The health care debate rages on as Republicans say Democrats are going down in flames in November if they thumb their noses at the will of the American people, we learn who makes the final call on reconciliation in the U.S. Senate, Dems savage GOP Sen. Jim Bunning for stalling unemployment benefits while he wants to avoid more deficit spending, Texas governor’s race heads into election day and Obama calls for better performance from schools.
Archives for March 1, 2010
The Truth About High-Risk Pools
Arizona Rep. John Shadegg says President Obama, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other Democrats have misinformed the American people when it comes to helping people with pre-existing conditions get health coverage. Shadegg explains who high-risk pools really work and why he thinks they work better than the government just ordering insurance companies to cover everyone. Which way is cheaper for patients? And how does Shadegg size up the fate of Obamacare in the House?
‘Not Surprised At All’
Over the weekend, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile, killing over 700 people. How is it that an 8.8 earthquake is 500 times more powerful than the 7.0 quake that devastated Haiti? How important is the depth of the earthquake below the earth’s surface? What determines the size and severity of a tsunami? Is the U.S. in danger of suffering a major quake? We ask Paul Caruso, geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center.
Dems Play Favorites with Parcels
We’ve seen the bailouts for Wall Street, AIG and the auto industry, but now there are allegations that Congress is about to stack the rules in the parcel delivery industry in the favor of UPS over Fed Ex. What kind of changes are in the pending FAA bill? How would they impact the delivery companies and consumers? What should we know about the lawmakers pushing these changes? We discuss it all with Maury Lane, spokesman for Fed Ex.