they never mention malpractice. i am not doing malpractice because malpractice will require that we have to offend in of the democratic base, and if i don't need to offend the democratic base to keep the doctors on board, i'm not going to do it. and by the way no republicans are coming to negotiate with me if they came and said part of onegotiation for our support would be pal practice, we would have done it. that wasn't the case. so, here you had a situation where, on policy grounds the white house was for malpractice reform and he wad to buy some reasonable proposals. the interest groups, the ama, and the politicians, the republicans, weren't interested. now, people say, oh, no, no. but that's the way it lined up. if either the doctors had said, all right, we understand about payment but here's malpractice and we have to have something on malpractice. or the republicans said, all right, we'll negotiate with you and here's the kinds of things we need in the bill. it would have happened, i'm sure. that's not the way

they never mention malpractice. i'm not doing malpractice because malpractice will require we have to effect -- often the democratic base. by the way no republicans are coming to negotiate. if they came as a part of the negotiation for our our support with the malpractice we would have done it but that wasn't the case. here you had a situation where on policy grounds the white house was for malpractice reform and we had to buy some reasonable proposals but the interest groups, the ama and the politicians the republicans weren't interested. people say a oh no but that's the way it wound up. if either the doctors had said all right we understand about payment but here's malpractice and we have to have something on malpractice or we will negotiate with here and here are the things we needed to build it would have happened. that's not the way it a lot up and nonetheless the president had two elements of malpractice one in mid-september speech to the joint session of congress where he said look we have a private program

but how medicare pays doctors they never mention malpractice i am not doing malpractice because that will require we have to defend the democratic base and i did not know to do that. by the way the republicans come to negotiate. efface said that we would have done it but it was not the case. here you have a situation where on policy grounds it was for malpractice reform but in the interest groups and the republicans were not interested. but that is the way it wind up if doctors had said we'd understand pavement or the republicans said we will negotiate it would have happened but it is not the way it lined up but he had two elements in the joint session of congress we have the pilot program and to improve patient safety of more than $100 billion sandy affordable care act has a provision if i remember correctly that says we will give grants to states to reform malpractice law with the cost of health care. >> more committed to malpractice reform than any president did have to pieces more than anyone else you cannot say he was not committed that we did not get more comprehensive reform.

they never mention malpractice. i am not certain it's because malpractice will require some of the democratic base and if i don't need to defend the democratic base to keep the doctors on board, i'm not going to do it. either way, no republicans are coming to negotiate. if they said our support would be no pack is, we wouldn't have done it. but that wasn't the case. so here you have a situation where on policy grounds the white house was for malpractice reform and we had to buy some reasonable proposals. but the interest groups, the ama and the politicians, republicans perniciously. people say no, no, no, but that's the way it wind up if either the doctors had said already, we understand panic, but here's malpractice. we have to have something all malpractice republicans they will negotiate with you and here's the things we need in the bill, it would've happened. but that's not the way i find out. nonetheless, the president had two elements of malpractice that he pushed. one in a september speech to the joint sessio

annual conference and carry this evening against a backdrop of controversies and allegations of malpractice and corruption within the forest. the ag is nice as the allegations do not reflect the true nature of their work and they had damaged the standing and reputation in the community the sergeants and inspectors gathered at the new conference he carried this evening against the white truffle controversies and allegations of malpractice and corruption within the force. allegations which they say do not reflect the true nature of their work which i'll know the less damage to their standing and reputation and lead to money being viewed with suspicion in the community the purported must be saved in the end and put various different people i keep going for it on the street when a book or dysfunctional approved a new stove tops and industries. and you can see the sun but not to get into the cause. the writing time is going broke. i am. qantas will also suffer a month on month combined. as a sergeant on the money which time i see it you can attach to tell you there with the ags i set eyes on gua

to us saying that they believe that this shows that malpractice quite frightening stating that can make that a new feature which would force us to stand down from all things hold together now for renting the courts seem to be of the opinion that because they were simply a more senior colts rectifying the decision about local bank could simply make that decision out drugs. i'm could roll for or against crime is to get it but it was a lot of opposition from the government side in under pressure really the constitutional court was told about a crowded city with the opportunity to to answer these charges on what they've done today. it is up to fifteen days after that princess began that primacy in the center and set up by vigorously one to defend its identity supply to the back of this new friends out what to call witnesses. that's all the places she has been allowed one more extension of offer to lead to just use it takes is to make a second what's with me the second is the friday led by a sunset and the sunlight. monday is a national holiday here in thailand. so he's going to be a teacher

it is political malpractice.is public service malpractice to deny this to your citizens. >> yeah, what you said is so important. we have heard so much heat around the concept of obamacare. everyone remembers the white house decided at one point should we try to get people to call the aca, obamacare, people feel differently. when you say the jindall gap, brings to find, carter recession or carter stagnation. jonathan, to the point. let me play for you republican tea party congressman, at a townhall, pretending i guess to care about the uninsured. take a listen. >> the numbers we see today is that, as i understand them. we believe there are more people uninsured in cancio than there were when the president's health care plan went into effect. i thought the goal was bring more people on insurance. >> couple things. the kansas health institute said it did decline. he is a little off there. one could argue it is close. more importantly than the numbers is, since when do these tea party congressmen care about people be

prescott: where malpractice makes malperfect. ( applause ) first next up, mental health. folks, this country has a serious depression problem. according to the world health organization, nearly 20% of americans report an extended period of depression in their lifetime. while the other 80% insist that everything is okay. shut up, daddy's drinking. ( laughter ) ( applause ) , and, sure, there are treatments like prozac, paxil, and zoloft, but you cannot inject them into your face. >> botox is the most popular cosmetic enhancement procedure in the country. a new study suggests botox could also be useful for a treatment option for depression. the thinking is frowning sends negative emotional signals to the brain so inhibiting the ability to frown would inhibit the negative emotions. >> stephen: folks, when i learned that botox can cure depression, you should have seen the expression on my face. or any expression on the face of someone with botox. cheering you up by killing your face works because there is a circuit between the brain and the muscles of facial expression, in wh

malpractice, $100,000, no tort reform, reimbursements going down and a comment from a viewer who readors make $35,000 and are very happy. they also get free medical education, free college trying to go through, a new graduate today, those kids have 150, sometimes $200,000 in debt just to learn how to practice medicine. it is very hard to say live on $75,000. stuart: no malpractice insurance required in a place like sweden. >> they have national reform, protection for patients but -- stuart: what does the general practitioner pay in medical malpractice insurance a year roughly? >> depending on the marketplace it is 20,000 at least for $25,000. for obstetricians it could be anywhere between 80 or a hundred in new york city. stuart: you won't survived at $75,000. stuart: when you are busy guy the thank you very much. do appreciate it. we say it every day tech is king and amazon surpasses hulu and apple in streaming video usage. they have a long way to go to catch up to netflix. liz: that is right. amazon put out this press release, really exciting press release that it ranks right behind

children's hospital would not comment on the malpractice suit, but the chief medical officer said weave hundreds of thousands of communications with families every year while we strive for these to be appropriate there are occasions where we fall short. they say their lawsuit is fuelled by the pattern of insensitivity embedded in the hospital's culture. alan wang, abc7 news. >>> aping gree -- angry teen girls were taken from a concert after their tickets were found to be fake. this happened in san francisco. about 100 fans would not leave the front of the filmore. they were told their tickets were bogus. the girls say they paid hundreds of dollars because the show was soldout. they were purchased 0 stub hub and craigslist and appeared to be from the same seller. >> one mom bought them for a girl whose birthday was today. she is crying and my girls are crying. >> they are my idols. i wanted to see them so badly. this is the only chance i got. i finally convinced my parents to let me go and i find out it is a scam. >> craigslist does not offer refunds as it is not involved in transacti

not mean the end of next the message of them has sought to back entitled to live in the ict for malpractice. sunday could one up most often that the new innings in his life. the box for that matter that makes the line and found that in the book. i am. and then spend the time it didn't matter said in an instant the group and close friends and family to be a part of the occasion. how nice and kind credit for the neptune and when he has given him out of muslims in the window it is the king admitted being the demand is on the map. the day. he did that i met with them. a biker boots. actually now find rest of the seasons the less expensive to run his course to six thousand dollars. this isn't a crime. that's means when it was the event headlines. i was inspecting my aunts and cousins. she wanted to buy those books include one for dusk and said that the nazis beach the sand at ten pm recruit anime auckland has so far played sixteen tests ninety for a gis and fifty six the twenty two matches focused on picture this an odd and yet when we came alive with the vibrancy of spring the season was buckle

medical malpractice is a personal issue for me.arents, while elderly, their deaths were partly caused by the bad decisions of a doctor or hospital. i know that the republican congress opposed these kinds of lawsuits because doctors and hospitals have a lot of lobbying power. where my parents passed away in florida, that is a very powerful hospital franchise. you cannot find a law firm that will take on a medical malpractice case. could you please address that? guest: thank you for your question. i am very sorry to hear about what happened to your parents. that is absolutely something we have been concerned about, though it is a slightly separate issue from arbitration in that ofthere has been a lot discussion and controversy surrounding the idea of medical malpractice and tort reform, as other callers have referred to it. you are right, some states have passed laws that have made it difficult to pursue even legitimate claims of medical malpractice. to thewe think that extent that folks do have legitimate claims, you don't want to d

children's hospital would not comment on the malpractice suit, but the chief medical officer said we have hundreds of thousands of communications with families every year while we strive for these to be appropriate there are occasions where we fall short. they say their lawsuit is fuelled by the pattern of insensitivity embedded in the hospital's culture. alan wang, abc7 news. >>> aping gree -- angry teen girls were taken from a concert after their tickets were found to be fake. this happened in san francisco. about 100 fans would not leave the front of the filmore. they were told their tickets were bogus. the girls say they paid hundreds of dollars because the show was soldout. they were purchased 0 stub hub and craigslist and appeared to be from the same seller. >> one mom bought them for a girl whose birthday was today. she is crying and my girls are crying. >> they are my idols. i wanted to see them so badly. this is the only chance i got. i finally convinced my parents to let me go and i find out it is a scam. >> craigslist does not offer refunds as it is not involved in transac

children's hospital would not comment on the malpractice suit, but the chief medical officer said we have hundreds of thousands of communications with families every year while we strive for these to be appropriate there are occasions where we fall short. they say their lawsuit is fuelled by the pattern of insensitivity embedded in the hospital's culture. alan wang, abc7 news. >>> aping gree -- angry teen girls were taken from a concert after their tickets were found to be fake. this happened in san francisco. about 100 fans would not leave the front of the filmore. they were told their tickets were bogus. the girls say they paid hundreds of dollars because the show was soldout. they were purchased 0 stub hub and craigslist and appeared to be from the same seller. >> one mom bought them for a girl whose birthday was today. she is crying and my girls are crying. >> they are my idols. i wanted to see them so badly. this is the only chance i got. i finally convinced my parents to let me go and i find out it is a scam. >> craigslist does not offer refunds as it is not involved in transac

it's called tort reform and malpractice. my suggestion is they should get rid up unitive damages -- get rid of punitive damages and pain-and-suffering and to compensional damages and go after these trial lawyers and pay back the excess amount of money they have been rewarded for three years. pay that money back into the health-care system. right, i think both conservatives and liberals would agree that the american tort does add to health care costs in this country. doctors tend to order more tests and be more careful because they're concerned about eating suit. sued. while they find that malpractice costs do add to the expansiveness of the american health care system, it is not the main thing wrong with the system. we are talking about a few percentage points in any given year. if you did wholesale tort reform the way some on the right would like to do it, i forget the exact number but is somewhere in the single digits like five or in healthent gain care costs for one year. and thatone-time gain is basically what health-car

anne touchstone remedies available under padilla but as far as malpractice more generally and in a the situations that we discussed today with tim padilla can each of you talk a bit about also at the state level this is very important. different remedies available to clients. >> i mean the remedy i guess depends on what we are looking for. i can really only. >> to the remedy of the habeas in virginia because that is pretty much all that he do on that level with respect to what padilla does for me and my clients. as i said it's been limited by the commonwealth so that's the end of that with respect to that. hopefully we will have a case in the case is going to be one of falls within the requirements of the statute so we are able to get it in. >> how does that differ from the cases at the federal level to in general like the cases you might be handling whether immigration or asylum etc. at the federal level? >> you mean the criminal case is? >> is there a difference there between the state and federal? >> only to the extent of course that whatever the criminal outcome is whether state or

the defense seemed to dent the prosecution's case, citing police malpractice, the alleged theft of onef pistorius' watches and police's admitted mishandling of evidence. and it says it will offer the most critical evidence of the trial -- pistorius' testimony. >> it is going to be absolutely crucial that he takes the stand and convinces the judge that in that moment, he believed that he wasn't acting unlawfully, even though it was a mistaken belief. >> reporter: there are no juries in south africa, so pistorius has only to convince one person -- that's the judge. the big question, david, is, can his story and his nerves hold up under what's expected to be a withering cross examination. >> all right, matt gutman from south africa again tonight. matt, thank you. >>> next here, we go down under tonight, where britain's prince william and family are visiting. it's their first overseas trip since prince george was born. it's already making history, because of a decision made beforehand by the queen. and tonight here, could memphis, tennessee, be their next destination? abc's cecilia vega is

and money doesn't solve everything, but to the families who lost loved ones as a result of this malpracticehe agency that's supposed to help veterans recover from war, it's an important component. >> eric, thank you for sharing this. >> absolutely. >> aljazeera has learned a federal investigation of the bridge closing scandal surrounding new jersey governor, chris christie, is gaining momentum in tonight's power politics. a look at the potential political fallout. and david schuster has that story. >> republican operators say that the newest developments are shaking the confidence of potential strategists and fundraisers who might commit to chris christie's presidential campaign. latest fears stem from the report that paul fishen in the latest george washington bridge scandal recently doubled the number of investigators on the case. dized wild steen, the executive who orchestrated the closures is cooperating with the organization, and wildstein told investigators that he told them about the event. and it ended long before the governor says that he learned about them. now federal prosecutors

her family now is filing a medical malpractice against the hospital. >> they found her upside down in the body bag which told the expert she was fight her way owe. >> a spokesman from the hospital said they cannot comment because it is in litigation. >> the white house is making it clear this morning that it had nothing to do with the staged selfie featuring david ortiz and president obama. the picture was taken on tuesday when the world series champion red sox visited the white house. we later found out ortiz signed an endorsement deal with samsung the day before his white house visit. the picture was tweeted as promotion. the white house will not comment on the photo beyond saying that it didn't know it was staged. >>> the second baseman for the mets is facing criticism for taking paternity leave to with be his wife after the birth of their senator. daniel murphy missed the last two games and is intelligented to they days of leave under the major league baseball collective bargaining agreement. but now new yorks sports radio hosts are ripping into him. >> take a week off? or five da

doctor says like google and while many of the detectives are mds, there is no need to worry about malpractice here since all the diagnoses are anonymous. >> a lot of times a patience goes into a doctor and they can't quite figure it out, the patient sort of takes it on themselves to figure it out. >> so you're not turning to cool searching. google. you have actual doctors. they might have read something or heard something that you doctor had never heard of and knows nothing about. so it is an expert diagnosis. i sheeshly wouldn't rely solely on a website like this -- certainly wouldn't rely on it solely, but you can take it to your doctor. >> julie, thanks. >>> one charming bay area community just cracked the list of best small towns in america. the magazine ranked them number 2. it is easy to see why. among other things, lush landscapes, picturesque wineries. they say it is, quote, so fertile anything grows. a town in new york, not the top spot, williamsburg virginia. >> all nice places to live. >> absolutely. >>> coming up in our next half hour, new information coming in on that massive ear

resumed his law practice, and just made a court appearance involving a family involved a medical malpracticease. >> and wisconsin republican governor scott walker famous for busting unions and surviving a recall vote a few years ago, is now underfire for playing this song this week in re-election rallies. >> ♪ but that ain't america, for you and me ♪ ♪ something to see baby ain't that america ♪. >> the song, is by john cougar mellen camp a liberal democrat, and he has told a conservative walker to find music for his rallies from somebody else. tony, ain't that america. >> all right, appreciate it. thank you, coming up on al jazeera america, he has work there had for just 15 months. but yahoo's departing second in command is getting wait for it, $58 million to leave. that's all i am saying about it. i don't know, things turned out. general remember trick, morgan stanley, and pepsi coe, those stocks moved higher after first quarter earnings report, the dough fell 16 points by the end of trading. has changed the policy. consumers that download coupons join the social media communities or even b

children's hospital would not comment on the family's malpractice suit, but in a same the chief medical officer said we have hundreds of thousands of communication was families every year and although we strive for them to be appropriate always, there are times we fall short. the family said their lawsuit is fueled by the pattern of innocencetist embedded in the hospital's culture. in oakland,al he wong, abc7 news. >> oakland mayor jean quan is backtracking that the crown prince of dubai has partnered to build stadiums for the raiders and a's. they said he has the capital to invest in an entertainment center' complex. he said while one developer has connections to the high-ranking official in dubai, the crown prince himself is not involved in the coliseum project. >>> several angry teenage girls were forced out of a concert last night after their tickets turned out to be fake. >> sidewalk clear, okay? sidewalk clear. [screaming] >> i'm not leaving! we're not leaving, we're not leaving! >> it happened in san francisco after fans of five seconds of summer would not leave last night. they

country because of what one investigator who was involved with the government said is a look at malpracticetential corruption throughout the shipping industry in korea. this is really shocking. >> wow, it has gone further than this one vessel. i appreciate your time,. >>> up next, an outbreak of measles, what is behind the outbreak and what is done to contain it. >>> plus, details about what a 24-year-old american tourist did just before he was detained at customs in north korea. in the nation, we reward safe driving. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side metacent >>> tonight, u.s. health officials warn about a disturbing surge in measles. 129 people have been affected in 13 states so far this year. that is the most in the first four months of any year since 1996. california is being hit hardest, measles is highly contagious. it has a new foot hold now. >> this is a highly infectious disease. >> reporter: it may start with a fever or a cough. but a splochy red ra

but rather than attacking the main cause of the added expense, which is the totally insane malpracticein this country and nowhere else. a study in massachusetts found that fully one quarter of all the hospitalizations, procedures and treatments and tests were done for legal reasons, instead of -- >> unnecessary -- >> there is not a line on tort reform in 2500 pages. they're going to save the money by destroying the system, that's what's going to happen. >> factor tip of the day, the missing plane and tv ratings. tip. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to cf before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find some good people to help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade >>> tv ratings and the missing airliner in a moment. but first, b

i can't think of any consequences that are too much for the state malpractice has fallen to justina. i pledge to justina, that i will not be quiet, nor stop speaking and speaking out for her. and i hope you won't either. [ applause ] >> well, there have been some promising vepts this week for justina and her family. on thursday, family spokesman reference patrick mahoney confronted the governor in massachusetts. here's a little part of that exchange. >> release justina pelletier. >> i agree. >> governor work on it. don't tell the pelletiers, don't say you have the details of report of neglect and not make that public, sir. that's outrageous. >> it's confidential. >> why are you making accusations? she doesn't have a reunit i i have indication plan. she wasn't allowed to go to church 14 months in your state. >> we've appeared in court in order to have her sent home. whether you believe it or not the court has made the decision, not us. >> after that end kourn, a meeting was called on fry friday to discuss how to transfer justina back to connecticut. the reverend was in that meeting an

i suspect, or at least i will call it malpractice. >> i've been doing it myself. so we both will. >> thank you so much, karen finney, you're the best. you must watch "disrupt with karen finney" right here on msnbc at 4:00 on saturday. we want to get you caught up on another important story, the death of an acclaimed photographer on the eve of -- she was killed in a brutal attack. kathy gannon was wounded. an afghan police officer opened fire on their car while in the eastern city of coast. they were traveling with a convoy of election workers delivering ballots for tomorrow's vote. i've always kept my eye on her... but with so much health care noise, i didn't always watch out for myself. with unitedhealthcare, i get personalized information and rewards for addressing my health risks. but she's still gonna give me a heart attack. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. ♪ you've played a part in building our global recycling program. ♪ >>> coming up, why david letterman's requirement will be felt all the way to washington. but first, it's time for we the tweeple

the sort of malpractice of the crew, the captain in particular, many of them in custody, but we missedtory of heroism. tell me about park ge on. >> reporter: she is really someone who has inspired the word, "good samaritan." that phrase "good samaritan." and a bright spot in the crew that is really being lambasted in our country. what she did in numerous eyewitness accounts. she didn't have a life jacket, she was not wearing one, when somebody asked why, she said passengers first, crew last. that is the sort of behavior that people expect of a captain, did not get it. so what we see here is a lot of pain and rage that this young woman who is so special and beloved in this country now that she appears to be so rare in this crew. >> she did not survive, she was buried with honors and respect, justifiably so thank you. >> mario vitton is a helicopter rescue swimmer. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. mario, let's talk about the difference between rescue and recovery as kyung said, they're trying to keep the spirits up of the parents waiting onshore. but there is a real danger there, isn

john, i'm going to start with you, because this strikes me as political malpractice., the law firm going ahead and making a contribution or chris christie not having a chat at the republican governors association, hey, if a check comes from these guys, send it back. >> i'll tell you what, gibson dunn has given plenty of money to democrats -- >> not this year, not this year. they gave to the rga, which their client is running. >> over the last couple years they've given to the dccc about $50,000, it's a bipartisan firm, a well respected firm. >> but john -- >> will you let me finish, joy? >> sure. >> gibson dunn is a well respected law firm. report stands the test of time, if you have any problems with the report, focus on the report, not the campaign contributions, which are routine for almost every big law firm gives money to both sides. >> john, this is not a law firm that is just any law firm. this is a firm that produced a report completely clearing their client, the governor, the governor's office, and turned around and gave a pretty substantial contribution to t

. >> lawyers would be committing malpractice if they didn't bridge the claim, and if she didn't bringlaim, this would not see the light of day. >> when we come back, not every republican saying that boehner is bonkers for mocking his own party. the congressman says the speaker has a opinion. [chanting] >> the scene at the capitol today. hundreds of protesters going for a hike in the minimum wage. here's what that could mean for jobs. your argument is be careful what you wish for. strikers come back and say that's what ceos always say. you say what? >> you can understand why people want to do this, and they have a heart and carry. i don't doubt their motives. it will not have the effect they desire. it will backfire on them. it's like trying to fix a broken clock by moving the hands to the current time. you didn't really fix the problem. as a consequence of that, you're going to see jobs lost, not gained, if you raise rates to the new wage, because it's going to cost more for various -- >> the ones who argue for this, said, look, that was the same every time we cross the bridge, jobs w

but rather than attacking the main cause of the added expense, which is the totally insane malpractice this country and nowhere else. a study in massachusetts found that fully one quarter of all the hospitalizations, procedures and treatments and tests were done for legal reasons, instead of -- >> unnecessary -- >> there is not a line on tort reform in 2500 pages. they're going to save the money by destroying the system, that's what's going to happen. >> factor tip of the day, the missing plane and tv ratings. tip. aflac. ♪ aflac, aflac, afc! ♪ [ both sigh ] ♪ ugh! ♪ you told me he was good, dude. yeah he stinks at golf. but he was great at getting my claim paid fast. how fast? mine got paid in 4 days. wow. that's awesome. is that legal? big fat no. [ male announcer ] find out how fast aflac can pay you at aflac.com. -hit the beach in florida. out -and a reunion in seattle.you we can afford to take more trips this year. [man] when hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them. [woman] so we got our 4-star hotels... for half price. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.com >>> tv ratings

they are looking at malpractice lawsuits and pay shmay shut a hl down because of this. that we discussed earlier, is this executive management program in the government is filled with burro cats at the top and just down below it, several steps below it, they really don't give any of these things any particular thought because there is no ramifications for anything they do. >> is it more wide-spread than these 40 deaths? in other words, we heard horror stories about va hospitals around the country. are there more depths, are there other secret lists, how deep does this go and how high up in the government in terms of awareness is this? >> sean, i would say, yes, yes, and yes. there are a thousand preventable depths since 9/11. these are now surfacing. his point is important, no one has been fired for any of this across the government because it's nearly impossible to do so. a group like ours is trying to push legislation forward to empower these folks to create accountability. >> i would think anybody working within the system, they would see this as corrupt. >> that's w

if a hospital does this or a doctor does something like this, they're looking at jail time and malpractice problem which we discussed earlier is the executive management program that we have in the government is filled with bureaucrats at the top and just down below it, several steps below it, they don't really give these things particular thought because there's no ramifications. >> is it more widespread than these 40 deaths? we have heard horror stories about some of the va hospitals around the country. are there other deaths and secret lists we don't know about? >> yes. we know there are have been a thousand preventable deaths since 9/11 at va facilities. these are just more surfacing. no one has been fired for any of this across the government because it's nearly impossible to do so. a group like ours is trying to push legislation forward that would empower these folks to get fired so you can create accountabili accountability. >> anybody within the system should see this. >> if this was the private sector, that doctor would be held liable and he would go to jail with everybody else. >

. >> and cost of things like equipment and malpractice insurance. all of these things. for example, in my group, we have millions of machinery, $3 million mri machines, employ a staff of hundreds. none of that is taken into account, because that's the cost of doing business. it could be applied to almost any other walk of life. you could look at the gross revenue of exxon and not think about how much money it would cost to -- >> doctors do great work, you guys save lives every day and we appreciate it, but that's baloney. no offense. when you look at the data here, when the average person sees a small personal of the doctors getting this huge sum, 3300 ophthalmologist that's a million each. we're not painting all doctors with a broad brush, but can you look and say there's not fraud or waste going on? >> outliers will always be a problem. you could see it in almost every discipline, but the problem is the average person may look at this and say that an interventional radiologist unclogging dialysis graphs, who bill 2.7 million must be fraudulent, because another person

medical malpractice that's the law firms and, well done very lively tool. pushed back against by tort reform. said to do tort reform as immediate pushback against liability because lobbyists have made it very, very hard progressively to sue except for very large cases. waste in the system. it is all fun. it is all subject to federal regulation. is simply waste. the status institutions, for example, here's another controversial issue in health care. nonprofit status, should hospitals retain nonprofit status or is that another example of waste in the system for which we don't get benefits? here are some new york hospitals. the argument is their charity care is on the left, their tax exempt is in the center. they make a lot of money out of it tax exempt status. this is a friction point and the boundary question about a whole legal status to the internal revenue code. and, of course the regulatory structure. here i recommend professor field's first book the appendices are full of good examples but i'm trying to sell books. full of good examples of the structure

and i think it's really political malpractice are those people, including members of congress that are saying don't enroll. and the koch brothers who have spent millions and millions of dollars to no avail, really, because we saw this big rush to enroll. but it's irresponsible. it is just wrong for members of congress to say don't get insured. and there are those who are doing that right now. i think they're going to be on the losing end of this once people understand. they could at an affordable rate actually have the health insurance that they need. >> you know, richard, i think that the politics of 2014 could be about who has the courage to stand and represent what it is they represent, because i cannot see if you have people on the far right, with some of the most bizarre policy ideas that we've seen in our lifetimes. but proudly standing there, how can any democrat be shaky about standing up for something as needed and popular as health care? >> look, every voter is their own health care expert. it's really hard to spin it when you've got ten million people saying i got direct ben

thy r are one bad traffic accident away -- only republican governors would end their political malpracticeral government's help in covering the poor citizens. >> you know, representative saunders, you know, this isn't the story about one woman. more than 763,000 florida residents earn too little to apply for health care subsidies, but too much for medicaid. how can florida republicans leave more than 700,000 people without care? >> you know, i don't know the answer to that question. it's an answer that we tried to get since last year when we began a debate in tallahassee about this. we know that there are nearly 1 million people who are like charlene, and charlene is just one example of the implications for the decisions that have been made not to draw down these types of federal dollars. i can't tell you how many constituents have been in touch with my office complaining they went on to the federal exchange's website, went through all of the hoops, and were told at the very end they did not qualify for subsidies and would not get access to health care because florida had made a decision n

now, if they are convicted of malpractice, which she most certainly is, they can pay a malpractice premiumn? i mean, if i don't file a tax return. can i can do more than six months in jail. this woman killed people. so who gave her six months and why? >> well, the judge gave her six months. >> who is this judge? who is this? >> it's not just the judge. the district attorney did come out and say one of the reasons for the weaker sentence is the fact that there is a lack of evidence. perry hospital where she worked got the notice of this fraud, this criminal activity and what they did was they destroyed evidence. the computer that she used disappeared. the hard drive has been destroyed. so, when you go into a court of law, even though you have all of the facts, you may even have somebody admitting to it a crime but you still have to prove your case and she is fighting it so perry hospital really is on the hook here for trying really to do the ultimate coverup. not to mention when they found out about the egregious error, they didn't contact the patients and tell them what happened and give t

the military, and i wonder do you agree with that and has it changed dramatically from vietnam to malpractice >> the short answer is yes and no. the interesting thing about dog training is that it's just like any other aspect. it depends on which unit is conducting the training. some are incredibly productive in the use of the commissioning and employing all four quadrants in the reinforcement quadrant and using the body language and reinforcement training. some units are still very old-school and much more compulsive than their training methods. so in some respects, yes absolutely there are some that are doing it t the same way they were in vietnam and some are doing it on a much higher level and capacity to. >> i would like to thank you for your service and the dogs that you train. [applause] with depending wind down in the far east, what are the implications for us maintaining some programs and not have what happened in vietnam and what implications does that have for your company because obviously if they switch off, what do you do? and finally how many do you process in the retirement? >

i will continue speaking out against wasteful concurrency that is acquisition malpractice as i have done for years. in today's fiscal world, spending money as we've done in l.c.s. is not just reckless, not just wasteful; it's dangerous. it actually weakens our national defense. it's my sincere hope and confirm conviction that in the future we can prove ourselves better stewards of taxpayers' money than we have in the past. and finally, getting l.c.s. right would be a big, long overdue step in that direction. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business, senators athrowed speak up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session to consider c

back to his legal roots representing a family in a malpractice case today. >>> the tribekka film festival offed in new york city and two documentaries with political tie-s in. compared to what? the improbable journey of franks and the diary of ann. the first photo and embrace of the caricature that many americans love. those aviators he certainly loves and the second photo, why not? this selfie, found a friend is what he wrote, posting thanks for following and stay tuned. at last count, more than 23,000 liked it. and interestingly, one person who replied, possible republican presidential candidate and embattled new jersey governor chris christie who posted this throwback thursday snapshot as his instagram welcome to the vp. mock turtleneck for joe biden. what a classic. that's going to wrap up this hour of jansing & company. i'm chris jansing. next on news nation, tamron hall, she'll talk with robert de niro's wife, and to help empower rwandan women. i'll see you back here tomorrow. the problem isn't likely to go away... ...on its own. so it's time we do something about it. and there's he

i think it would just be sort of malpractice to shoot from the hip and make a variety of proclamations and i won't be part of that. >> let me turn you to the other topic of the hour and that is your proposal which is i guess a bipartisan proposal along with senator hatch, to extend certain tax provisions that had expired at the end of last year. these provisions in some cases benefit specific industries, others are more broadly constructed, research and development credits, others more narrowly constructed. what are you doing here and why extend provisions that to many people's view are really just corporate tax welfare? >> here's where we are on taxes. first of all, right now all over america, americans are gnashing their teeth as they try to wade through all the various and sundry tax forms and they are particularly frustrated with the business community about the lack of predictability. what i have been interested in is really draining the swamp in comprehensive tax reform. i wrote, along with senator begich and senator coates and former senator gray the first bipartisan federal inc