Analysis of Colin Powell's Testimony Before The U.N. Security Council; Universal Healthcare
Analysis of Colin Powell's Testimony Before The U.N. Security Council
Larry Mantle discusses Secretary of State Colin Powell's testimony before the United Nations Security Council about the administration's hard evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and ties to terrorist groups. Joining Larry is Dr. Larry Goodson, Director of Middle East Studies at the Army War College, the Department of National Security and Strategy, Hal Kempfer, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve. Lt. Col. Kempfer is an on-air expert for military affairs and terrorism for ABC, Channel 7, and Ed Haley, Professor of Political Science at Claremont McKenna College.
Universal Healthcare
Our present health care system leaves much to be desired. Costs are soaring not only for hospitals and for insurance premiums as well. Health insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans and employers are reducing coverage or shifting more of the burden of the cost of coverage to employees. Medicaid and Medicare are reducing reimbursements to care providers leaving hospitals and clinics struggling to survive. Meanwhile the Bush administration is proposing a prescription drug plan for seniors that no one understands or is willing to explain. Is universal health care, a plan that would provide basic coverage to everyone, the answer? What would a successful plan look like and how would it be financed? What would it solve and what would we give up if such a plan were adopted? Larry Mantle talks with Jerry Flanagan, Northern California Director & Consumer Advocate at The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Michael Cousineau, PhD, Associate Professor at the USC School of Policy Planning and Development, Tom Epstein, Vice President of Public Affairs overseeing communications government and philanthropy for Blue Shield, and Steve Thompson, Vice President of Government relations for the California Medical Association, about the problems with our present healthcare system and how a plan for universal coverage might address some of the system's most serious shortcomings.