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there was a recent report from the kaiser family foundation that said that the average child eight to 18 spend 7.5 hours a day in front of a blinking screen. there with those blinking screens and now with their teachers so there's a lot of competition for children's attention and aside from the problem of poverty, there's just this immense problem of we have it. anti-intellectual disrespectful popular culture that teaches kids that they should want, want, want and buy, buy, buy and never says to them the importance of sitting by themselves and studying, reading a book, removing themselves from the distraction and a casino in their studies. that would be a good end, but follow these things. and if we don't recognize that educational achievement is composed of all of this, then will just continue along the same path that we've been on. post out what to thank you very much. i could talk for you another hour and another hour after that but our time is that said thank you. >> guest: thank you. it's been great talking to you. ..

one other thing you mentioned that i found really telling in this chapter is when you called kaiser permanente a and spoke to a representative about teachers coming in. telling a little bit about that. >> guest: as i was interviewing teachers i kept hearing this complete there was a lot of illness and stress. people felt they had to be at this way and not that way and that when the supervisors came in and the facilitators and the foot group leaders they were watching the teachers and writing them of all the time, constantly demanding conformity, conformity. so there were many complaints about mental stress. and i was told if i checked with the major health provider for that community i would have it verified, and i did in fact track down the person with the data was it is indeed there were hundreds of teachers calling with mental stress issues during that period. and when the new superintendent can all the complaints stopped because the new superintendent, carvel cone, was a well respected educator who had a long record of understanding how to work with teachers, the necessity of trust, of col

joining us our sipsychotherapis stacey kaiser. do you see unhealthy devotion to john edwards from andrew young? he was willing to take the fall and say he was father of the baby. >> i do think so but it doesn't mean he was in love with him. it is typical for people trying to climb in a work environment to do whatever it takes to keep their job and he may have been willing to do that. >> young firing back here's what he is throwing out on the cbs "early show" baking saying hunter is getting the money to pay all her lawyers from john edwards. let's watch. >> i think john edwards is telling them whatever he needs to tell them to make them in do what he wants them to do. >> are you saying you believe he is still in touch with her? >> very much so, yes. >> why? >> well, last week i was in court being atacked by at least seven corporate lawyers and if she can't afford to pay for a $1500-a-month house, i don't know how she's paying hundreds of thousands for lawyers to put my through my paces for weeks. >> you are saying you believe john

the kaiser hospitals, one of the most successful enterprises, now patients are able without getting a doctor office visit, and ask their doctors questions and get immediate replies within a few minutes but of what's bothering them. they can check their blood pressure, cholesterol at home and he could be moderate back and forth. studies can go on because of the data systems about what works for people under 45, over 45, with different prescriptions at how generics match up. and all that is taking place. and there are employers in our state as a if kaiser was not available they could not provide health insurance because of the dramatic difference in those premiums. that's what you are trying to inherit on behalf of businesses, families, and on behalf of our economy. are those changes in this system. because what is the business roundtable, the chamber of commerce, small business grants, family groups, all the rest of this, all of these indicators are getting worse with the status quo. and with the constant incremental fooling around with a system. and that's what we are today. you don't

i am a subscriber to kaiser. i actually think if you want to look at something that is a good model of how they do it, look at kaiser, because i think ultimately that is the way health care will be in this country at a particular time, but oregon has not waited for this. it is always a cost factor, but we understand the issue you cannot just have access and get more people involved unless you cut the cost on the system. is just will not work. we're moving on that anyway. >> i think the frustration you will hear when we start talking, because it is all the same problem. the national governors' association is the laboratories. if everybody knows that, and we have to make it work in a short time frame to balance the budget. were we really asking to be if -- really us to be involved i -- really asked to be involved in this process of what did they really us to find out what did and did not work. what did and did not work with massachusetts? did they would get all the waivers we about for over the years and said, west

sold them to kaiser. that's why we had three companies making aluminum in this country. but we didn't have 100 companies. we lad three companies. and then you had this overseer in which -- this other sector, retail, restaurants, plumbing services. there's really no case to be made that consolidation actually boosted productivity, and in the case of agriculture there are cases to say, bringing machines on to the farm -- although some people constitute dispute this -- increased productive. there are a number of people who point to other countries in which the per-person output per acre is often much higher than the united states, and there's actually a huge waste. a huge waste in our present system. besides the fact you have huge environmental problems. so, the question you raise is very important, and there are certain industries in which consolidation and which scale of scope is very important. >> hi. apparently i'm a consumer. my question to you is, i have always felt that my dollar was a vote and that if i could choose barnes & noble or an independent book store or sha

for example kaiser family foundation kind of a left of center thinking did a study and they found that a family of four the health savings account in the catastrophic policy on top, had costs 30% less than a family of four traditional insurance. they also found this family of four traditional with an hsa and catastrophic policy just as frequently accessed preventive services as a family of four with a traditional insurance policy. now they also found that 27% of people, 27% of people who have an hsa with the catastrophic policy were previously uninsured. about 50% have family incomes of $50,000 or less so clearly by involving patients and their health care it lowers costs, expands access to high-quality care. it would be kind of a nice cornerstone for reform. that said, this bill does not explicitly exclude high deductible health plans but it does not specifically protect them either. frankly those people out there who we hear chanting trying to have their voices heard are afraid that there is mischief in this bill beyond what they can see there. so the fact that it leaves the door ope

kaiser shows that americans are for it. "wall street journal" poll that came out a few days ago shows -- >> that's your poll. majority want it completed but the majority are opposed to it. >> if you look at every one of the internals, david, about stopping insurance companies from preventing preexisting conditions from getting insurance, from putting so much money on you have to spend per year that you go bankrupt, and not putting on lifetime caps, those insurance reforms, those processed reforms to insurance companies that are hurting americans are all supported by overwhelming numbers of people. >> steny, listen, there's no question -- >> -- we ought to have a national exchange so the free market can operate so you can have transparency and competition. let me also say about this vote, david, you remember prescription drug bill? you remember that it took them three hours from 3:00 a.m. in the morning to 6:00 a.m. in the morning to bludgeon their members to get it to pass, and it was very controversial, and guess what? peo

this is a kaiser family foundation poll about getting health care passed. only 19% say they believe the process is working as intended. and 73% say the process is broken. frankly, i think a lot of americans listening to this debate right here might agree with in a 73% that say the process is not working. my question to you, david, isn't that in some sense, an indictment of president obama, since he got elected, promising to change the system? >> well, he's trying to. first of all, in almost every poll out there, well over 60% of the american people believe that president obama is trying to work with the republicans. the converse is true. well over 60% of the people believe that republicans aren't reciprocating. and worse than that. it's not because of principle. they think it's because of raw, naked politics. he's trying. he's making his executive branch more transparent. lessening the influence of lobbyists. he's going to work on immigration, education, on some of the energy ideas. i think we have the opportunity to work in a bipartisan fashion. he's going

at kaiser permanente, now patients are able, without getting a doctor's office visit, can ask their doctors questions and get immediate replies with in a few minutes. they can check their blood pressure, cholesterol, all at home and it can be monitored back-and-forth. and the data systems of what works for people under or over 45 and there is a matchup that is taking place. there is a report saying that kaiser permanente it was not available, they could not provide health insurance. that is a dramatic change on behalf of businesses, on behalf of businesses and our economy. those changes in the system, whether the business roundtable, the chamber of commerce, family groups, all the indicators are getting worse with the status quo in and with the constant incremental fooling around with the system. that is where we are today. you cannot get to do this without being comprehensive, if you want the savings into the efficiencies and the expansion of service to people of quality care. >> thank you. 30 seconds. >> as a member of the energy and commerce committee, what is being left unsaid is that t

process, we take a closer look at what's on the table now, with mary agnes carey, a correspondent for kaiser health news, a not-for-profit news service focusing on health policy and politics; the headline could easily be democrats pass health care reform without voting. why are they willing to take that risk? >> a lot of health members don't like the senate bill. they don't like the deal for nebraska to pay medicaid in perpetuity for that state. they don't like the high cost... the tax on the high cost health insurance plans, the cadillac tax. what they would rather vote on is their package of changes to the bill. they're trying to set it up in a way where the self-executing rule as your correspondent was talking about that the senate bill would be deemed as passed. those house members don't have to take a vote on that bill. to reconcile bills between the house and senate, the senate bill has to be passed. >> ifill: and signed by the president as well. >> right. >> ifill: they don't trust the senate to do what they've agreed to do. that's part of this as well. the house members. >> that is p

i want to go to psychotherapist stacey kaiser on the phone with us. she's going to help us try to answer some of these questions. stase ecan you answer that question of, after 18 years, how -- i would think trust would be one of the biggest obstacles for you to try to overcome with anybody at that point. would it not? >> absolutely. trust is a huge obstacle. imagine yourself being completely held captive, having all of your freedoms taken away. no ability to choose what you eat, who your relationships are with, how much space you have. so she's not only having to deal with trusting people. she's having to acclimate to freedom, to being able to make choices about herself, about her kids, about people that she interacts with. and that's a huge obstacle. >> whatbout her family? how can they aid in her healing? >> you know, i have to tell you, i was quite proud of her mother because i think they are doing the right thing. i think she needs to feel safe and protected and watched out for, which is something she's never had since she was a small child. and s

, but 63% in a washington poll said that we ought to pass comprehensive health reform. 57% on the kaiser family foundation poll, february 22, 2010, kaiser poll also finds overwhelming support for key elements of the reforms in our bill. 76% support reforming the way health insurance works in our bill. 71% creating a health insurance exchange which is in our bill and 70% support expanding high risk insurance pools. so when you go to the individual elements of our bill, we find very significant support for those individual elements, i tell my friend. and i continue to look forward to working with my friend to reach common ground. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman, mr. speaker, and from the summation of his remarks i gather that there has been no willingness to listen to the american people on the part of the majority here in the house. the gentleman does know that all polls indicate that the american people want us to set the bill aside, to stop this construct that washington's going to tell everyone how to design health care and really start over. 73% of the public, a cnn poll said, last

so they started what has become known as kaiser perm nene tee to provide health care to -- kaiser permanente to provide health care to their workers. in the 1960's, we made a major step forward with medicare and following it with medicaid. enormous debate erupted but progress was made and a universal program was made available to every person, every legal citizen, legal person in this nation who attained the age of 65. i noted with some humor the period that the president's summit, just, i think 10 days ago, sitting around the table were men and women, nearly all of whom, excluding the president and i think just two others who actually belonged to a single payer, universal health care program called medicare. yet many of those people said they wouldn't want anything to do with a universal single payer system, yet they were participating in such a system. so we have been at this a long, long time and in this house, the debate on how to finish the process began one year ago. so there's no rush to judgment here, nor is there a rush to judgment. i yield back. ms. watson: mr. garamendi, if you'll

the kaiser hospitals, one of the most successful enterprises, now patients are able without getting a doctor office visit, and ask their doctors questions and get immediate replies within a few minutes but of what's bothering them. they can check their blood pressure, cholesterol at home and he could be moderate back and forth. studies can go on because of the data systems about what works for people under 45, over 45, with different prescriptions at how generics match up. and all that is taking place. and there are employers in our state as a if kaiser was not available they could not provide health insurance because of the dramatic difference in those premiums. that's what you are trying to inherit on behalf of businesses, families, and on behalf of our economy. are those changes in this system. because what is the business roundtable, the chamber of commerce, small business grants, family groups, all the rest of this, all of these indicators are getting worse with the status quo. and with the constant incremental fooling around with a system. and that's what we are today. you don't

have to pointed out the specifics in this bill when they go through the polls being especially the kaiserlike this. they like the fact that they can't be denied health care because of preexisting conditions. they like the fact they can't get kicked off health care. >> they don't like the fact that there is a a $500 billion tax increase in there. they don't like the fact that there are $500 billion in cuts we'll have that debate. >> we are going to have that debate. >> we'll tk about $138 billion off the deficit. >> yeah, right. >> this is going to be an ongoing debate and probably will be for on going for years. >> let's talk about joe biden. lets take a look to end it on a lighter note here. >> this is a big [bleep] deal. >> president obama saying oh, okay, joe. >> if you didn't hear about all this, that is the vice president joe biden saying this is a big blanking deal. what is going on? >> there is i mike there, allison. >> i love joe. >> this isn't the first time he has done it. >> won't be the last either. >> that is exactly right. the guy has to wake up and grow up a little bit. he

he has also served as a correspondent for kaiser health news, their website, and that be a reporter and editor with, among others, "the washington post," the washington bureau of the mimbs tribune, the requests louisville times," and "the minneapolis star." guest: wousm you're going way back. host: absolutely. graduate of american state university and has a graduate school degree from columbia university school of journalism. back to the phones. wilmington, north carolina, dwight on our lien for independents. good morning. caller: good morning, rob and eric. gentlemen, you may have read a critical analysis of the world bank, going back to i believe the early 1980's. it was very thick reading. but the meandering of the world bank and international monetary fund back then i think were a bit different, with a bit different results than what they are now. i do follow this, especially for those of white house don't have a whole lot of education, i follow it, and i believe i comprehend what is going on. we uselessed to refer to it as the builder, but i'm not a con spir cyst, and i am a one-wo

you can go to website, like ours -- the kaiser family foundation also has an excellent description.tees in and congress have in on their website. there are clear descriptions. health insurance is complicated. we all know that. that is one of the reasons we need this law, to make it more transparent. i think you got misinformation and i encourage you to go to the website to clear that up. host: specifically, vision? guest: medicare is not a guaranteed benefit -- vision is not a guaranteed benefit currently in medicare. most of those plans were overpaid in the past. some of that does go to a new benefits. payment will be brought into line, but what happens with the benefits is still uncertain. the key is that medicare itself is being strengthened. host: so those on the medicare advantage could be losing their plan? guest: every year, the plans decide what they will offer. that is always an uncertainty for those recipients. we are requiring those plans to minimize what they spend on administration, and maximize what they spend on benefits. host: next phone call for an judy feder from m

as the head of the kaiser foundation says implementation is not self-executing.doesn't happen on its own. you have to be heavily involved and make sure you're doing it in a way that people can understand. >> that's so interesting. i think a lot of people including myself would think this bill passed and everything goes into motion. who actually will be in charge, then? >> well, that's an excellent question. the best analogy i can give is, you know, the lord may have written the bible and given it to moses but the rabbis actually interpreted the rules for the jewish people. so you've got these federal career officials who at department of health and human services, department of treasury, at the i.r.s. and they're all carefully watched by the office of management and budget and they write the rules and then they go through a very long administrative process to make sure that the rules are, you know, in compliance with federal law. >> you're making my heart go -- because i'm thinking of bureaucrats, a bunch of them in charge of this whole thing. let's take a look a

if he makes so much money, you just have to call kaiser or blue cross and they will put him on a monthlyn. i have health care now through the city and all i hear is about abortion clauses. we need to set them down and as with the armed been doing. host: shepherd's town, west virginia, good morning. caller: i want to make a point about these polls when people say they are healthy and have insurance. most people are very healthy and never have any call to use their health insurance. naturally, if you ask if they are unhappy, they say no. the polls should be to the people who have gotten sick and have tried to use their health insurance. you would see the results would be significantly different. host: also there will be state of the union addresses. >> we are very optimistic about the outcome of this process. i think people have come to the realization that this is the moment and if we do not act now, there will be dire consequences for people all over this country in terms of higher rates and being able to be excluded from health care if they have pre- existing conditions or being thrown

now all of those things that i mentioned, here's a kaiser poll. tax credits for small business, 73% of the american people more likely to support the bill. tax credits are in the bill. in fact, these are all in the bill. insurance exchanges, 67% of the american people support the insurance exchanges. the ability to keep what you have, 66% of the american people, more likely to support this bill if you can keep what you have. you can keep what you have in this bill. ban pre-existing conditions denials. 63% more likely to support this provision ever banning pre-existing condition denials. expanding medicaid, which is what we do, 62%. dependent coverage through 2026. if you are 26 or under, you can stay on your parents' insurance. how many people support it? 60%. closing the medicare doughnut hole, 60%. subsidy, 56%. we have not done a good job of messaging this bill. but we are going to have an election in november and i'm looking forward to it. i'm looking forward to the debate because the debate is going to be our friends on the other side are goi

about how the cleveland clinic and the mayo clinic andguisinger health care system in pennsylvania, kaiser health care in intermountain california, and intermountain in utah, that these are better to provide better health care, better outcomes for less money. i wassing intrigued by that and i went to visit cleveland clinic, spent a day with them. and do you know what i found out? i found out that the health care delivery system at cleveland clinic, mayo clinic, geisinger, intermountain, they have a loft things in common. first of all, their doctors and nurses are on sal rim. they're not out there on as free agencies. they're all on salary. especially at the cleveland clinic. second, they focus primary care. third, they focus on prevention. they focus on wellness. all the patients have electronic health records. they coordinate their care. they focus on diseases like diabetes, cancer, heart, pulmonary, and they treat them in a holistic way. they coordinate the care in the delivery, in those places. and they get a better result for less money. and they've been able to go to high-koss areas,

and, you know, when i went back and i have been looking through the -- especially the kaiser foundationolling because i think they've done a good job in looking at the way that people feel about how they get their health care and the people who deliver their health care, et cetera. i always thought this was part of the problem in doing a health care overhaul from the beginning which is if the people who have their health care right now feel pretty good about it. and they're worried that change is going to make it bad for them. that is a tough thing to overcome. right? that if you're ok with what you have, you believe that yes, if you ask the voters, do you think more people in this country should be insured? absolutely. how you go about doing that has always been the issue and how you go about doing it without threatening the care that i like right now. but when you go back whether we're in 1994 or whether we're in 2004 or 2008, i didn't see the percentage of people change. i never saw a drop or a rise in the percentage of people who said that they were unhappy with their health care. i