please give a warm town hall welcome to jonathan gruber. you very much, and thanks, bob, for the kind introduction. i have about 10 minutes to start and there's a lot to talk about with healthcare reform. i will start with a little story. my lunch -- your sister lives here in seattle and this story involves her coming into the house and said, dad, dad, i need help, where is mom? and my father said, i don't know where she is, but can i help? she said, no. he said, what you do need help with? she said math. he said, why can't i help you with it? and she said, i don't want to know that much about it. [laughter] in that spirit, i will try to tell you not more than what you want to know. i am eager to hear your questions. i want to start by setting a little bit of background, which is understanding the importance of where we are historically and in terms of the numbers. we have been trying to do, the mental health care reform for about 100 years on an average of every 17 years. and we have always failed until 2010. and as we have failed, the pro

please give a warm town hall will come to jonathan gruber. [applause] >> thank you very much, and thanks, bob, for the kind introduction. i have about 10 minutes to start and there's a lot to talk about with healthcare reform. i will start with a little story. my lunch -- your sister lives -- younger sister lives here in seattle and this story involves her and she came -- the story involves her coming into the house and said, dad, dad, i need help, where islam? -- where is mama? and my father said, i don't know where she is. where can i -- but can i help? she said, no. he said, what you need help with. she said math. my father has a ph.d. in finance. he said, why can't i help you with it and she said, i don't want to know that much about it. [laughter] in that spirit, i will try to tell you not more than what you want to know. i am eager to hear your questions. i want to start by setting a little bit of background, which is understanding the importance of where we are historically and in terms of the numbers. we have been trying to do, the me

s jonathan gruber. >> at the core they're really the same plan. goal of the massachusetts plan was to build on what worked with our health insurance system and to fill in the cracks, to cover the uninsured and fix the broken market for individual insurance purchase. >> reporter: both laws do share the same core foundation. most employers are required to provide coverage. government programs like medicaid expanded to cover more people. both plans require individuals to have insurance. it's an individual mandate. but romney hates that comparison. >> mandate is a seven-letter word, his mandate -- should mandates be a part of reforming health care? >> you're not going to put people in jail for not having insurance. no one is talking about that, but there are various ways to encourage people to get insurance, one is to give everybody a tax credit that you only get to use if you have insurance. >> reporter: there is another important it's also easier to get free health care, because the income guidelines are lower, and that's primarily paid for with new

then jonathan gruber talks about the health care system in his work on health care reform in massachusetts tomorrow morning's "washington journal" david wasserman will talk about congressional redistricting in the supreme court. 22 states have passed right to work was. they have to decide whether to support unions or not. david madland and greg mourad will debate those laws. then we will talk to frank newport about independent voters in this election. the conceive this "washington journal" 7:00 a.m. eastern. tomorrow morning, a look at the stability of pakistan and its relations with the u.s.. live coverage from the in situ begins at 10:30 a.m. eastern. -- from the hudson institute begins at 10:30 a.m. eastern. >> there is an encore program. john lewis on "walking with the wind." and then dexter king on "growing up king >" also this weekend, new york kantorcorrespondent joe ddi att the first -- look ss the first couple. >> should the government be responsible for releasing the broadcast airwaves of profanity and nudity? we will argue this on commission rules. to cannot so find other perspe

also want to thank the other producers on the film, joe eaton, jonathan gruber, melissa everly.ional geographic magazine who was intimately involved in the collaboration. national geographic channel, kathleen crumley, michael cassio, who supported us as documentary filmmakers in a way that is unimaginable in breaking news environment which is not something that we normally ever do. and, of course, also national geographic television, and michael rosenfeld, and on behalf of all three of us we want to thank our mothers. thank you very much. [applause] >> and the nominees for outstanding writing -- >> a writing award that aaron sorkin didn't win. first life with david attenborough, discovery channel is the winner. [applause] >> accepting the emmy, anthony geffen, producer. >> from the moment they appear to the time that they took their pioneer steps on land, we can deduce how animals acquired bodies that moved. eyes that saw, and mouths that eight. and we can understand how those first organisms laid the foundations of mammals -- animals as we know them today. including you. and me