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dr. marty makary examines dangers of a hospital stay in his book, "unaccountable." the john hopkins surgeon provides an inside look at hospital errors, overtreatment in the closed-door culture that protects medical practitioners. discuss the findings and experience with president of washington d.c.'s sibley hospital, richard davis. >> hi, i'm cheap davis and i'm here today with marty makary, author of "unaccountable: what hospitals won't tell you and how transparency can revolutionize health care." so welcome. >> guest: good to be with you. >> host: you are an expert in this field. tell us about the reasons that you decided to write the book and some of your findings. >> guest: well, two main drivers led me to write the book. number one, patients often tell me when they come to the hospital they feel like they're walking in blind. there's a strike system they don't know how to evaluate. when he asked my patients, why did you choose this hospital, over my career i've gotten answers like the perky near as good. we can do better than that. this is one fifth of the u.s.

dr. marty makary examines the danger of a hospital stay in his book unaccountable. the johns hopkins surgeon provides an inside look at hospital errors over treatment and a closed door concert that protect medical practitioners he discusses his findings and experience with president of washington, d.c.'s hospital richard davis i'm judd davis here to say what hospitals won't tell you and how transparency can revolutionize so welcome your an expert in the field and i know that you've been a focus on for a while but the reason you decided to write the book and some of your findings. >> too many drivers. patients often times tell me when they come to the hospital if you like they're walking in the blind. there is a giant system why did you choose to come to this hospital over my career i've gotten answers like the parking here is good. we can do better than that. this is of the u.s. economy and competition seems to be the long will and patience are frustrated. the other reason i read the book is that doctors are getting crushed right now. they have declining medicare pa

dr. marty makary on what hospitals won't tell you. his latest is an accountable. >> senate finance committee chair max baucus left capitol hill earlier this week to give his thoughts on what's called the fiscal cliff and negotiations that are currently underway. he spoke at an event hosted by campaign to fix the debt, a group cofounded by alan simpson and erskine bowles, the former coaches of the national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. he spoke for about 15 minutes. >> welcome back, everybody. >> thank you. it was a traffic panel on health care. now we are really going to have a special guest. chairman baucus who is the chairman of the senate finance committee, and we will talk both about the budget negotiations that are going on now and the fiscal cliff, but what's really important is that both senator baucus and his counterpart in the house, chairman camp work together i believe on developing ideas for tax reform will be some of the lead folks who are shepherding whatever kind of framework, hopefully comes out of th

dr. marty makary on what hospitals will not tell you, tonight it 10:00 -- at 10:00. >> the supreme court will look at what happened in 2008, and they will say that this precedent. and indiana had -- >> when we talk about the facts, they decided on the indiana case it was constitutional for them to establish i.d. states who have subsequently -- >> correct, they talked about indiana -- let me finish because you misrepresented what i said. the supreme court is the law of the land. >> when i hear these accusations that black people -- voter i.d. laws disproportionately affect minorities -- it seems to me somehow we have something missing in our brain. to me, if white americans can go throughto voting all the processes to follow the laws, what are you telling black people? that somehow they are not good enough? that is what bothers me about a lot of the rhetoric coming from democrats and the left, that we always have to make special -- you know, there has to be a specialness when we deal with minorities because they are too feeble mind it. we really need to make concessions for them because t

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dr. marty makary on what hospitals won't tell you. his latest is "unaccountable."night at 10:00 eastern on "after words" on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. host: we have been focusing on different parts of the fiscal cliff discussion. today we're looking at tax extenders for businesses and individuals. joining us is sam goldfarb, a tax writer for cq roll call. what our tax extenders? guest: they are temporary tax breaks. some people are concerned the entire tax code is turning into a big tax extender. they are considered to be a small provision and targeted at specific types of businesses. host: why are they temporary? guest: a lot of people say they should be made permanent or they should be eliminated altogether. it is easier to pass when they are temporary. they keep on being extended and extended. host: we will look at some of these. these are some of the tax extenders and the cost of continuing the tax breaks through 2013. host: some of those are really specific. guest: that is the idea. they have become a case study in what some people think is wrong

dr. marty makary on what health care companies will not tell you. his new book, "unaccountable."ington journal" continues. host: as part of the fiscal cliff that is looming, we look at different aspects, today, the alternative minimum tax, which will impact 30 million americans if congress does nothing. we are joined by georgetown law's john buckley. what is the alternative minimum tax. -- tax? guest: is requires it to pay the greater of what you pay under regular income tax, or what you would compute under the minimum tax, which has a slightly more broad base, this allowing some of the reductions in a regular tax. in some respects, it is very similar to the patch on itemized deductions that is being discussed. rather than directly attack preferences and expenditures, it puts an overall cap on the benefit. there is no new idea in this debate. the cap there's a strong relationship to how the alternative minimum tax works. host: here is a form from the irs in 2011 tax preparation, and this is part one, the alternative minimum tax income. how do you know if you fall into the amt? ho

dr. marty makary on c-span 2. >> the group campaign to fix the debt -- the former co-chair of the national debt commission. at the event, we hear from white house economic adviser gene sperling and senator rob portman of ohio. senator portman was interrupted several times by protesters. this is half an hour. >> good morning. thank you for joining us this morning. i'm maya. i'm really excited to join a phenomenal panel that we have with us today to help the campaign fix the debt, which is a large nonpartisan coalition that is focused on helping members of congress come together to put in place a comprehensive debt deal. i am very delighted that we have a very diverse and varied experience group of panelists to send -- talks about tax reform and the debt. we will hear numerous different opinions. we will hear plenty of disagreements. i hope we will hear a lot of ideas of how to generate different and useful reforms for the budget that can help get a big guilt put in place. anna but should forget what is happening in the political system is very challenging. both members -- we should not forg

dr. marty makary on his book " unaccountable." on c-span 2. >> it is estimated that it would cost -- [indiscernible] [bells ringing] >> i chose to honor both. the sacrifice of american servicemen fighting their way through the pacific and a little girl who died as a result of an atomic bombing. it is unimaginable what that must've been like to be close to the center where the fireball igat. >> follow clifton truman daniel in his trip in hiroshima. he speaks about the inspiration behind his trip on sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. >> now a discussion on the so- called fiscal cliff negotiations and the impact on unemployment insurance. from "washington journal" this is 40 minutes. host: we continue our look at unemployment insurance and its role in the fiscal clift debate, we are joined by michael tanner and josh bivens. mr. michael tanner, if you had your way in these discussions, where what unemployment insurance end up at the end of the day? guest: i think the emergency extension should fade away and we should go back to the 46 weeks th

dr. marty makary on what hospitals won't tell you.is latest is unaccountable, saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "after words" on c-span2. >>> pennsylvania senator bob casey on syria's civil war. he spoke along with incoming house foreign affairs committee chair ed royce on iran's nuclear program. the foundation for defense of democracies hosted this event. >> welcome. welcome again to the foundation for the defense of democracies annual washington forum. my name is mark argosh and i'm a proud supporter of fdd. it brings me great pleasure to introduce another senior official doing great work on capitol hill. congressman ed royce currently chairs the subcommittee on terrorism, nonproliferation and trade. last week he was selected to be the next chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. congratulations, congressman, on this new and important role. [applause] >> thanks, mark, thank you very much. >> it's no surprise that congressman royce has been entrusted by his colleagues with the committee's gavel have. he stands consistently