you are looking live at trinity united methodist church, home of the savanna book festival. we will be back with more author programs in just a few minutes. while we wait for the next author event to begin, we want to show you a portion of this weekends "after words" program specific research institute of sally pipes offers her thoughts on healthcare reform. >> you are from canada you mentioned that a number of times. >> being a canadian native you seen it firsthand. i grew up under it the government fully took over the canadian healthcare system in 1984. no private coverages allow for anything considered medically necessary. most things are medically necessary in in healthcare. a couple things that aren't cosmetic surgery i want to make myself look younger and better lasix surgery for your eyes, all procedures where the prices come down not gone up because the government is involved. in canada the government took it over and worked at the fraser institute where we started a project in 88 it first came out in 93 called "waiting your turn a guide to hospital waiting list. in

you are looking live at trinity united methodist church, home of the savanna book festival.e will be back with more author programs in just a few minutes. while we wait for the next author event to begin, we want to show you a portion of this

nancy and nancy foundation, we are especially grateful, sponsors for glorious venue, the trinity united methodist church. through support that we are able to make festival events this saturday free to the public. 90% of our revenue comes from

you're looking live at trinity united methodist church home of the savannah book festival we will be back with more author programs in just a few minutes. while we wait for the next author event to begin we want to show you a portion of this weekend's afterwards program. specific research institutes. they offered their offer their thoughts on health care reform. >> you are from canada and you mention that a number of times. being a native you have seen it firsthand. i grew up under it. >> the federal government fully took over. in 1984. no a private coverage is allowed for anything considered medically necessary. a couple of things that aren't. all procedures were the same. the government is not involved. in canada and 84 the government took it over. i worked at the fraser institute where we started a project in 1988. a guide to a hospital waiting lists. in 1983 the first year the average wait time you don't call your ob/gyn in canada. in 1983 that weight was 9.3 weeks. last year the average wait time have increased to 20.9 weeks. 608,000 canadians cross the border every year. orthop

the trinity united methodist church. we would also like to walk on those. it's through your support that we are able to make festival events free to the public. 90% of our revenue comes from our donors. and we thank you. this year's festival is full of great events and authors. we don't want you to miss any of them. download the new savanna book festival 2020 on your phone. and you can be in the know about everything we have going on this year. >> if you need more information about downloading the app you can find it in the back of your program. before we get started i have a couple of housekeeping notes. they will be signing the festival purchase copies of their book immediately following this presentation so don't miss out. if you are planning to stay for the next author. please move forward and to move the seats as best as possible. the ushers will need to be able to count the seats that are available and allow other attendees easy access. please take this moment to turn off your cell phone so it does not disrupt the presentation. please do not use flash

we are especially grateful to our sponsors for this glorious menu, the trinity united methodist church and we would also like to welcome our litter artery numbers and individual donors today. it is through your support that we are able to make successful events free to the public. 90 percent of our revenue comes from our donors and members and we thank you. this year's festival is full of great events and authors and we don't want to miss any of the fun. so, download the new book savannah book festival 2020 app on your phone. and you can be in the know. about everything we have going this year. if you need more info about downloading this app, you can find in the back of your program. before we get started i have a couple of housekeeping notes. robert wilson will be signing festival purchased copies of his book in the square immediately following the presentation. so don't mess out. if you're planning to stay for the next author, amy, please move forward. the ushers will need to be able to count the seats that are available and allow other attendees for the session easy access. if you

nancy and nancy foundation, we are especially grateful, sponsors for glorious venue, the trinity united methodist church. through support that we are able to make festival events this saturday free to the public. 90% of our revenue comes from donovers and members, we thank you. this year's festival is full of great events and we don't want you to miss any of them. if you haven't downloaded new savannah book festival, you can now and you will get to know everything you want to know about the festival. if you need more information downloading the app, you can find it in the back of your program. before we get started i'd like to have -- i'd like to remind of a housekeeping notes, first of all, we would like you to please remove your hats, you are in a church, we would like you to re move your hats. don't miss out. if your plan is for next author, please move forward to fill seat s as the venue empties, the ushers need to count seats that are available and allow easy ces , please take a moment to turn off your cell phone now so it doesn't disrupt the presentation, i've done mine and please do yours. we ask