The nonpartisan CBO weighed in with its review of the effects of the American Health Care Act - we get a conservative and liberal to analyze the analysis and discuss the future of healthcare in America; plus, dating after the death of a spouse; and more.
CBO score drop: Analyzing the review of the House Republican health care plan
As the healthcare battle continues between conservatives and Dems, a nonpartisan voice Monday gave its two cents on the American Health Care Act, the new G.O.P. bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, or C.B.O.’s review of the Republicans health care plan, 24 million less people would have coverage and take cuts to Medicaid and private subsidies which would decrease the deficit by $337 billion within a decade. As reported by POLITICO, that has garnered criticism from Democratic lawmakers. And the C.B.O. is famously objective, which potentially doesn’t bode well for the G.O.P.’s new plan.
So what does this mean for the future of healthcare in America?
Guests:
Jennifer Haberkorn, senior health care reporter for POLITICO Pro; she has been following the story; she tweets
Grace-Marie Turner, founder and president of the Galen Institute, a nonprofit policy research organization focusing on health care and tax policy; she’s also a contributor to Forbes.com; she tweets
Kavita Patel, M.D., nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; she’s also a practicing primary care physician at Johns Hopkins Medicine and was previously a director of policy for The White House under President Obama; she tweets
Is backlash over Southern Baptist leader’s critiques of Trump indicative of deeper divisions?
President of the Southern Baptism Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission Russell Moore might lose his job because of backlash to his criticism of President Trump and religious leaders who supported his campaign.
According to the Washington Post, over 100 churches have threatened to cut funds from the Southern Baptist Convention’s umbrella fund. If Moore gets ousted, it could mean controversy for the already divided Protestant denomination.
What are the political, racial and ideological divisions within the SBC? Is the controversy over Russell Moore a symptom of a larger fracturing?
Guests:
Sarah Pulliam Bailey, religion reporter for the Washington Post, who’s been following the story
Tom Krattenmaker, religion and public life writer and author of several books on religion, including "The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians" (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013)
South Korea's presidential scandal still echoes throughout LA's Korean community
The political scandal roiling South Korea for the last 6 months has come to an end of sorts, with the impeachment of the country’s first female president, Park Geun-hye.
Park was charged with giving a personal friend access to sensitive government information, and for allowing her to make governmental decisions. Protests have swept the country since these allegations first surfaced, and the scope of the investigation has reached as far as the head of Samsung.
On Friday, a panel of judges ruled the move to impeach Park by lawmakers should be upheld, ending Park’s 4 year reign.
What’s next for South Korea after Park’s ouster? How has the scandal spiked conversations throughout the Korean community here in LA? We want to hear local listener reactions to the impact and repercussions of what's happening back at home.
Guests:
Sung-Yoon Lee, a professor in Korean Studies at Tufts University
Hyepin Im, president and CEO of Korean Churches for Community Development
Katharine H.S. Moon, a professor of Political Science and a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; she is an expert on the Koreas
California bill seeks to repeal 1995 law limiting rent control
Housing and rental prices have gone up in tandem in California.
A state bill recently introduced in the California Legislature wants to lower rental prices by overturning a 1995 law.
AB 1506, co-sponsored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), seeks to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. Among other things, the 22-year-old law banned rent control on residential buildings constructed after 1999, and also allows property owners of rent-controlled buildings to raise rent to market rate if the units are vacated voluntarily.
Guests:
Dean Preston, executive director of Tenants Together, a statewide renters’ rights organization
Fred Sutton, director of Government Affairs at the Apartment Association of Great Los Angeles, an advocacy organization for the multifamily housing industry
‘You May Want to Marry My Husband’- Dating after the death of a life partner
The children's author Amy Krouse Rosenthal has died of ovarian cancer at the age of 51.
Her tragic struggle with cancer was much-discussed, thanks to a Modern Love column published earlier this month titled "You May Want to Marry My Husband.” Rosenthal said she wrote the essay to memorialize her marriage to husband Jason and to tout his credentials as a great partner and father, perhaps sparking a future romance after her death. In Modern Love, she provides readers with Jason's basic dating profile stats--height, weight, hair color--and goes on to describe his skills as a travel companion, painter, and pancake-flipper.
Rosenthal said in the NYTimes:
"I am wrapping this up on Valentine's Day, and the most genuine, non-vase-oriented gift I can hope for is that the right person reads this, finds Jason, and another love story begins."
The piece was shared widely on social media and began a conversation on death, grieving, and dating after losing a partner. Now that Rosenthal has passed, there is renewed attention on the story and an opportunity to invite AirTalk listeners to share their experiences.
How have you handled conversations around dating after the death of a spouse? If you or a loved one is terminally ill, do you talk about the prospect of moving on with a new partner in the future?
Guests:
Camille Wortman, professor of social and health psychology at Stony Brook University in New York. Her area of expertise is grief and bereavement
Julie Cederbaum, associate professor of social work at USC; she specializes in clinical social work with children and families