Health care vote, the morning after. NPR correspondent Sylvia Poggioli is in the house. Later, what does the health care overhaul mean for you? Then, maybe they can't jump, but author Karyn Langhorne Folan says, it's okay to bring home a white boy.
Health care vote: the politics
In a crucial victory for President Obama and Democratic leaders, the House of Representatives approved an overhaul to the nation's health system yesterday, extending coverage to an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans. The bill passed 219-212, despite lacking a single vote of support from House Republicans. President Obama is expected to sign the legislation Tuesday, while the Senate will begin debating the House's package of changes to the bill this week. Larry Mantle discusses the politics that went into passing the health bill and what lies ahead in the process.
Guests:
Kitty Felde, KPCC Washington D.C. correspondent
Noam Levey, LA Times Staff Reporter based in Washington DC
Diane Feinstein, U.S. Senator for California
Sylvia Poggioli is in the house
Sylvia Poggioli, NPR’s European correspondent joins Larry Mantle to discuss a number of topics related to Europe and the EU including the rightward anti-immigrant trend in parts of western Europe, the different positions emerging between Europe and the US over the freedom of the internet, and the latest from the Vatican with the exploding clerical sex abuse scandals in Germany and the Netherlands as well as Ireland. She will also discuss the financial crisis in Greece its implications for the Euro and the US economy.
Guest:
Sylvia Poggioli, senior European correspondent for NPR's foreign desk. She reports from Rome, Italy; the Balkans; other parts of Europe; and the Middle East.
Health care vote: what will it mean for you?
OK. The health care bill now is almost certain to become law. What’s that going to mean for you? If your insurance comes through your employer, will anything change? If you’re self-employed, what will it mean? And what if you run a small business? Larry gets the details.
Guests:
Shana Alex Lavarreda, Director of Health Insurance Studies, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, CATO Institute
White boys can't jump, but it's OK to bring them home
Is love blind? Harvard-educated attorney Karyn Langhorne Folan is an African-American woman married to a white man. She wonders why otherwise open-minded women of color are often closed to the idea of interracial dating. Is dating white men the ultimate symbol of freedom of choice and progress for black women—or of self-hatred and voluntary subjugation? Folan argues, maybe he can’t jump, but he’s pretty fly for a white guy.
Guest:
Karyn Langhorne Folan, author, Don’t Bring Home a White Boy: and Other Notions That Keep Black Women from Dating Out (Gallery Books)