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how is national insurance _ gets to the consumer.e consumer. how is i national insurance impacting our life at the moment? fine national insurance impacting our life at the moment?— national insurance impacting our life at the moment? one point so we've already _ life at the moment? one point so we've already had _ life at the moment? one point so we've already had that _ life at the moment? one point so we've already had that kick - life at the moment? one point so we've already had that kick in - we've already had that kick in already. we have the threshold cut off at the start of this month. there should be of any worse off. this is all in fats of the levy being fully launch this year �*s. —— in advance. there's a big question mark if you reverse that, where does the funding go? haifa mark if you reverse that, where does the funding go?— the funding go? how important his discussion around _ the funding go? how important his discussion around tax _ the funding go? how important his discussion around tax to _ the funding go? how impo

so i will she cut national insurance? liz has will she cut national insurance?get immediate relief and people's pockets as they respond to the cost of living challenges, and you unlock real economic growth because you encourage businesses to invest, create employment, to try to put more prosperity into communities across the united kingdom. that is her plan, have every confidence in her plan, have every confidence in her ability to deliver it.— her ability to deliver it. james hea re her ability to deliver it. james heappey mp. _ her ability to deliver it. james heappey mp, thank _ her ability to deliver it. james heappey mp, thank you i her ability to deliver it. james heappey mp, thank you for i her ability to deliver it. james i heappey mp, thank you forjoining her ability to deliver it. james - heappey mp, thank you forjoining us here on the bbc news channel. aaron bell is the tory mp for newcastle—under—lyme. he's backing tom tugendhat. how much of a disadvantage is that proving to be that the man you are supporting has not served in cabinet? i supporting h

that was the whole reason for the increase in national insurance. — reason for the increase in nationalhich by the way was going to bring in 12 million and is only going — going to bring in 12 million and is only going to bring in 6 million because — only going to bring in 6 million because that threshold has been increased — because that threshold has been increased to try to ease pain on the cost of— increased to try to ease pain on the cost of living. liz truss is talking about the — cost of living. liz truss is talking about the fact that this is all going — about the fact that this is all going to _ about the fact that this is all going to be funded by extending borrowing over the long—term. so what _ borrowing over the long—term. so what are — borrowing over the long—term. so what are we — borrowing over the long—term. so what are we going to do now? the features— what are we going to do now? the features of— what are we going to do now? the features of our grandchildren and great—grandchildren come i don't think— great—grandchildren come i don't think it _ great—grandchildren com

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national health insurance got boiled down to national health insurance for the elderly. eisenhower wins the next election in 1953. they pushed and pushed through their time out of office. by the time kennedy wins, it is maybe the great legacy of the roosevelt era of the new deal that had not passed. kennedy's father has a stroke while kennedy is in office. it makes him acutely aware of how difficult it is for older people to manage their health care. that becomes candidate's cause -- kennedy's cause. johnson takes all the martyred president's causes and pushes them with the kind of flare only lyndon johnson had. this might have been the most difficult to pass. he pushed and pushed. that is how this package came to be. host: he spoke about president truman. did you want to add to that on how we got to its creation? guest: even back to teddy roosevelt, the initiative for national health insurance, we have a long history in this country of people pushing for it and it being blocked. the american medical association plays a big role in blocking national health insurance alon

only this year rishi sunak imposed what i'd argue was a fiscal own goal when he raised national insurancebeen on him since then to reverse that and he has showed no signs of doing that. hopefully over the course of the next few weeks and months, hopefully weeks, any new chancellor will look at reversing that national insurance rate hike but also looking at cutting vat on fuel duty, and potentially cutting the fuel duty escalator which i think, for me, is the most important tax cut he could make. what's moving sterling right now? it has been reverberating, it's properly fair to say, up and down, but not moving in any particular direction. in response to what is essentially huge political news.— huge political news. indeed. the pound — huge political news. indeed. the pound is _ huge political news. indeed. the pound is largely - huge political news. indeed. | the pound is largely immune huge political news. indeed. i the pound is largely immune to these political fluctuations, it had to get used to it since 2016. i'm looking at bloomberg here and ultimately year—to—date, the pound is certa

some eo - le rise in national insurance. some people were _ rise in national insurance.onal insurance. some people were saying he was pushing for a two percentage point rise in national insurance, suddenly, he has done a massive u—turn on that. why should anybody in the conservative party on the backbench support him? why should anybody support him in the wider tory membership support and when he can change his mind and break a promise quickly? the and when he can change his mind and break a promise quickly?— break a promise quickly? the whole cabinet supported _ break a promise quickly? the whole cabinet supported that _ break a promise quickly? the whole cabinet supported that policy, - break a promise quickly? the whole cabinet supported that policy, i - break a promise quickly? the whole cabinet supported that policy, i wasj cabinet supported that policy, i was very cautious about voting for it, there was a three line whip, all the parliamentary party were told that we had to vote for that policy, it was something set out by the prime minister. what sajid javid wante

that's why i think it's wrong to put up national insurance, it is wrong to be charging people the energyon top of their bills at the moment, we need to help people now. that is why, if i was elected as prime minister, i would why, if i was elected as prime minister, iwould immediately reverse the national insurance increases, which i called out and cabinet, i was opposed to them and cabinet. i would also remove the green energy levy. let cabinet. i would also remove the green energy levy-— cabinet. i would also remove the green energy levy. let me ask you about this question, _ green energy levy. let me ask you about this question, because - green energy levy. let me ask you about this question, because it. green energy levy. let me ask you about this question, because it is. about this question, because it is really interesting, it has become a bit of a dividing line in this contest. conservative mps know the script, because they were speaking of the importance and necessity of putting up national insurance, not everybody, tom tugendhat voted against it, but many of them voted with the

on national insurance contributions, you said you wouldn't support them... we wouldn't. ..ey were the wrong tax at the wrong time. but would you reverse them? as we get to the election we'll set out our full position but we don't know any more than anyone else does what precise state the economy will be in, so we'll set that out. i'm not going to write the labour party manifesto here in this interview. you've called for an election now — isn't it time that people know where you stand on tax, on national insurance, on income tax, on vat? where do you stand as a party? i want a fair tax system, i want one one which reduces the burden on working people. i want all forms of income to be taxed fairly and that includes income that comes from property portfolios, from stocks and shares as well. all of that will be set out. it seems you're happy to criticise the conservative candidates for their tax plans without being specific about your own. well, i'm not making wild... fantasy commitments on spending. but you're not telling people specifically what labour would do, what tax woul

i didn't vote for the national insurance rise.few conservative mps that did not vote for the national insurance rise, because we realised, i realised, it was a tax on jobs. given that we had just come out of the team after years of covid, or are just the team after years of covid, or arejust coming the team after years of covid, or are just coming out of the two years of covid, that hurt so many people around the world, what we need to be doing is going for growth. fine doing is going for growth. one candidate notable _ doing is going for growth. one candidate notable for their lack of any tax cut pledges is former chancellor rishi sunak. he's not been interviewed on camera yet, but his allies see this as a responsible position. i his allies see this as a responsible osition. ~ , ., ., his allies see this as a responsible osition. ~' , ., ., ., his allies see this as a responsible osition. ~ , ., ., ., ., , position. i think you have got to be very cautious _ position. i think you have got to be very cautious about _ position. i th

and now it seems_ for the national insurance and now it seems everyone agrees with me.oney needed, and you voted against it, and that's the reality. to be fair to you, rishi. what we did is we had a long conversation about it, and you set out your position, and i asked why on earth this was going to be necessary, and you told me because the boss wanted it. now, the reality is... applause. this was a tussle for economic credibility. i have done two things. one is raising income thresholds in line with inflation. but also, yes, i have said that i will halve vat on fuel at the pump. the best way to help everyone, the best way to make sure that they have money in their pocket is to get a grip on inflation, and that should be everybody's priority. because that is the thing that's going to a road eve ryone's living standards. two things, rishi, that you haven't realised, is i know you know people are going to need more help this autumn, but actually people need help now. tax cuts are there to let people keep more of their own moneyl so that they can deal with inflation and co

_ the national insurance increased to put more money in people's pockets and making — put more moneyople's pockets and making sure those who work hard and making sure those who work hard and go _ and making sure those who work hard and go out _ and making sure those who work hard and go out to work are rewarded. the global monkeypox outbreak has been declared a public health emergency by the world health organization. it's the highest alert that the who can issue, and follows an upsurge in cases. as celestina olulode reports, there have been more than 16,000 infections, in 75 countries. the scar on my nose was starting to pound. it was so painful, and with out any of the opioids they were giving to me, i wasn't able to sleep or do anything. i even told my consultant that, whatever you want to do, you have my full consent, because i am feeling like i am going to die. ., ., .,, because i am feeling like i am going to die. .,, , because i am feeling like i am going todie. , to die. her room has fully recovered but the global— to die. her room has fully recovered but the global surge _ t

i've already spoken about national insurance rise as i didn't vote for, and i also like i don't know a difference in my life. what we need to be talking about is having a ten year economic planner so that we balance the tax needs that our country does need to deliver the world—class public services that we know that everyone needs in this country, and we all rely on. we also need to have that balance that means we get a stronger, more resilient and fairer economy that this country need. and that every family needs. we are seeing nine contenders so far, there is public going to be more. there is already quite a lot of bloodshed is in the? a lot of infighting amongst the contenders. can the conservative party recover from a race like this where there are secret briefing of contenders again other contenders? i are secret briefing of contenders again other contenders?- are secret briefing of contenders again other contenders? i think the behaviour that _ again other contenders? i think the behaviour that we _ again other contenders? i think the behaviour that we have _ again other conten

what i'm about is about cutting people's taxes, reversing the national insurance increase to put more money in people's pockets and making sure those who work hard, go out to work, are rewarded. delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, with traffic crawling on approaching routes. and russian missiles hit the port of odesa — a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports. welcome to bbc news. in the past hour — the head of the world health organization has declared the outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. the who director general says 16,000 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 75 countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have decided that t

i think the sajid javid thing is absolutely fascinating, it is only this 1.25% increase in national insuranced to while he was health secretary, it was to pay for the covid backlogs and the national health service. now, in the interview with the telegraph, sajid javid says, actually, if he would've been chancellor at the time, he wouldn't necessarily have been imposing that increase the stop he talks about being able to reverse that. well, it is on the april when he was last out on the media defending it saying it was fair and on the media defending it saying it was fairand right on the media defending it saying it was fair and right to impose it. he will take an awful lot of questions about why he suddenly reversed on that policy. you know, they are all clearly pitching themselves in direct, you know, in direct opposition to rishi sunak. he obviously has the kind of momentum behind him clearly because he has been chancellor, a higher profile, so therefore, he is the biggest at the end they all want to take it out. but obviously cutting taxes, you have got to be making that happen. where you

counterbalancing the rise in national insurance was the rise in national insurance was the rise in the to be earned, which is why rishi sunak is backed by three previous conservative chancellors who say it is the sensible way forward, and he is backed by the institute for fiscal studies which says you just can't cut taxes and borrow money, which is inflationary. we have to listen to that. if there was a magic way to get taxes down and spending up, someone would have found it. if it sounds too good to be true, frankly, it's because it is. i sounds too good to be true, frankly, it's because it is.— it's because it is. i haven't heard rishi sunak _ it's because it is. i haven't heard rishi sunak explain _ it's because it is. i haven't heard rishi sunak explain how - it's because it is. i haven't heard rishi sunak explain how he - it's because it is. i haven't heard | rishi sunak explain how he might it's because it is. i haven't heard - rishi sunak explain how he might be able to control inflation, which i know is mostly down to the bank of england, which is independent. and i have not he

i was the only one who didn't vote for the rise in national. insurance and it now seems everyone agreesto make sure the nhs... you voted against it. to be fair to you, what we did was have a long conversation about it and you set out your position and i asked, why on earth this was going to be necessary, you told me because the boss wanted it. now, the reality is... applause. this was a tussle for economic credibility. i have done two things, one is on raising income thresholds in line with inflation, but also, yes, i have said that i will have vat on fuel at the pump. the best way to help everyone, the best way to make sure they have money in their pocket is to get a grip on inflation and that should be everybody's priority because it will erode living standards. i know you know people are going to need more help this autumn, but actually people need help now. tax cuts are there to help - people keep their own money and deal with inflation. and cost of living issues. it's not that we can cut public services. there are other ways to do both. - this was a pitch notjust to party, but to c

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i didn't vote for the national insurance rise.as one of a few conservative mps who did not vote for the national insurance rise, because we realised, i realised, it was a tax on jobs. given that we had just come out of the two years of covid that really hurt so many people around the world, what we really need to be doing is going for growth. one candidate notable for their lack of any tax cut pledges is former chancellor rishi sunak. he's not been interviewed on camera yet, but his allies say this is a responsible position. i do think you have got to be very cautious about promising entirely unfunded tax cuts in the heat of a conservative leadership election. which, as you said, i think quite rightly, has been in part caused by a loss of trust. rishi sunak�*s position doesn't seem to have damaged his start to the campaign. of these 11 declared candidates so far, he has the most mps publicly backing him at this point. a decision on a leadership bid is still expected from home secretary priti patel. there may be a lot of candidates

what i am about is about cutting people's taxes, reversing the national insurance increase to put more money in people's pockets, and making sure those that work hard, go out to work, are rewarded. a very warm welcome to the programme. the head of the world health organisation has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern — the highest level of alert the who can issue. dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus was speaking at a news conference in geneva. he said his scientific advisory committee had been divided on whether to declare an emergency, but he'd taken the decision based on the rapid spread of the virus. 16,000 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 75 countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have dec

what i'm about is about cutting people's taxes, reversing the national insurance increased to put moreey in people's pockets and making sure those who work hard and go out to work are rewarded. there's been widespread condemnation of a russian missile attack on the ukrainian port city of odesa — only one day after moscow signed a deal with kyiv to enable the export of grain through odesa and other ports. ukraine's president — volodymyr zelensky — said russia would always find ways not to keep its promises. the un secretary general, antonio guterres also condemned the missile strike, saying that full implementation of the grain deal made between russia, ukraine and turkey was crucial. evgeny popov is a member of parliament for president putin's united russia party. he claims russia is abiding by the grain deal. we are following every letter of the istanbul deal which my government have signed a few days ago. you can do with this ukrainian grey whatever you want and you can exported from ukrainian portsright now, right now. ukrainian cargo ships, civilian ships, are safe. the grain is sa

firstly, reversing the only recently enacted national insurance rise — that would cost the exchequer. then there's not going through with the planned significant rise in corporation tax from next april — that's another £17 billion a year. and on top of that, there's significant changes to energy bills that are not precise, but could cost a few billion or several billion, so let's call that £34 billion in total. now, the government's current room for manoeuvre on its spending plans is about £30 billion, if it's to hit its borrowing targets. but the government's budgetary watchdog, the 0br, say that that £30 billion may not even exist, so that would mean more borrowing, and it would take up all of the budgetary room for manoeuvre. to the extent that tax cuts have an effect on inflation, it would be to increase inflation beyond what it would otherwise be. both the bank of england and the office for budget responsibility think that we're at about capacity in the economy, which would imply that putting more money in people's pockets will drive up prices. so, it is a balancing act, and for

she will cancel the rise in national insurance he introduced as chancellor before he resigned.e wants it to place —— to pay for some of the changes to the nhs. liz truss wants to borrow money, cut taxes and put money back into pockets. there is a real dividing line between the two about whether to cut taxes will put money in people's pockets or whether it will mean putting up prices and driving inflation up. so that's the dividing line. talking about the nhs, he wants to talk about the nhs, he wants to talk about cutting waiting list by september 202a. about cutting waiting list by september2024. he about cutting waiting list by september 202a. he once waiting list no longer than a year by september 2020 for. that is not to cut national insurance so he underlined his tax policies and linking it to the nhs. so he is beginning to unpack more of his thoughts. this trust is doing the same, she is out and about in kent later. —— liz truss. so real battleground is being set out there. of course it is a crucial weekend because a ballot papers gripe this week and because of that people

and he pledged to set up a task force to clear nhs backlogs, paid for by the national insurance rise,russ would reverse. by the way, when mrs thatcher was in power, 364 economists wrote saying her ideas were bad and she went on and won three elections. touring kent today, liz truss suggested she was more in the tradition of mrs thatcher by being willing to ignore conventional wisdom to bring about big changes. i'm being very honest about the situation. we face the biggest economic crisis we've had for a generation, and now is not the time for business as usual. now is the time for bold action to get the british economy going, to unleash all the talent we have in this country, to unleash the businesses to produce more, and that is why i favour keeping our taxes low. rishi sunak and liz truss served in the same cabinet, but with such stark divisions emerging on the economy, it's sometimes difficult to believe they are in the same party. but tory members set to receive their ballot papers injust over a week, expect both campaigns to put even more policy differences on display. both candi

got their tax bills cut by 1,000 pounds and we've in the last couple of weeks we cut we cut national insurancecontributions by an average of 330 pounds. and it was because of the union that we were able to support families up and down the country in scotland with the fellow and -- furlough and other payments to the tune of 408 billion pounds. >> mr. speaker, can i -- can i thank my right honorable friend for his commitment to scotland and the entire united kingdom and to him and my friend the secretary of state for scotland for improving and increasing the visibility and involvement of the uk government in scotland over the past three years. and does my right honorable friend agree with me that whoever takes his job and whatever comes next, the united kingdom will always be stronger together than it ever would be -- together than it would ever be? prime minister johnson: i couldn't put it better myself. >> the wind rush compensation scheme was launched in april, 2019. in the time since, we've seen this prime minister come and go. meanwhile, just one in four applicants have received compensatio

liz truss, whose promising what rishi sunak argues are unaffordable tax cuts, reversing the national insurancee because that's obviously an appealing political message she's conveying, and he is responding with this offer of a vat cut from october on energy bills — clearly in a sense, it slightly undermines his own reputation for consistency and so on, but he obviously believes it's worth the gamble of slightly tarnishing his record in that respect to try to galvanise more support for him in what appears at the moment to be a losing fight with liz truss. �* . �* , liz truss. ben'amin, it's interesting _ liz truss. benjamin, it's interesting because - liz truss. benjamin, it's interesting because if i liz truss. benjamin, it's i interesting because if he'll liz truss. benjamin, it's - interesting because if he'll go liz truss. benjamin, it's _ interesting because if he'll go down this track, how can he then credibly attack liz truss's tax—cutting plans without her then turning around at the next debate and saying, "hang on, your plan is to cut taxes just as much as i am." on, your plan is to cu

rise. example for the national insurance rise and _ example for the national insurance rise.mic plan. i remember— have long—term economic plan. i remember that is literally all george — remember that is literally all george osborne used to say, long—term economic plan. it is like a drinking — long—term economic plan. it is like a drinking game, every time he said that _ a drinking game, every time he said that and _ a drinking game, every time he said that. and the reason was partially not even — that. and the reason was partially not even because the economy is a basket— not even because the economy is a basket case, the global problems, the years— basket case, the global problems, the years of tory government that have led _ the years of tory government that have led to low growth and wage is being _ have led to low growth and wage is being squeezed. it is because they do not _ being squeezed. it is because they do not focus on it. they have focused _ do not focus on it. they have focused too much on borisjohnson and his— focused too much on borisjohnson and his misdemeanou

i mean, liz truss focusing on tax cuts, saying, you know, wants to reverse the recent national insurancecutting corporation tax seems to me a totally unacceptable thing to do at the moment. and, you know, to make the sweeping promises which liz truss is doing is economically illiterate. i mean, she said that she has won a communist, i can't remember his name, apparently he's discredited by most other economists, and she's basing all of this on his wild optimism. basing all of this on his wild optimism-— basing all of this on his wild otimism. ., a ., ., optimism. patrick, who would get interview earlier _ optimism. patrick, who would get interview earlier today. _ optimism. patrick, who would get interview earlier today. she's - interview earlier today. she's talking about cancelling the rising corporation tax, which is due to go from 19 to 25%. that does affect potentially a lot of small businesses who may not be at the very low end of the income scale, but are still feeling, you know, quite heavy pressures. do you think that these specific moves could prove popular amongst the members,

built up to cut taxes for those on low incomes and use all that last week the average on the national insurance increasing support for those vulnerable households. thanks to the union that we were able to deliver the scheme that helped the entire country to make a massive transfer and i think the last thing the people of scotland need now is more constitutional wrangling when we need to fix the economy. >> to get the green light and 4 million pounds with tremendous support for the community bringing investment and high-tech jobs in the area. now the redoubling will my right honorable friendnd join me and i agree with me that the connectivity -- >> the parts my honorable friend mentioned are being studied and she should feed into that. >> only 5% expressed any trust whatsoever in the government so as we are prepared to leave office shortly, will he apologize for his -- >> what we've got coming and i know the candidates want to deliver this to fix the problem and i accepter that there is a problem and the whole house will support it. >> this is probably the last time that i will address it. as op

when i sat at that cabinet table, i opposed the national insurance rise before it happened, and i triedecause i thought it was a mistake. we have had a consensus of the treasury, of economists, of the financial times, of other outlets, peddling a particular type of economic policy for the last 20 years. but here's another conversion from you... and it hasn't. .. it hasn't. .. you backed all that policy when you were chief secretary to the treasury. it hasn't delivered growth. the conservatives have been in office for 12 of the past 20 years, so now liz truss is presenting herself as the candidate who offers change. the more popular candidate with mps, though, was rishi sunak. in this campaign video, he's celebrating attracting their support. guys, we totally smashed it — well done! but polling suggests that he faces a bigger challenge in gaining grassroots support. his backers hope that party members will see him as more financially responsible, especially as government borrowing is going up and interest payments have hit a record of more than £19 billion, so they argue that cutting tax

from today, people can keep more of their income before they start paying national insurance.up, from the bbc sport centre. we are crossing to old trafford to talk to jon. we are crossing to old trafford to talk tojon. so much sport but clearly we start with football? yes, there is indeed. cameron norrie's brilliant victory yesterday, we will touch on that in a moment. but as we heard from chris bryant, the women's euros gets under way, kicking off at old trafford tonight. england stand a very good chance of winning the tournament having got to the semifinals last time out. 0pening against austria tonight. 0ver71,000 time out. 0pening against austria tonight. over 71,000 will be on here later. it is a cell and you can watch it live, 80 pm kick—off. if you are not fortunate enough to have a ticket! it will be a fascinating tournament, not least the half a million tickets sold, double that of the previous tournament and also involved this year, northern ireland, who have qualified for the tournament for the very first time. they open their campaign tomorrow. they open their camp

cutting the rise in national insurance and, by the way, eliminating the green levy.from liz truss where this money will come from but i doubt it. it isjust magic money. it is crazy. and this, by the way, while inflation is raging at 10% and the bank of england will be pushing up interest rates in the next few months. so thisjust up interest rates in the next few months. so this just doesn't work. and it does make me sympathise with those around the competition for the next conservative party leader and prime minister who were trying to be a bit more realistic about what is possible. penny mordaunt is on the front of the telegraph. at least giving her a kind of out there. after a pretty flattering photograph on the paper she won't be displeased with that. but i wanted to draw attention to little paragraph at the bottom. biden compares irish to palestinians. i don't know if you think that as a way of signalling to the palestinians that actually does care about this issue because we know he cares passionately about the irish question and we know because of his irish ant

she will reverse that national insurance rise that came earlier this year that was supposed to pay forn something towards social care. as you heard nick robinson on the today programme talking about how she would fund that. she's talked about taking green levies off energy bills as well. she is very much painting herself as that low tax, tax cutting. she is talking about and low—tech stones. that's how she is foaming the campaign. richey sooner because —— rishi sunak is framing his campaign and saying that he needs to grip inflation first. in he said he would bring in radical reforms. he said he hinted with the idea that he would have tougher policies on immigration and in crime, but as yet no further detail on that. we'll have to see what they come up with over coming weeks. i'm joined now by former conservative party member and penny mordaunt supporter, eliot wilson. good to have you with us. down to the final two. do you think it was the final two. do you think it was the right to to put to the party membership. ?_ the right to to put to the party membership. ? the right to to put t

national health insurance got boiled down to national health insurance for the elderly.enhower wins the next election in 1953. they pushed and pushed through their time out of office. by the time kennedy wins, it is maybe the great legacy of the roosevelt era of the new deal that had not passed. kennedy's father has a stroke while kennedy is in office. it makes him acutely aware of how difficult it is for older people to manage their health care. that becomes candidate's cause -- kennedy's cause. johnson takes all the martyred president's causes and pushes them with the kind of flare only lyndon johnson had. this might have been the most difficult to pass. he pushed and pushed. that is how this package came to be. host: he spoke about president truman. did you want to add to that on how we got to its creation? guest: even back to teddy roosevelt, the initiative for national health insurance, we have a long history in this country of people pushing for it and it being blocked. the american medical association plays a big role in blocking national health insurance along th

national health insurance got boiled down to national health insurance for the elderly.enhower wins the next election in 1953. they pushed and pushed through their time out of office. by the time kennedy wins, it is maybe the great legacy of the roosevelt era of the new deal that had not passed. kennedy's father has a stroke while kennedy is in office. it makes him acutely aware of how difficult it is for older people to manage their health care. that becomes candidate's cause -- kennedy's cause. johnson takes all the martyred president's causes and pushes them with the kind of flare only lyndon johnson had. this might have been the most difficult to pass. he pushed and pushed. that is how this package came to be. host: he spoke about president truman. did you want to add to that on how we got to its creation? guest: even back to teddy roosevelt, the initiative for national health insurance, we have a long history in this country of people pushing for it and it being blocked. the american medical association plays a big role in blocking national health insurance along th