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health. one america, one health care system, and everyone used our social security. it is rationed, but it has to be. the prophet people can have their expensive surgeries. make it one health care, one america, where we can go in and not stress over health care and that will take care of your drug addiction. host: go ahead and respond, dan. guest: i understand what the caller is saying, i understand where she is coming from, but going to the universal single-payer health care system, like what they have in britain with the nhs or a single-payer health care system, i do not think that would be good for the united states. i would use the v.a. as an example as to why. if you look at the v.a. pre-2014, it is a very top-down system. there was not a lot of competition. therefore, the v.a. did not have incentive to improve. they had a captive customer base, a captive audience the could not really go anywhere else. the v.a. has improved substantially over the last six years because they have introduced more choice, integrated better with the private sector and given veterans

health. we work to ensure that everyone in america has an opportunity for health. our big focus is around equity. so what is at stake? who has barriers to health and why? what can be done to remove those barriers and ensure all lives have equal value and everyone can thrive and succeed? when you think about health in america, a lotta people think -- a lot of people think it is about having a doctor or other health care provider. that is a critical part of this. the start of the pandemic, 28 million people did not have health insurance, so did not have a provider. it is more than that. how do you ensure everyone has access to healthy food and safe places to play? how do you ensure each community allows everyone to reach their potential? i live here in princeton, new jersey and a child born here has a life expectancy of 87 years at birth. i volunteer as a pediatrician and a clinic in trenton, 14 miles away. a child born near that clinic has a life expectancy of 73 years. so it is 14 miles and 14 year difference. how do we work in america so every child at birth has t

when you think about health in america a lot of people think that it's about having a doctor or other healthcare provider and that's a critical part of this. at the start of the pandemic 2020 people do not have health insurance and did not have a provider but it's much more than that. how do you assure that everyone has access to healthy foods and safe places to play and how do you assure that each community is one that allows everyone to reach their potential? i lived here in princeton, new jersey. a child born here has a life expectancy of 87 years at birth. i volunteered as a pediatrician and a clinic in trenton which is 14 miles away and a child born near that clinic and trenton has a life expectancy at birth of 73 years so it's 14 miles and 14 year difference. how do we work in america so that every child at birth has the same process -- prospect and same opportunity? we have a long way to go but what we're trying to do for grantmaking is understand what policy changes are needed to how we shape how people think about health and how we support leaders across the country to effect

all the time about his own injuries what i want to ask you about is how to deal how america or health america should be processing asked such a phenomenon as trump has and according to you that could. the several ways of doing that why has the direct work of relief you know which would be more painful but they'll commit more hiney healing owning up to it or it could be channeled through on your aussies trying to disassociate from trying trying to say that he's somebody else's foreign agent or their work of some evil forces we should do you think america has taken collectively so far in processing what trump represents. well i mean right now where we're trying to heal from the polarization in the splitting and i don't know which way this is going to go i'm worried about it personally. you know the the radical side of the republican party which crashed into the capitol on january 6th they have a position and a worldview that is very antithetical to the reality that most people in the american population live in. so we have 2 realities now it's it's it's very scary because. you know i don't know

made the shock decision not to extradite a songe to america based on concerns for his mental health america has said that it will appeal against the decision that's our breaking news for this hour we're going to take a quick break we'll be back with more news just after this break. the war in syria has lasted longer than world war 2. who has been suffering the most in this almost undoubtedly long conflict regular syrian people. need is more of that than when you my friend here she goes way west i could see everything with my own eyes and hear the stories of its residents one group in particular russian wives of syrian man. they were close to look up to it's english national just like it's. join me every thursday on the all excitement and i'll be speaking to get a feel of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see a. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led. direct. what is truth what is faith. in a world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in t

due to concerns about his mental health america says it will appeal the decision and still wants to try him on charges of espionage meanwhile the president of mexico was offered political asylum for the wiki leaks founder and his supporters outside the courthouse could hardly believe the verdict when it was made. i mean. it's true was you are you. are are you. was of. 6 as long as julian has to endure suffering in isolation as an unconvicted prisoner in belmarsh prison and as long as our children continue to be the rest of their father's love and affection. we cannot celebrate. we will celebrate the day he comes home a glimpse of hope. the new year and hopefully a new era. a day. was when. we have. a window for journalists and. we have absolutely and that was was she having read eunice on does not fit in the story a moment outside the for her was charged i was ready to actually date you innocence to the united states has been a decision based on was meant to house friends and did was to be exercised to the united states it is a very unexpected result because my judgment to the last mome

three separate reports from the council on foreign relations, the big cities health coalition, and trust for america's health highlight the failures and lessons of the pandemic. we spoke to the authors of each report. here is what we learned. >> pandemic preparedness is necessary. we must be serious about it and treat it like we treat other economic and national security issues. >> one lesson we clearly learned from covid-19 is our public health system has been dangerously underfunded and neglected. >> we need a 21st century public health system which costs money, and we need to invest. >> how much? $4.5 billion a year at the local level. and spend more on prevention, not just treatment. >> we have learned you cannot effectively combat a pandemic by throwing short-term money at an overworked health department. >> another concern. higher rates of infection and deaths for those in more vulnerable, economically challenged communities. >> we are only as healthy as the most vulnerable among us. >> we are seeing more health departments showing how it is done. not that it is easy. it requires a clear mission

, but more importantly for me, what was the new biden administration, what does that mean for health americaare you more optimistic, more bullish, that a biden administration will be good for your business? frans: let's briefly touch upon the ventilator situation. it was a very large order that was curtailed. in the meantime, we have seen fairly strong demand from international markets and also upcoming markets and we continue to chase and look for ways to help elder -- all the care providers in the world. i am optimistic that we will find a good place at least for a large part of that canceled order. your question on the u.s. market clearly, transformational have to happen to make health care more productive. many of those large-scale strategic partnerships that we were able to sign are also in the united states. i am hopeful that access to care under the biden administration will be a focal point because there are still so many people that do not have access to the care that they need while of course, we are all in agreement that we need to make health care more productive and affordable.

today a london court made the shock decision not to extradite a scientist to america based on concerns for his mental health although america has said that it will pale against the decision will have more on this story after a short break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race is on the spear in dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. ok let's go back to our breaking news today because a london court did reject america's request to extradite assange treating the sanjay of the concerns for his mental health we got reaction from some of his supporters as the announcement was made. i wasn't sure what to expect but i'm so happy that it's clean been discharged for whatever reason it's fantastic i mean there's so many people who've been campaigning for an awful long time against this injustice when he's gone through 1011 years of hell 1st under house arrest and in belmarsh prison for the simple crime of journalism which isn't a crime he's standing up for

ago, but it was just last january when we set out to do a documentary about how public health handles one of america's biggest public health crises, homelessness. we chose the booming seattle area with the third highest number of homeless residents in the country. then, as we were taping, another public health crisis hit us all, a deadly new virus called covid-19. embedded with the public health director, we kept our cameras rolling as officials began to grapple with the enormity of the threat and the challenge of protecting the most vulnerable. >> we've got thick blankets. we got a sleeping bag. i think it was, what, yeah, 36 out, and i mean, i was barely warm back there. were you warm, kiddo? >> kind of. [laughter] >> kind of. >> merry christmas. >> since i've been out of work, this has all been really hard. trying put gas in the car, trying to feed my daughter. people feel that homeless people are junkies and alcoholics, and i'm none of those. there's a lot of us out there that are just trying to get stable and on our feet so that we can live a normal life. >> seattle has a housing and homelessness

second largest economy in the world, but president donald trump said we're going to put the health of americad done what joe biden wanted to do, we would not have had the time to stand up and martial the extraordinary national response that i believe has saved hundreds of thousands of american lives. maria: i want to ask you how things have changed at walmart because i guess the days of the material store counts are sort of, you know, behind largely -- >> we had to learn to work in different ways, to become more digital, to put data to work in different ways, basically to create a seamless experience for customers. we don't want them to sense any difference whether they're shopping inside a store or having it delivered. all of those differences and channels that we might have thought about in the past need to be erased and taken away, and our team's been doing a great job doing that. the outcome is just this ease of shopping that's unique and different. maria: what have you seen in new york, barry? what's your talk on are cover post-pandemic and this, you know, protesting and looting that we

health problems. this is a story about america getting back into the world again and getting to be part of the world healtht thing. it’s organization, it's got to be a great thin. �* , . organization, it's got to be a great thing. it's that isolationist stance that we have _ thing. it's that isolationist stance that we have seen _ thing. it's that isolationist stance that we have seen over— thing. it's that isolationist stance that we have seen over the - thing. it's that isolationist stance that we have seen over the pastl that we have seen over the past administration of donald trump sorry i've said it, eve, very different forward thinking in terms of getting the whole world involved, and joe biden very much talking about unity in the united states, but also looking out internationally as well, because this is ultimately a pandemic, it's because this is ultimately a pandemic, its global, if one country has got it everyone has got it. ~ , ,., y country has got it everyone has got it. ~ , ,., , ., , country has got it everyone has got it. ~ , , ., , , country has got it everyone has got it. absolutely, and

health agency. america had been its biggest donor. president biden vowed to resume regular engagement with the w.h.o. and says america will fulfill its financial obligations. >>> back here at home, it could be several months before californians 65 and older are vaccinated against covid-19. nbc bay area's bob riddell joins us from pleasanton. why is this taking so long? >> r you, scott. simply put the supply of the vaccine doses has been inconsistent. in a vaccine advisory meeting yesterday the state's health officer for the state of california says that california's only receiving 400,000 to 500,000 doses a week at best. at that rate, it will take 20 to 22 weeks to vaccinate the entire population of californians who are 65 years of age and older. that puts us into mid to late june. here are the latest numbers from the state. of the nearly 4 million doses received so far the state has administered more than 1.5 million doses. that's only about 40% of the total supply. so far, less than 4% of the state's population has been vaccinated.

is like you know they care about public health in america at its best and brightest and today had kind of this blue ribbon committee that looking in people that had no ties to the pharmaceutical industry no conflicts of interest declare and they spent a long time reviewing all of their research and when they came back and said it is incredibly damning there's no evidence to support long term use of opioids for chronic pain. what can any drug company say beyond that chronic pain is a.b.c. . in percent of the market what separates the current opioid epidemic from the heroin and crystal meth epidemics of the past is that it affects white middle class and rural communities far more than urban minority poor clicked the early eighty's late sixty's. puce and the negative consequences of the abuse of opiates was primarily limited primarily not exclusively limited to minority populations poor individuals inner city populations. from ny perspective what ended up happening is this current circumstance got a jump start from prescription opioids and as a result of that it impacted the much broader

now he's a here for america's public health. two dr. slaoui who was a hero of the biopharmaceutical industry before doing this, and is now a hero of america's public health. these selfless individuals have dedicated every waking minute since they were tapped back in a to lead these efforts the results have been remarkable, and i hope that the next team with the biden administration will be able to carry forward these results. we will do everything in our power to ensure smooth and effective continue transition. the first meeting i believe that the transition team between this administration, the biden administration was before thanksgiving and it was operation warp speed and will continue those efforts up through the last day of this administration and into the biden administration. so thank you all very much. we appreciate everything. >> ranking mr. secretary. additional follow-up questions can be sent to me at 88 as that, i don't turn over to the operator to finish with the call. and you. >> you are watching c-span2 commodore and filte

america. we can go in and not have to stress over health care .hat take care of your drug addictions. >> i hadn't responded . dan: i understand with the caller saying. but i would just say that going to universal healthcare system where it's like what you have, i don't think that would be good for the united states. ... ... the ability to go to help with the va isn't in a timely manner. it shows us why we shouldn't move toward universal healthcare systems. i think the best way is to remove burdens and competition get out of the way and ultimately get a better and cheaper healthcare system for all americans. >> we have a question for you. there are organizations that advocate for or is this privatization? >> who do not support this will displace. we have a choice in the department, the va to make a good choice but not the only choice. it's different than privatization of va integrated healthcare system. >> in, he asked this. >> good morning, i'm a member of the veterans bureau 197. we have service officers during the trump administration officers i

turns in the american political history this would include bringing america back into the world health organization bringing america back into the paris climate accord canceling this infamous border wall in mexico that the trumpet ministrations spend billions of dollars and still on the finish now world it's most likely never going to be finished and so on and so forth and again a lot of people would find no problem with that but there are some 70000000 americans who voted for trump it means that while the certain. he may not have been satisfied with every single thing that donald trump did in office if they voted for him it probably means they approved of the majority of the well his executive orders and his policies that he and acted and this is a very big world gesture i should say in the face of all these tens of millions of people who voted for trump but one thing that joe biden does have the donald trump didn't is the would seems right now is an overwhelming almost religious support of the mainstream media have a listen to this. those lights that are that are just shooting out fr

continues to farm today, i am personally very well aware of the challenges of providing health care in a rural america. b.p.c.'s health team has been working in this area over the past many years. last year, b.p. staff visited various rural health care facilities throughout the country, including maine, if former senator olympia snowe. we saw repeatedly the problems that rural america faced in accessing care, the long drives to the doctors' offices, the shortages of both primary care clinicians and specialists, and the rash of hospital an clinic closures. we released recommendations from our rural health task force earlier this year, chaired by former senators daschle and snowe and former governors musgrove and tommy thompson. the task force recommended expanding broadband to rural communities, it's my understanding that nearly a quarter of rural communities and one third of tribal communities lack any form of broadband access. we knew that broadband will be expensive and it will take time to implement, so the task force recommended to allow rural americans to take advantage of telehealth through othe

health. one america, one health care system, and everyone used our social security. rationed, but it has to be. the prophet people can have their expensive surgeries. make it one health care, one america, where we can go in and not stress over health care and that will take care of your drug addiction. host: go ahead and respond, dan. guest: i understand what the caller is saying, i understand where she is coming from, but going to the universal single-payer health care system, like what they have in britain with the nhs or a single-payer health care system, i do not think that would be good for the united states. i would use the v.a. as an example as to why. if you look at the v.a. pre-2014, it is a very top-down system. there was not a lot of competition. therefore, the v.a. did not have incentive to improve. they had a captive customer base, a captive audience the could not really go anywhere else. the v.a. has improved substantially over the last six years because they have introduced more choice, integrated better with the private sector and given veterans the a

health and hiv institute and a member of the w.h.o. strategic advisory group of experts on the covert 1900 vaccine in the isle of wight in the u.k. and america health policy manager at oxfam welcome to you both and let me start with you today humanitarians across the globe and in geos have been urging world leaders to urgently make over 1000 vaccinations available to millions of refugees migrants and others displaced by conflict are their calls being heated. well i think as as you rightly point out the momentum is growing so there's calls for of fair and equitable access across the world because we know that no one is safe from this pandemic until we we reach that critical had immunity across the globe and that comp be patchy access in some countries and not end up as that continues to put a dollar risk if that is the sario. so far you know we are staying growing momentum for a people's vaccine for a vaccine for the vaccine science to be shed openly without intellectual property barriers so that more manufacturers can get on board to produce the vaccine for many many. current leaders formally does the president of south africa leaders in pak

to tread carefully now when seeking a post trade deal with the us piloting the health risks of america's. very good day for moscow is just one of the afternoon here now instead of a brand new year 2021 here but right around the world someone else has just come into it american samoa welcome to your brand new year here in russia is kevin with the latest from marty thanks for your company i'm going to start with those absolute bring in 2021 almost all parts of the world and have no end to the new year magnificent fireworks displays lit up the sky maybe a bit more muted than usual but many cities took part in around the globe. and nice to see it too wasn't all in the new year speeches meantime leaders worldwide paid tribute to medical workers on the front line still of course so much of the antivirus fight ongoing and expressed how hard the last 12 months have been it is a historic crisis that has imposed much on everyone and too much on some i don't think i'm exaggerating when i say that never in the last 15 years have all of us fallen the old year so difficult the 1st month of the year wi

seen an extraordinary number of people, hundreds of thousands, who have come to us at mental health americald have seen before the pandemic. >> the raskins calling their son a radiant light in a broken world, say he left them a farewell note on new year's eve, writing please forgive me. my illness won today please look after each other, the animals and the global poor for me all my love, tommy >> sheinelle, people have a moment to read it, the letter from his parents is so touching and so profound. they have decided to honor him and continue this life's work that he had just begun, but really had begun so passionately. >> we're still wrapping our minds around this. but in that powerful tribute the raskins detailed his lifelong passion for helping others and championing animal rights. to honor that they announced the launch of the tommy raskin memorial fund for people and animals. it will distribute money to the causes and charities that he advocated for. we're certainly praying for his family this morning. >> he sounds like an extraordinary young man. sheinelle, thank you very much. >>> com

health. we work to ensure that everyone in america has an opportunity for health. focus is around equity. so what is at stake? who has barriers to health and why? what can be done to remove those barriers and ensure all lives have equal value and everyone can thrive and succeed? when you think about health in america, a lotta people think -- a lot of people think it is about having a doctor or other health care provider. that is a critical part of this. the start of the pandemic, 28 million people did not have health insurance, so did not have a provider. it is more than that. how do you ensure everyone has access to healthy food and safe places to play? how do you ensure each community allows everyone to reach their potential? i live here in princeton, new jersey and a child born here has a life expectancy of 87 years at birth. i volunteer as a pediatrician and a clinic in trenton, 14 miles away. a child born near that clinic has a life expectancy of 73 years. so it is 14 miles and 14 year difference. how do we work in america so every child at birth has the same

health message. >> do you think that in the end , the biggest weakness of america is a health-care system which is signed to look after the old and especially the rich, that any pandemic was bound to expose something given the fact that america does not have a public health system on the same level the country is -- as the other countries represented here? dr. fauci: the pandemic, as you alluded to i think in hinting, sheds a very bright light on the weaknesses of society. for us, it did one of the things you are alluding to, the deficiencies of our health care system, which really needs to be strengthened at multiple different levels, for the reasons that you are hinting at. the other thing that it shed a bright, embarrassing light on is the extraordinary disparities we have in health, where in our country, similar to other disease, a vastly disproportionate amount of suffering among our brown and black people or minority populations, in which the incidence of their getting infected is much higher and their degree of hospitalizations, intensive care , and death is significantly higher than the gen

arthel: buy america, health care and immigration. senator sanders pointed out that his group of the democratic party will try to get as much of their policies in place at some point, once we get past the executive orders, but pertaining to this bundle that we are just talking about here that president biden has already signed and planned to sign this week, again, how is this good for the country as a whole? john: well, maybe take tomorrow's likely announcement on the buy america program. this is an effort by the president to kick-start manufacturing further than it is now by causing government agencies to give a preference for american products over foreign products. thus buy american. it also would place certain restrictions on the types of things that you get from abroad. now we have seen glitches in the american supply chain particularly during covid where we could not get enough masks and we could not get enough basic supplies for hospitals partly because we are supplying from overseas. the u.s. buys something on the order -- the

personal but professional level of what this pandemic has met and they care deeply about the public health of america i am so proud to have represented and i realize there has been challenges and i realize there things that her agency should and could do in a different way moving forward i know the agency is committed to that and i look forward as a private citizen to help in any way possible move that forward, i want to thank everyone and i want to think the iraqi people who have been steadfast in the response and just encourage everyone to continue the mitigation efforts because that is our way before we have full vaccination and antibodies and as many people as possible and crowd immunity to herd immunity that is the way we will get through this, just encourage everyone for mask wearing in my best to all of america as we move forward through the pandemic. >> thank you very much for your service, thank you very much for these comments and in particular i really appreciate you standing up for the career scientist inside of the fda who have been as you clearly indicated under such extraordinary press

president, you've put the health of america first.rump is to -- is to know someone whose word is his bond. >> after years of over-the-top praise of his boss, the president put a target on pence's back falsely telling the world that pence could overturn the election at the certification of the electoral college vote before congress and privately and publicly pressuring him to do it even though he didn't have the constitutional authority to do so. rioters came to the capitol, and who were they looking for? >> hang mike pence! hang mike pence! hang mike pence! >> pence, according to "the washington post," escaped the senate chamber one minute before the rioters breached it, but in the exhausting end -- >> the votes for president of the united states are as follows, joseph r. biden junior of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes. >> the majority of american voters decided they wouldn't run another marathon, deciding that one was enough. anderson, it has been quite the

also professional level of what this pandemic has meant and they care deeply about the public health of america. i'm so proud to have represented it and i realize there have been challenges and i realize there are things that our agency should and could do in a different way moving forward. i know the agency is committed to that and i look forward to working as a private citizen to help in any way possible move that forward. so, i want to thank everyone. i just want to thank the american people who have been steadfast in their response to this, and just encourage everyone to continue the mitigation efforts because that's our way before we have full vaccination and you know, antibodies in as many people as possible and crowd immunity to-- a herd immunity. that's the way we're going to get through this. just encourage everyone to continue mask wearing, hand washing, protecting the vulnerable. my best to all of america as we move forward through the pandemic. >> thank you very, very much for your service. thank you very much for these comments and in particular, i really appreciate your standing u