my name is sarah cliff. i'm from vox.com. i've been covering this health care debate for about seven years and it appears i will be covering it for many more years. and i'm a journalist with plentiful job security. so we are here today to talk to a few former governors about health care solutions, at a moment when there is a lot of potential for change. what they saw from their perch as governor and how they see the situations thousand with governors and the work they do will be quite affected. i will did a brief round of introductions then let them introduce themselves through a few opening remarks they prepared. i have jim doug as. jim hodges. ben nelson. and all the way on my left is haley barbour, former governor of mississippi. thank you so much for coming to join us here. [ inaudible ] >> that's good. just been waiting there with that one. so i will start right here next to me with governor douglas if you want to kick us off with a few opening remarks for the panel. >> happy to, sarah, thank you. and haley is on your ri

my name is sarah cliff. i'm from vox.com. i've been covering this health care debate for about seven years and it appears i will be covering it for many more years.