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04-16 7:00 am United We MoveUnited Way’s Terri Westerfield discusses the many services offered by the United Way of Southeast Louisiana.
only committed to that we are committed to making sure that are affordable health care . Is realized and while I know. That their enormous challenges on that front I am proud to say that our united way supported that action taken by this governor in this administration. And so many of our champions in the legislature because we understand. That we had to do what we know. Is our moral obligation and that is to give access to affordable health care . And I can tell you literally to Medicaid expansion sinking lines each and every day in our community. I was at though -
Think Tank 1110am healthcare planBernie Sanders said he’s going to push his plan for a single-payer healthcare plan like Europe. He says Obamacare is costing us too much and the GOP can’t get their bill together to correct the problems. This hours guest: Michael Cannon - Director of Health Policy @ Cato Institute
so forth saying. They're part of the major problem. As to why health care cost so much. In this country. Whether that is analyst at your opinion on what is that the case or not. All rightoverpaid doctors. Are the main problems we need to tackle to reduced health care cost . And your guest is delusional for believing the market will control prices that were true wide we have the cost we have
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Tommy, is Obamacare imploding?Tommy talks to David Howard, Professor in the Dept. of Health Policy and Management at Emory University, about the state of Obamacare going forward.
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Tommy, what could tax reform under President Trump look like?
Tommy talks to Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, about what kind of tax reform we could see from President Trump.
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Think Tank 1010am Andy Smith, Have you saved enough for retirement
Have you saved enough for retirement? 2 years, that’s the average savings for American retirees. This hours guest: Andy Smith - Certified Financial Planner/Official on air host of Investing Sense
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Think Tank 1010am GOP Healthcare bill
Let’s talk about the GOP Healthcare bill & progress or lack there in Congress. Where is it headed and what will it mean for the average American? This hours guest: Stephen Portnoy - CBS Radio News Congressional Correspondent Tony Mills - Political Analyst with Real Clear Politics dot com
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3-9 6:15am Tommy, why are prescription drug costs so high?
Tommy talks to David Howard, Professor in the Dept. of Health Policy and Management at Emory University, about what drives up the cost of prescription drugs.
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Louisiana government auditing office sounds the budget alarm
… workforce by 8 percent to 265 people. He had more than 300 employees four years ago, but Purpera said retirement and health care costs keep growing. "I'm trying to hold the line on expenditures, but to do that I have to keep decreasing the size of the …
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Winners and Losers in Trump's First Budget Plan
… nuclear weapons. -Veterans Affairs. Up 5.9 percent. That's an additional $4.4 billion, driven by ever-growing health care costs . The plan would allocate $3.5 billion to extend an expiring Veterans Choice program, which allows eligible veterans …
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Winners and losers in Trump's first budget plan
… nuclear weapons. —Veterans Affairs. Up 5.9 percent. That's an additional $4.4 billion, driven by ever-growing health care costs . —Homeland Security. Up 6.8 percent. That's $2.8 billion more. Most of the increase, $2.6 billion, would be …
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Congress' analyst: 14M lose coverage under GOP health bill
… health-care industry. President Donald Trump backs the GOP plan. Republican leaders have said their aim is to lower health care costs . They say coverage statistics are misleading because many people covered under Obama's law have high out-of-pocket …
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GOP bill unlikely to settle passionate health care debate
… Democrats is a given. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said, "Republicans have decided that affordable health care should be the privilege of the wealthy, not the right of every family in America." Senate Finance Committee …