host: the manhattan institute, what positioning does it take on issues of health care? with health care, the cost is a big issue and a big part of my job is to try and figure out new policy solutions to reduce cost to people. host: one of the issues that has come up as of late is this idea of medicare for all. what you think about it. ? assumption ofn buying everything for everybody. ultimately that just fails to engage with the real essence of the issue which is health care is all about trade-off. host: tell us why. guest: the recent piece was about the medicare program traditionally. if you think about existing medicare benefits, there are big gaps in medicare benefits. medicare part b which covers outpatient drugs does not have an out-of-pocket cap. people are potentially exposed to tens of thousands of dollars of out-of-pocket cost which is why seniors by medicare gap plans. cost is quite substantial on prescription drugs, in many cases more than what some people might be used to playing -- used to paying. medicare is a benefit that falls short in many ways. what is

what positioning was the manhattan institute take? >> we're a center right think tank. the cost of health care is a big issue that people are concerned about. a big part of my job is to really try and figure out new policy solutions to reduce costs for people. >> one of the issues that have come up as of late is this idea of medicare for all. what do you think about it on its face? >> it's assumption that why don't we buy everything for everybody. that's essentially what the claim amounts to. i think ultimately that fails to engage with the real essence of the issue which is health care is all about tradeoffs. >> you write it's not all it's cracked up to be. tell us why. >> in this recent piece it was medicare program traditionally. if you think about the real existing medicare benefit, there are real big gaps in the medicare benefit. medicare part b which covers physician services and outpatient drugs actually doesn't have an out-of-pocket cap that people are potentially exposed to tens of thousands of dhars dollars in out-of-pocket costs which is why lots of seniors b

. >> host: on the line for democrats, you are o were on wir guest at the manhattan institute. >> caller: i'm calling from massachusetts. in my still on -- >> host: you are, go ahead. i just want to say medicare has worked out great for me. i have had all kinds of procedures over the years had surgery for glaucoma and hip replacement and these things will happen when you get older. it's about $195 a month now for me it has been perfect and i have lived in the same area my whole life and everybody i know seems perfectly satisfied. i hadn't heard any complaints at all that i can remember, so i think that medicare has been fabulous. >> host: thanks for sharing your t experience. >> guest: it is a very generous benefit provided by the taxpayers. thosede that are in the medicare program are not able to work inn for thitso that taxpayers fund % of the benefit. the cost of the health care that you get when you become eligible for medicare that is obviously a very generous proposition for the subsection of the g population. we wouldn't be able to do as sufficient assistance to everybody across t

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caller: thank you manhattan institute for coming to c-span.elieve in california we have kaiser permanente. enrolled.rdable to be their services are completely open to you. war between the companies that offer insurance, the hospitals, the doctors, they want the highest profits, unbridled search for profits. prices anddrug hospital stallions and doctor visits. there is lobbying by billions of dollars from these companies that they don't want the status quo to change. there has to be a middle ground where you can have access to health care. in california if you have a healthy lifestyle, you definitely have the benefits of access to mental health and exercise and preventive care. prediabetic classes. you can keep yourself healthy through a very affordable and monthly payment instead of the thousands and thousands of dollars that we used to have with a partnership between the government and private industry. guest: that raises some interesting questions. ,ne point that is often lost the heart of the cost battle in health care is the battle between

the manhattan institute heather mcdonnell takes a critical look on political correctness and higher education in her most recent book, diversity delusion. >> there's never been a more tolerant, more opportunity and filled environment in human history. in a college campus. among well meaning faculty who are all their students to succeed, in particular societies press groups. yet, students are being encouraged by this growing bureaucracy to think of themselves as victims and celebrate their victimhood. their seeming ruthless, tough competition underway on every college campus today to be the top dog victim. that position glorifies and sought after is occupied by trends, individuals. that won't last, anybody who can guess the next top dog victim packets the price, their christians are desperate to find some way to trump the current total full of victimhood. >> isn't there some legitimacy in women studies, african-american studies to tell those stories in history as well? >> i think they should be separate disciplines. he taught them all the time, to the store. a women, of blacks with extraordina

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what positioning was the manhattan institute take? >> we're a center right think tank.t of health care is a big issue that people are concerned about. a big part of my job is to really try and figure out new policy solutions to reduce costs for people. >> one of the issues that have come up as of late is this idea of medicare for all. what do you think about it on its face? >> it's assumption that why don't we buy everything for

thank you manhattan institute for coming to c-span. >>> we are going to leave this washington journal discussion here, a reminder that you can watch all of our programs online at c-span.org. live now to a conversation with joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford. he'll be talking about national security threats facing the u.s. live coverage from the brookings institution here on c-span 3. >>> general dunford and i have known each other for many years since we were captains, in fact. i can say with complete certainty that he is one of the finest marines to have been minted in the modern era of the marine corps. in 1996 lieutenant colonel dunford would take command of marines at camp lejeune in north carolina. years later in kabul we would repeat that. his storied career spans more than four decades of brilliant service to our country and to the world. in peace and in crisis and in war. and as the u.s. navigates multiple crises as we sit here this morning, i can think of no one, no one better suited to the burdens of this moment than joe dunford. general, let me say that you are th

calmest and manhattan institute senior fellow, jason riley. and editorial page writer kate bachelder odell. >> was i the speaker justify? >> completely justified. this was an hour -- anyone should say appropriately timeout you people have to make up your mind. you want to run for the next years, teaming up as public enemy number one or you want to do deals and getting things done? i will say this, the next day, speaker pelosi had this press conference which was actually in many ways, bizarre. but i watched the whole thing and it is clear the real tension i think the press is overlooking this, internally inside her own party. she is clearly trying to appease the left which wants to proceed with impeachment against trump and obvious there are a lot of moderates in her caucus who are telling her, this is going to hurt us in two years if we go down this road. so she is trying to play both ends against the middle which she cannot make up her mind that she will actually do business with president trump or not. >> kate is that the case which is made

judy miller, adjunct fellow at the manhattan institute for policy research. good to see both. the laflamme in the center of the same time without crashing. >> [laughs] not even democrats can do that, we think. however, i think that holding cory booker up as an example of the left wing of the party right now is a little bit unfair to this field of 22 cory booker ise he is looking for areas in which he can distinguish himself, set himself out of the pack. he is having trouble raising money. i don't think this is where the democratic party's. the party -- and, by the way, most americans are in favor of sensible gun control restrictions, tightening them. that includes normal things like background checks, et cetera, et cetera. >> harris: you've told me that forcing the democratic debate is like manna. >> it is. everything that you just said is true. it's also already a reality. background checks exist, three-day gun weights at gun shows are already in place. sensible legislation has been with us for a long time. every time -- and broker is not alone. you've got swell well, kamala

commit me -- national public radio, and jason riley, "wall street journal" colonists at the manhattan institute i think the main thing to consider is mueller's words, we can very carefully, he said, we did not find sufficient evidence to charge trump with a crime, i would like to know did he find evidence that trump committed a crime, because previous councils even if they did not indict a sitting president per the olc guidelines, at least told the world that in nixon's case, there was evidence that he obstructed justice, and clintons, there was case of obstruction of justice, but with mueller, we do not get a pond, we get a drop kick that goes all 100 yards, and leaves us with the political mess. >> bret: mark. >> robert mueller concedes his job as a prosecutor, which is no point in indicting someone in less you believe that you have enough to convict them at a trial, which seems that he is with the russian conspiracy, he did not. the big take away is just the stark difference between the way that william barr described the conclusions and the way that mueller is describing them and the discon

let's bring in judy miller, adjunct fellow with the manhattan institute for policy research and journalisto a fox news contributor. so, judy, the foundations of the mueller report the very reason for its existence are questionable apparently in the minds of the attorney general. >> well this is true and in the attorney general, jon the president has finally found the attorney general that he has wanted and that he didn't have in jeff sessions. this is a man who has done exactly what he said he was going to do, which is give the broadest possible interpretation of presidential authority and power. the congress knew that, the senate knew that when they confirmed him, and william barr is doing pretty much what he said he was going to do much to democrats in both the house and the senate. >> jon: we've all heard a lot about the steele dossier compiled by that former british spy, who found a bunch of selacious allegations shall we say against president trump. the attorney general has a lot of questions about how that came to be used, here, listen here. >> it's a very unusual situation to have o

judy miller, adjunct fellow at the manhattan institute for policy research in a fox news contributor.t time and time again, don't tweet so much pain would you make of this? >> i'm going to talk about this on my show later today, i don't necessarily think you have to be a supporter of the president and agree with everything he does at all times to understand his value to the country. i'm curious, though pretty wanted this out loud, if this is part of a strategy similar to china, where he gave great leeway with china for a long time, finally decided to drop the hammer. if there's not something similar coming kim jong un's way, in the days to come. he has not shown us the redline we thought we are going to get with kim jong un. to be candid, personally, i think it's in poor taste to go after biden on foreign soil. presidents don't do that kind of thing. i don't think it matters lack of a whole lot when we are talking about how divided the country is right now and where people are at. >> harris: that's interesting pray that's that moment the lie sing. >> we talk about the enthusiasm gap.

coming up thursday morning, we'll look at the future of health care with chris pope of the manhattan institute. and then virgin islands democratic delegate stacey plaskett, a member of the house oversight and reform committee talks about the late thoennes mueller report and efforts to hear from key trump administration figures. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern >> in a speech to the american law institute, attorney general william barr talalked about nationwide injunctions, saying -- issued by federal courts. this is 25 minutes. [applause] a.g. barr: thank you very much. thank you very much. i'm honored to address a.l.i. this is my first time before this group. and this is actually the first sort of set piece speech i've

mike: for more on this, let's bring in judith miller, an adjunct fellow at the manhattan institute foresearch and fox news contributor. judy, nice to see you. >> nice to see you, mike. paul: director of national intelligence dan coats says the 17 intelligence agencies will give the justice department all appropriate information needed for review but did he in effect get big footed by president trump demanding the information be turned over? >> there was no doubt that he was and that he did. that's why his statement was rather cautious. he said he would hand over all appropriate information because when it comes to the intelligence agencies, those agencies safeguard sources and methods, information more tightly and more carefully than anything else and they are today extremely nervous about what the president has done. because never, mike, has a president delegated so broad a declassification authority to an attorney general or to anyone for that matter. so yes, the intelligence community itself, which has had a very rocky relationship with the president, is now even more concerned abou

. >> first the manhattan institute, what is it and what position does it take? >> the cost of health care is a big issue that people are concerned about and a big part of my job is to try to figure out new policy solutions. >> one of the issues that came up as of late in the presidential race and other aspects is an idea of medicare for all, what do you think about it on it's face? >> i think it is almost an assumption of why don't we buy everything for everybody. i think that just fails to engage with the real essence of the issue. health care is all about tradeables. >> you wrote a recent piece saying it was not all it was cracked up to be. >> if you think about the real existing benefit, there are big gaps in the benefit. medicare part b that covers physician services doesn't have an out of pocket cap. that people are potentially exposed to tens of thousands of dollars in out of pocket. and in medicare part d the cost hairing is quite substantial. some people might be used to paying it for employer plans that are available. >> are you saying it is not billing

jason riley, "wall street journal" columnist, senior fellow at the manhattan institute and a fox newsabrams won it was stolen. hillary clinton claiming i won, it was stolen. >> it is incredibly irresponsible to be out there saying this but this is how democrats try and motivate their voters. they try to keep them paranoid and angry to get them out to the polls. i think you're right, democrats need to learn how to lose an election without playing the race card. ed: they were accusing donald trump as candidate he would not accept the results in 2016. turn out the democrats seem to resist since then. look at census data. 2018 turnout in the midterms, it was up 50% for hispanics and asians. up 27%, let's repeat that, up 27% for black voters. so jason, quite simply, how can you claim that black voters were suppressed in state like georgia when black turnout was up? >> you can't. this continue as preexisting trend. we've seen increase in minority voter turnout go up gradually since the 1990s under bill clinton. what is interesting, this happened even as more and more states have passed vote

heather macdonald is a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and author of the diversity solution.ather. it's amazing how this is becoming more and more of a conversation. the president is directly targeting joe biden for his support of the 1994 crime bill. why are we talking so much about this today? >> because the left has been dominating our discussion about criminal justice and biden is trying to protect his left flank. he should own this bill and should defend his support of it. it resulted in saving tens of thousands of black lives. >> sandra: why is he running from it? >> he has no principles right now. he wants to get elected and he is worried about the constant sniping from the left wing media. nevertheless it was the right thing to do. some things are beyond politics and the narrative that the criminal justice system is racist, which is where these attacks are coming from, is very dangerous and it hurts law-abiding black citizens most of all. >> sandra: it will be fascinating to see how it plays a part in the 2020 race. it has already become a major talking point and a ta

secretary carson, in december 2017, you delivered a keynote at the manhattan institute where you stated, quote, the war on poverty sometimes conflicted with the war on drugs. which often dealt harshly with nonviolent offenders, taking men away from their family, and disproportionately affecting minority communities. are these your words? >> yes. >> do you acknowledge that the war on drugs disproportionately impacted black communities and communities of color, despite marijuana and other drug use levels being comparable to white communities? >> traditionally, that has been the case. >> and i see here, are you also aware that when a formally incarcerated person is homeless, there is a 60% chance that they will be rearrested, but if that same person has access to housing, the percentage drops to 29%? >> housing is one of the factors that is beneficial in preventing recidivism. >> i'm concerned here that the war on drugs has not been solely limited to incarceration, and that the negative impact of the war on drugs has not been limited to incarceration. but also, we had legislative rippling

institutions. the only reason this is an issue is chick-fil-a -- this is a great test case was go to manhattan, there the door for chick-fil-a a couple blocks from fox news headquarters and all these protests, people say chick-fil-a will not be able to survive, they run one heckuva business and they are successful in the left those they can do their boycott tax exemption. it is not worked yet. >> there is no need to save chick-fil-a. they don't need a bill, they are doing fine. >> they are being barred from the airport. >> we have to ask questions where you draw the line. the governor will sign this bill so we will see how it plays out. there will be more challenges. thank you very much. our midnight hero is next. orlando has its very own superhero. these letters used to mean something. letters earned in backwoods, high hills, and steep dunes. but somewhere along the way, suvs became pretenders, not pioneers. but you never forgot the difference, and neither did we. there are many suvs, but there's only one legend. hurry in now to the jeep celebration event and get $500 additional bonus cash on select

institutions. the only reason this is an issue is because chick-fil-a is a flourishing business and this is the greatest test case for this. you go to manhattan-fil-a right there a couple blocks away from fox news headquarters and remember, all these protests, people say chocolate can't survive manhattan but they actually run at one heck of a business and they are successful in the left knows if they can do their boycott tactics against it they can try to make it less successful. >> there is no need to save chick-fil-a then, they don't need a bill. >> but they are being barred, that is the whole deal. >> they are fine, they will be okay. they're doing great in manhatta manhattan. >> shannon: there are all questions where we draw the line. we will see how this bill plays out because i expect there will be some legal challenges. thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> shannon: are midnight hero is next. and orlando has its very own superhero. all money managers might seem the same, but some give their clients cookie cutter portfolios. fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. some only call when they have something to se

caller: thank you manhattan institute for coming to c-span. i believe in california we have kaiser permanente. enrolled.rdable to be their services are completely open to you. war between the companies that offer insurance, the hospitals, the doctors, they want the highest profits, unbridled search for profits. prices anddrug hospital stallions and doctor visits. there is lobbying by billions of dollars from these companies that they don't want the status quo to change. there has to be a middle ground where you can have access to health care. in california if you have a healthy lifestyle, you definitely have the benefits of access to mental health and exercise and preventive care. prediabetic classes. you can keep yourself healthy through a very affordable and monthly payment instead of the thousands and thousands of dollars that we used to have with a partnership between the government and private industry. guest: that raises some interesting questions. ,ne point that is often lost the heart of the cost battle in health care is the battle bet