made a plea to get. republicans nationwide ran in two thousand and ten.

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now what he needs to do is convince us that his plan for the national role in health care is fundamentally different than president obama's not only repealing obama care but actually charting a plan for restoring local control over health care, breaking out the federal monopoly over it through medicare and so forth. he can chart -- take this obstacle and make it an opportunity. >> russ, what he's talking about is a vision for the future that's different but it means talking more about health care. so tactically how do you handle this? does this mean more speeches on health care are essential or silence, no more talk about health care is the best way to go? >> listen, i think we're more than happy to talk about health care. we're more than happy to talk about what governor romney has said that on -- if he is so fortunate to be elected president, the first day that he's sworn in as president he'll give a waiver so states can opt out of obama care. >> i think it was just one line in the speech today, just one mention in the speech. >> sure. he mentioned that what dewith health care reform in

the british national health care system. why do you think they work so hard? whitey think it were willing to break every rule? why you think it were willing to lose this election? why do you think they ignored the polls and handed down the american -- throats of americans? why do think they care so much about passing this bill? power. because they knew they would get you. williams said to be about a week after president obama decided to double down, i saw him in the green room, i said, why are you doing this? he said, let me tell you what president obama's team is telling me. "americans love entitlements. once we get them hooked, they will never let it go." >> we do not want that. >> they want to hook you. they do not want to free you. they do not want to give the opportunities. they believe in themselves, the smart people, the planners, the folks in washington him a decisions better than you can. look at what they're doing with mediscare. they're telling seniors, you need to listen to us. you cannot trust seniors to decisions. did anyone ever look of the medi

it's a wake-up call for the nation. take care of your infrastructure before you have the kind of problem we had. biedrzycki: by no stretch of the imagination do i think we're out of the woods. recent cdc statistics indicate that up to 32 million cases of waterborne disease occur each year in this country. roy: but the vast majority of waterborne outbreaks go undetected. when people first get ill, they think, "oh, it's something i ate last night." they don't think, "oh, it's something i drank last night." narrator: the milwaukee incident pointed out the potential vulnerability of our drinking water infrastructure in controlling the spread of illness. biedrzycki: it's incumbent upon us to try to stay ahead of the curve, but it's very, very difficult. there's always another bug on the horizon. narrator: in 2008, the associated press reported that water quality testing across the nation uncovered trace amounts of pharmaceutical compounds in the drinking water supplies of millions of americans. the health effects of these low levels o

yesterday cain wowed an iowa crowd by calling obama care a drain on our nation's resources and on our printer to toner. jim? >> don't try to pass a 2,700-page bill. and even they didn't read it. that's why i'm going to only allow small bills. three pages. >> stephen: yeah, three pages. why did overhauling a $2.5 trillion industry and ensuring that every american has access to affordable health care have to be so complicated? it's not rocket science. oh, and incidentally, rocket scientists, your proposal for the mars mission, keep it short. [laughter] mostly pictures. and folks, when it comes to health care, i say we should listen to the man who made his fortune selling bacon cheeseburger pizza. americans don't have time to read complex legislation. they're too busy getting their hearts restarted. president cain will not tolerate legislation longer than a pizza menu. plus every budget item will come with soup, salad and unlimit breadsticks. the point is, the pilot is anything over three pages is too long for our attention spans. i think i -- oh, i'm going to get you. i'm going to get y