00:00:00 | >> SUPPORT FOR THE STATE-WIDE BROADCAST OF THE STATE OF OHIO |
00:00:05 | COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICERSES OF PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS AND |
00:00:11 | ARTHUR. HELPING INDIVIDUALS SOLVE LEGAL |
00:00:13 | PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO, ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND |
00:00:16 | THE WORLD. ON THE WEB. |
00:00:18 | AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING |
00:00:26 | 131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AND FACULTY WHO |
00:00:29 | ARE WORKING FOR GREAT SCHOOLS FOR EACH CHILD. |
00:00:33 | ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY E-TECH. |
00:00:39 | >> LAWMAKERS HEAD HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND SUMMER |
00:00:43 | CAMPAIGNING AFTER PASSING A STACK OF BILLS. |
00:00:45 | THE CHAIRS OF THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IMMEDIATE FOR |
00:00:49 | THE FIRST,, -- MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR WHAT SOME MIGHT |
00:00:55 | CALL A LIVELY DISCUSSION. WHILE AMERICANS WAY FOR THE |
00:00:59 | U.S. SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON THE HIT INSURANCE LAW, THE |
00:01:05 | EFFECTS OF THE ACT WHICH SOME CALM OBAMA CARE IS FELT. |
00:01:11 | ALL THIS WEEK IN THE "THE STATE OF OHIO." |
00:01:18 | >> SUMMER BREAK FOR STATE LAWMAKERS STARTED WITH A FLURRY |
00:01:22 | OF BILLS. THEY PUTTED THE GOVERNOR'S |
00:01:26 | BUDGET UPDATE, BUT WITHOUT HIS SERVES TAX ON OIL AND GAS |
00:01:32 | DRILLERS. THE BILL TRIMS STATE SPENDING |
00:01:36 | BY 13.5 MILLION. BOTH CHAMBERS ADDED EXTRA |
00:01:40 | SPENDING TO THEIR VERSIONS. THE HOUSE PACKED ON $30 MILLION |
00:01:47 | FOR ! AND THE SENATE PUT ON $40 |
00:01:52 | MILLION FOR GREEN SPACE. IT INCLUDES $15 MILLION FOR |
00:01:56 | CLEANING UP ABANDON FACEBOOK TORII SITES, AND MORE FOR THE |
00:02:02 | THIRD GRADE READING GUARANTEE. THE GOVERNOR WASN'T HAPPEN THAT |
00:02:07 | MORE WASN'T PUT TOWARD SCHOOLS. >> THE SENATE PASSED A PACKAGE |
00:02:15 | OF BILLS AIMED AS SHORING UP THE STATE'S PENSION FUNDS. |
00:02:20 | THE CHAMBER APPROVED BILLS ADDRESSING THE OTHER FOUR |
00:02:24 | PENSION FANDS LAST WEEK. SENATE LEADERS HAD |
00:02:27 | FORECAST-TRACKED THE MEASURES, WHICH AFFECT 1. MILLION HOINS. |
00:02:32 | PENSION FUND AUDIT SHOWED LONGS-TERM SOLVENCY WAS AT RISK |
00:02:37 | WITHOUT A CHANGE BECAUSE OF AN INFLUX OF BABY BOOMERS AND |
00:02:41 | ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. THE BILL ADJUSTS PREMIUMS, PAY |
00:02:46 | OUTS AND HE WILL JINLT REQUIREMENT FOR TEACHERS AND |
00:02:49 | OTHER PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS. |
00:02:52 | HOUSE LEADERS WANT TO WAIT TO ACT ON THE BILL UNTIL A STUDY |
00:02:57 | IS COMPLETED. THAT STUDY IS NOT EXPECTED |
00:03:00 | UNTIL JULY. THE EXOTIC ANIMAL BAN PASSED |
00:03:04 | THE HOUSE THIS WEEK WITH CHANGES, WHICH MEANT IT HAD TO |
00:03:07 | GO BACK TO THE SENATE BEFORE HEADING TO THE GOVERNOR. |
00:03:11 | THE HOUSE LOWERED PERMIT FEES AND LOWERED LIABILITY INSURANCE |
00:03:16 | REQUIREMENTS THAN THE SENATE VERSION. |
00:03:20 | IT WILL BAN USE OWNERSHIP OF EXOTIC ANIMALS WHILE ALLOWING |
00:03:25 | CURRENT OWNERS AFTER GETTING A PERMIT THROUGH 2014. |
00:03:29 | OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO POST SIGNS ALERTING PEOPLE TO DANGEROUS |
00:03:35 | ANIMALS ON THEIR PROPERTY. OPPONENTS OF THE BAN HAVE VOWED |
00:03:37 | THEM FIGHT IT IN COURT. TURNING TO THE COURTS. |
00:03:40 | THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED A HUGE DECISION THIS WEEK, UPHOLDING |
00:03:44 | THE STATE'S INDOOR SMOKING BAN. THE COURT RULED HE UNANIMOUSLY |
00:03:50 | THAT THE BAN IS CONSTITUTIONAL AND REJECTED A CLAIM THAT THE |
00:03:56 | FINES CHARGED FOR VIOLATIONS WERE AN ILLEGAL TAKING OF |
00:04:00 | PROPERTY, VIOLATING THE POLICE'S LEGITIMATE POWER. |
00:04:06 | ZENOA HAVE VIOLATED 10 TIMES WITH FINES TOTALING THERE ARE |
00:04:12 | 33,000. THE BAR ARGUED THE SMOKING BAN |
00:04:16 | SHOULD BE ENFORCED AGAINST SMOKE IS, NOT BUSINESSES. |
00:04:21 | THEY SAY THAT ZENOO'S ALLOWED SMOKING AND HAD PLASTIC CUPS ON |
00:04:29 | THE WHAT FOR ASH TREES. THEY HAD AN APPEALS PROCESS AND |
00:04:33 | DID NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT EIGHT OUT OF 10 TIMES. |
00:04:37 | THE CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ARGUED THE FACE FOR ZENOAS |
00:04:45 | AND IT GOES TO THE LEGISLATURE. A NEW LAW COULD ACHIEVE THE |
00:04:51 | SAME LAW TO BEING ENFORCED ON THOSE 21 YEARS AND YOU UP. |
00:04:58 | THE LONGEST SERVING WOMAN JUSTICE IS STEPPING DOWN AT THE |
00:05:03 | END OF THE YEAR. SHE SAYS SHE WANTS MORE TIME |
00:05:05 | AND FREEDOM TO SPEAK OUT ON CAUSES THAT CONCERN HER, SUCH |
00:05:10 | AS MENTAL HEALTH SHURS IN THE COURTS AND CHANGES IN THE |
00:05:13 | JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. SHE HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT |
00:05:16 | RETIRING FOR A WHILE, BUT IS DOING IT NOW TO GIVE HER |
00:05:21 | SUCCESSOR A CHANCE TO RUN IN TWO YEARS. |
00:05:24 | >> THIS WILL GIVE THEM PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO GEAR UP JUST |
00:05:29 | LIKE JUSTICE MAGEE-BROWN HAS HAD THE CHANCE. |
00:05:33 | MY ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO STEP DOWN AT THE END THE DOOR. |
00:05:38 | >> SHE SAID THERE IS NO SUDDEN REASON FOR HER DEPARTURE, BUT |
00:05:42 | SHE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE RUMORS WERE MADE THAT |
00:05:45 | SHE WAS LEAVING. SHE WAS APPOINTED IN 1996. |
00:05:48 | HER CURRENTLY SIX-YEAR TERM WAS TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF 2015. |
00:05:54 | SHE HAS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYONE TO THE GOVERNOR TO REPLACE HER. |
00:05:58 | SHE IS ONE OF SIX REPS ON THE COURT. |
00:06:04 | OHIO'S CHIEF MONEY WATCHER IS IT MY BE TIME TO DUMP WHAT IS |
00:06:10 | PUMPED INTO THE VEHICLE. USING ONLY BIO DIESEL IS |
00:06:16 | COSTING THE STATE EVERY YEAR. STATE AWED DO DAVID YOST SAYS |
00:06:23 | THAT COSTS ODOT $3.3 MILLION OVER FOUR YEARS. |
00:06:27 | YOST SAYS IF THE GOAL WAS TO STIMULATE DEMAND AND PRODUCTION |
00:06:33 | AND BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF BIODIESEL, IT IS NOT WORKING. |
00:06:38 | THE SEAU BEAN COUNCIL SAYS IF THEY ABANDON THE PROPOSALS, IT |
00:06:45 | WILL HURT JOBS AND DRIVE THE PRICE OF GAS UP BY AS MUCH AS |
00:06:49 | 35 CENTS A GUILLEN. YOST SAID LAST YEAR BIODIESEL |
00:06:56 | COST 36 CENTS MORE A GALLON THAN REGULAR DIESEL. |
00:07:01 | >> ONCE AGAIN, THE STATE HOUSE LAWN BECAME A FIELD OF DROMES |
00:07:05 | THIS WEEK FOR THE REMATCH BETWEEN STATE LAWMAKERS AND A |
00:07:08 | GROUP OF HISTORICAL REENACT TORS WHO PLAYED BASEBALL BY |
00:07:14 | RULES SET IN 1860. THE CANNONS LOST TO THE MUFFINS |
00:07:19 | 10 MONTHS BEFORE TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAME AND HOPED TO |
00:07:23 | REDEEM THEMSELVES WITH A DEEM. THE MUFFINS CAME BACK AND |
00:07:29 | BLASTED THE CANNONS, 12-10. THERE ARE FIVE MONTHS UNTIL |
00:07:33 | ELECTION DAY, BUT THE CHAIRS OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES ARE |
00:07:36 | TALKING LIKE IT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. |
00:07:39 | THE FACE-OFF TET HE TEMPERATURE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN CLUB WAS |
00:07:44 | THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE TOGETHER SINCE READ FORD |
00:07:49 | SURVIVED A COUP IN APRIL, AND BENNETT WAS BROUGHT BACK FROM |
00:07:54 | RETIREMENT AFTER KEVIN DEWINE WAS FORCED OUT THAT MONTH. |
00:07:57 | IT DIDN'T TACK LONG FOR REDBURN TO START JABBING. |
00:08:01 | >> WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST SIX OR |
00:08:05 | SEVEN YEARS, BRINGING ABOUT A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM HERE IN OHIO |
00:08:09 | THAT FRANKLY WAS LACKING MOST OF THE TIME BOB WAS PRESIDENT |
00:08:14 | OF THE PARTY. >> HISTORY TENDS TO REACHT |
00:08:19 | ITSELF. >> WE BEAT THEM UP PRETTY GOOD |
00:08:23 | IN 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. I HOPE BOB WAS UP FOR ANOTHER |
00:08:33 | ONE. >> YOU MISSED 2010. |
00:08:34 | >> HE REMINDED 2010 ELECTION WASN'T A GOOD FONTENOT FOR |
00:08:39 | DEMOCRATS. THE CHAIRMEN SPENT MOST OF |
00:08:42 | THEIR TIME TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL POLITICS. |
00:08:45 | BENNETT WAS ASKED IF HE WAS PLEASED WITH MITT ROMNEY AS THE |
00:08:50 | NOMINEE. HE SAID ABSOLUTELY. |
00:08:52 | RED BURN SAYS HE IS HELP WITH BARACK OBAMA AS HIS CANDIDATE. |
00:08:56 | THE CHAIRMEN BICKERED ABOUT WHETHER MORE PEOPLE ARE |
00:09:00 | UNEMPLOYED NOW THAN WHEN OBAMA TALK OFFICE, AND WHETHER THE |
00:09:04 | AUTO BAILOUT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND WHETHER OBAMA |
00:09:07 | SHOULD TAKE THE BLAME FOR THE ECONOMIC ISSUES IN OHIO AND |
00:09:14 | OTHER STATES. AND THE ECONOMY WILL BE L THE |
00:09:20 | MOST IMPORTANT CONCERN. HERE IS A PART OF. |
00:09:22 | >> TO WIN IN NOVEMBER, THE REPUBLICANS NEW THE SOCIAL |
00:09:26 | DOIVENS, THE FISCAL CONSERVATIVES, THE TEA PARTY |
00:09:29 | PEOPLE AND TO REACH THE INDEPENDENTS, THE FREE-THINKERS |
00:09:32 | THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT ARE UNHAPPY WITH |
00:09:34 | WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON, UNHAPPY WITH THE |
00:09:37 | OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, AND I MEAN THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT |
00:09:41 | ARE GOING TO DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION THIS |
00:09:44 | FALL. THIS IS A SIMPLE WIZ. |
00:09:46 | YOU GET YOUR PEOPLE TO THE POLLS. |
00:09:48 | IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS RIGHT NOW -- AND I KNOW THAT CHRIS |
00:09:51 | DOES EVERY DAY -- THEY ARE IN TROUBLE. |
00:09:55 | THEY ARE IN TROUBLE WITH THEIR CONSTITUENCY. |
00:09:58 | THEY ARE IN TROUBLE ON THE CAMPUSES. |
00:10:00 | IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN OBAMA MADE HIS |
00:10:03 | ANNOUNCEMENT AT OHIO STATE WITH THE M.P.C., I THINK IF YOU LOOK |
00:10:06 | AT WHAT HAPPENED TO JOE BIDEN JOE BIDEN WHEN WHAT HAPPENED |
00:10:13 | THE PROTESTORS FROM THE COAL PEOPLE. |
00:10:17 | IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAWSUITS FROM THE CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS |
00:10:20 | THAT ARE UPSET UNDER OBAMA CARE HEALTH CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE |
00:10:25 | BEING FORCED TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES THAT ARE AGAINST THEIR |
00:10:30 | RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES. >> POLLS ALSO SHOW IF YOU PUT |
00:10:35 | ALL THIS TOGETHER, THIS IS THE CONSTITUENCY YOU ARE GOING TO |
00:10:37 | BE REACHING OUT TO AND ATTRACTING AS PART OF YOUR |
00:10:41 | COMBS. >> A LARGE PART OF THE |
00:10:45 | CONSTITUENCY IS FEMALE. THIS HURTS MOST REPUBLICANS |
00:10:49 | SEVEN TO 10 POINTS IN MOAT POLLS. |
00:10:52 | >> PART THAT HAVE HAD TO DO WITH THE PRIMARY PROCESS, AND |
00:10:54 | RIGHT NOW YOU WILL FINE OUT THEY ARE REACHING ACROSS. |
00:10:58 | WOMEN HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS AS MEN DO WHEN IT COMES TO THE |
00:11:02 | ECONOMY. JOBS, WHETHER THEIR KIDS ARE |
00:11:04 | GOING TO HAVE JOBS OR NOT. IN THE FUTURE WHETHER THEY ARE |
00:11:07 | GOING TO BE WELL, PAYING JOBS. I WILL BE VERY SURPRISED IF WE |
00:11:11 | HAVE A GENDER GAP IF WE AREN'T TAKING THE MAJORITY OF THE |
00:11:17 | WOMEN VOTE IN NOVEMBER. I THINK THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO |
00:11:20 | BE THE DRIVING FACTOR IN THE ELECTION. |
00:11:22 | IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SOCIAL ISSUES. |
00:11:26 | THEY ARE IMPORTANT AS PART OF YOUR COALITION, BUT PEOPLE ARE |
00:11:29 | GOING TO ASK THEMSELVES AM I BETTER OFF TODAY THAN I WAS |
00:11:32 | FOUR YEARS AGO? YOU LOOK AT THE PROMISES MADE |
00:11:34 | BY THE PRESIDENT, AND ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN |
00:11:38 | BROKEN. >> ARE DEMOCRATS USING THESE |
00:11:40 | SOCIAL ISSUES AS A DISTRACTION FROM THE ECONOMY? |
00:11:44 | >> BOB HOPES EVERY DAY THAT SOCIAL ISSUES WON'T MATTER. |
00:11:51 | WE ARE HAVING A DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WOMEN SHOULD |
00:11:56 | HAVE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION. LET'S HAVE THE DEBATE. |
00:11:59 | LET'S ASK EVERY CATHOLIC IN THE ROOM WHETHER OR NOT |
00:12:03 | CONTRACEPTION SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THEIR HEALTH CARE |
00:12:06 | POLICY. WE WIN THAT DEBATE, WURE AND |
00:12:10 | SIMPLE. I WANT THEM TO APPEAR ON YOUR |
00:12:12 | TELEVISION CHOATE AND SAY HOW CONTRACEPTION SHOULD NOT BE |
00:12:16 | THERE. THEY WILL LOSE THAT DEBATE. |
00:12:19 | I WANT TO HAVE THE DEBATE THAT MARRIAGE EQUALITY. |
00:12:24 | IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT GUARANTEED BY THE NATION'S |
00:12:27 | CONSTITUTION. I WANT TO HAVE THAT DEBATE. |
00:12:28 | AND FRANKLY I WANT TO HAVE THE DEBATE ABOUT THE ECONOMY IN THE |
00:12:32 | LAST 26 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF DOWNTURN IN UNEMPLOYMENT. |
00:12:35 | I WANT TO HAVE THE DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT GEORGE BUSH WAS |
00:12:39 | RIGHT WHEN ASKED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE WHETHER OSAMA BIN |
00:12:44 | LADEN MATTERED. I WANT TO HAVE THE DEBATE |
00:12:48 | WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS RIGHT FOR THE PRESIDENT TO ENGAGE THE |
00:12:51 | UNITED STATES MILITARY AND NAVY SEALS AND HOLD OSAMA BIN LADEN |
00:12:55 | ACCOUNTABLE. I WANT TO HAVE THE DEBATE |
00:12:58 | WHETHER OR NOT HEALTH CARE SHOULD PHENOMENALLY BE |
00:13:01 | AVAILABLE NOT TO JUST BOB AND I, BUT TO ALL OF US. |
00:13:04 | WHETHER YOU LIVE IN THE POOREST COUNTY IN THE STATE, OR THE |
00:13:08 | RICHEST. I WANT TO HAVE THAT DEBATE. |
00:13:12 | EVERY TIME WE ENGAGE IN THAT DEBATE, DEMOCRATS WIN. |
00:13:16 | ONE WAY THAT BOB WILL BE ABLE TO MOBILIZE YOUNG PEOPLE ON |
00:13:23 | CAMPUSES, TO MOBILIZE WOMEN ACROSS THE STREIT, IS TO |
00:13:26 | PARTICULAR TO LOOK DOWN UPON THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO WISH |
00:13:31 | THEY HAD ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION, A FUNDAMENTAL |
00:13:35 | QUESTION. WE GUARANTEE THROUGH HEALTH |
00:13:37 | CARE POLICIES, THE RIGHT FOR MEN TO SEEK AND ACQUIRE VIAGRA, |
00:13:41 | BUT WE DON'T ALLOW WOMEN ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION. |
00:13:46 | WE ARE HAVING THIS DEBATE IN 2012. |
00:13:49 | BOB HAD ASKED RETORKALLY WHETHER OR NOT HE IS PLEASED |
00:13:54 | WITH HIS NOMINEE. I AM. |
00:13:56 | [LAUGHTER] >> I AM PLEASED WITH THE |
00:13:58 | MATCHUP, TOO. I NEVER THOUGHT THE ISSUE WAS |
00:14:04 | WHETHER WOMEN HAD ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION OR NOT. |
00:14:11 | IT IS WHETHER OR NOT CRATH LICK HAS TO PROVIDE IT. |
00:14:15 | >> YOU ALSO GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE BASED ON YOUR MORRALL |
00:14:23 | BELIEFS. WHICH ONES WOULD YOU TAKE AWAY? |
00:14:25 | WHICH ADVANTAGES TO HEALTH CARE WOULD A C.E.O. IN THIS ROOM |
00:14:28 | TAKE AWAY? WHICH ONE? |
00:14:30 | THE COST DRIVERS? THE TESTING FOR BREAST CANCER? |
00:14:35 | ACCESS TO CERTAIN KINDS OF CHEMOTHERAPY THAT ARE NOT |
00:14:39 | WIDELY APPROVED. LET'S ENGAGE IN THAT DEBATE. |
00:14:43 | >> THE DEBATE IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND WHETHER |
00:14:48 | YOU ARE WE ARE OFF TODAY THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO. |
00:14:51 | SIMPLE AS THAT. >> AND FOR 850,000 HOINS WHO |
00:14:55 | ARE ENGAGED IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, THAT IS AN ANSWER |
00:14:59 | EASYLY PROVIDED TO THAT QUESTION. |
00:15:01 | >> THE CHAIRMAN WERE CHALLENGED TO SAY SOMETHING NICE. |
00:15:10 | REDFERN PRAYSED GOVERNOR KASIC FOR THE SEARCHES TAX. |
00:15:21 | >> HEALTH CARE REFORM. A RULING FROM THE SUPREME COURT |
00:15:27 | THAT IS EXPECTED TO SEND SHOCK WAVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY NO |
00:15:31 | MATTER WHAT IT IS. THE DECISION ON THE |
00:15:34 | CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WHAT |
00:15:38 | CRITICS CALL OBAMA CARE DO COME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. |
00:15:44 | IT REQUIRES AMERICANS TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE BY 2014. |
00:15:49 | THAT MEANS ALL THE OTHER DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF THE LAW |
00:15:56 | COULD STAY OR GO WITH IT. HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT ARE TWO |
00:15:59 | EXPERTS IN THE HEALTH CARE ARENA. |
00:16:01 | TIM IS THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THE |
00:16:06 | OHIO STATE MET ASSOCIATION, WHICH OPPOSES THE LAW. |
00:16:08 | KATHY IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE |
00:16:14 | NETWORK OF OHIO, AND SHE SUPPORTS THE LAW. |
00:16:16 | LET ME ASK YOU BOTH. I WANT TO START WITH ONE |
00:16:19 | QUESTION TO BOTH OF YOU HERE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EFFECTS |
00:16:22 | THAT HOW IS ALREADY -- OHIO IS ALREADY SEEING FROM THE LAW? |
00:16:29 | KATHY, LET ME START WITH YOU. >> WELL, YOUNG ADULTS WHO DON'T |
00:16:35 | HAVE EMPLOYER BASED COVERAGE CAN STAY ON THEIR PARENTS |
00:16:39 | HEALTH COVERAGE TO AGE 26. OHIO HAS A LAW, BUT IT ISN'T AS |
00:16:44 | BROAD AS THE FEDERAL LAW. THIS MEANS A LOT FOR YOUNG |
00:16:53 | PEOPLE. OVER 82,000 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE |
00:16:57 | STAYING ON THEIR FAMILY'S COVERAGE UNTIL AGE 26. |
00:17:01 | PEOPLE WHO ARE ON MEDICARE AND HAVE HIGH PRESCRIPTION DRUG TO |
00:17:06 | HISES TRADITIONALLY REACH A GAP IN COVERAGE AND SCRAMBLE TO PAY |
00:17:12 | FOR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. NOW THEY ARE GETTING SOME |
00:17:15 | RELIEF IN THE DOUGNUT HOLE DUE TO THE LAW. |
00:17:18 | >> IS THERE ANYTHING SHELLS MISSING YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING |
00:17:20 | UP? >> WELL, THERE IS AN |
00:17:21 | OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO COVERAGE IF THEY HAVE |
00:17:25 | A PREEXISTING CONDITION THROUGH A HIGH RISK POOL. |
00:17:28 | THAT HAS PROVIDED ACCESS TO COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN |
00:17:32 | INDIVIDUALS. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT |
00:17:34 | HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO DATE. THE BIG ONES WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL |
00:17:39 | 2014 AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN IF THE BILL GETS OVERTURNED BY |
00:17:43 | THE SUPREME COURT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. |
00:17:45 | >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT, THE IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS |
00:17:50 | LAW IS UPHELD. WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE GOING TO |
00:17:53 | BE THE LONG RANGING BILK EFFECTS THAT HAVE? |
00:17:55 | >> THE LONG RAGE EFFECT IS THAT CONGRESS IS GOING TO CONTINUE |
00:17:58 | TO GRAPPLE WITH THE ISSUE OF WHAT PARTS OF IT DO THEY WANT |
00:18:02 | TO CONTINUE TO HAVE IMPLEMENTED, AND ARE THERE SOME |
00:18:06 | THEY WANT TO P -- TARE BACK. IF THE MANDATE IS UPHELD, YOU |
00:18:15 | WILL SEE THE REPUBLICANS SEEKING TO OVERTURN THAT ONE |
00:18:17 | WAY OR ANOTHER. IF WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT NEXT |
00:18:21 | YEAR, YOU MAY SEE A NEW PRESIDENT TAKING THAT ON AS |
00:18:25 | WELL. IT DEPENDS ON THE 0 SCOPE OF |
00:18:26 | THE DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT. |
00:18:28 | DO THEY THROW THE WHOLE THING OUT OR KEEP PARTS IT HAVE? |
00:18:31 | NOBODY KNOW WHAT IS IS GOING TO HAPPEN? |
00:18:33 | >> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE THE IMPACT ON PEOPLE IN |
00:18:39 | THE INDUSTRY? >> I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHAT |
00:18:42 | HAPPENS, THERE IS AN INCREASED AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO DO |
00:18:45 | HEALTH CARE REFORM. I WOULD SAY THAT PROBLEM |
00:18:48 | EVERYBODY IN CONGRESS AGREES WITH THAT. |
00:18:49 | IT IS HOW YOU GET THERE. I THINK THAT THE REPUBLICANS |
00:18:54 | HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH THE DEMOCRATS ON HOW TO |
00:18:57 | GET THERE. BUT I THINK EVERYBODY |
00:18:59 | UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE |
00:19:02 | NEEDS REFORMS AND CHANGES. AGAIN, I THINK IT WILL BE A |
00:19:06 | QUESTION OF WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES TO DO, WHAT THEY |
00:19:09 | KEEP, WHAT THEY THROW OUT AND WHERE WE GO NEXT. |
00:19:11 | >> KATHY, LET ME ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN |
00:19:14 | IF THE LAW IS THROWN OUT? >> IF THE LAW IS THROWN OUT, A |
00:19:19 | LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IN VERY DEEP TROUBLE, WHO ARE |
00:19:22 | IN TROUBLE NOW AND BIDING THEIR TIME TRYING TO GET BY UNTIL |
00:19:27 | JANUARY OF 2014 WHEN THE NEW HEALTH CARE EXCHANGE WILL |
00:19:31 | INCREASE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE COVERAGE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T |
00:19:34 | HAVE EMPLOYER-BASED COVERAGE. ADULTS WITH PREEXITING |
00:19:39 | CONDITIONS, RINNE ARE NOT IN THE HIGH RISK POOL. |
00:19:44 | THE HIGH RISK POOL IS HELPING AROUND 2,100 VERY HAPPY OHIOANS |
00:19:51 | , BUT MANY MORE PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS ARE NOT |
00:19:58 | ELIGIBLE FOR THE HIGH RISK POOL BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN |
00:20:03 | UNINSURED FOR SIX MONTHS. SO THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH |
00:20:06 | HIGH COSTS, OR THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE HIGH RISK FOOL AND |
00:20:09 | THEY ARE GOING WITHOUT INSURANCE. |
00:20:10 | IF THE LAW IS STRUCK, 82,000 YOUNG ADULTS LOSE THEIR FAMILY |
00:20:17 | COVERAGE. WE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE ON |
00:20:20 | MEDICAL CARE -- A QUARTER OF MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES IN HIGH |
00:20:26 | REACH THE DOUGNUT HOLE. IT IS DEMAM TUESDAY -- |
00:20:33 | CALAMITOUS FOR SO MANY. THE END OF THE LIFETIME CAP IN |
00:20:39 | COVERAGE. NOWADAYS IF YOU HAVE A SERIOUS |
00:20:44 | ILLNESS THAT REQUIRES SEVERAL HOSPITALIZATIONS. |
00:20:47 | YOU CAN EASILY RACK UP $1 MILLION IN COSTS. |
00:20:50 | IT HAPPENS TO NEWBORN BABIES, WHO MAY DO FINE MEDLEY, BUT |
00:20:57 | MONEY POLICIES HAVE $1 MILLION CAPS, MEANING YOUR INSURANCE IS |
00:21:01 | OVER. >> WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE, |
00:21:04 | ACTUALLY, 80% TO 85% OF AMERICANS HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE |
00:21:10 | THROUGH PLAYERS, MEDICARE, MEDICADE AND VARIOUS OTHER |
00:21:15 | PROGRAMS. THE 30 MCGEE OR 40 MILLION -- |
00:21:20 | 30 MILLION OR 40 MILLION AMERICANS WHO DO NOT HAVE |
00:21:24 | ACCESS NEED OPTIONS. THE VAST MAJORITY DO HAVE |
00:21:28 | COVERAGE. THE SYSTEM THEY HAVE COVERAGE |
00:21:30 | IN AT TIMES CAN BE DYSFUNCTIONAL AND NEED SOME |
00:21:35 | REFORM, AND WE HAD A HOST OF IDEAS ON HOW TO DO THAT. |
00:21:39 | >> YOU MENTIONED THAT MANY AMERICANS BY YOUR STATS DO HAVE |
00:21:43 | HEALTH INSURANCE, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE NEED. |
00:21:47 | IT IS PROHIBITIVE IN TERMS OF COST? |
00:21:49 | >> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT IS WHY THE ISSUE OF HOW |
00:21:51 | YOU DEAL WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE MAYBE A PREEXITING MEDICAL |
00:21:57 | CONDITION OR PEOPLE WHO DO BUMP UP TO LIFETIME CAPS ON THE |
00:22:05 | POLICY. THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THERE IS |
00:22:07 | A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR IN THE COMMUNITY. |
00:22:09 | IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT HEALTH CARE REFORM IS |
00:22:13 | NECESSARY AND NEEDED. IT IS. |
00:22:15 | AGAIN, IT IS HOW WE GET THERE. >> IF THIS LAW IS REPEALED, WE |
00:22:22 | GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE. WE GO BACK TO THE DAYS WHERE |
00:22:25 | INSURANCE COMPANIES MAKE THE RULES FOR PEOPLE. |
00:22:28 | MANY PEOPLE ARE SHUT OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. |
00:22:32 | 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN OHIO NOW ARE REPORTED AS NOT HAVING |
00:22:38 | INSURANCE. FEWER THAN HALF OF SMALL |
00:22:40 | BUSINESSES ARE OFFERING COVERAGE. |
00:22:42 | THIS NEW EXCHANGE WOULD GIVE THEM RELIEF. |
00:22:44 | WE GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE AND START ALL OVER AGAIN IN A |
00:22:51 | DYSFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM. THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE |
00:22:56 | LAWS. WHEN YOU PASS A LAW, YOU HAVE |
00:22:59 | TO FIX IT OVER THE YEARS. LET'S MAKE THE REPAIRS OVER |
00:23:03 | THIS LAW, BUT GOING BACK TO SQUARE ONE WOULD BE A DISASTER. |
00:23:07 | >> IS TIM RIGHT IN THAT THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR HEALTH CARE |
00:23:13 | REFORM? WOULD THERE BE A FLURRY OF |
00:23:16 | BILLS? >> WOULD BE IT BE SOMETHING NO |
00:23:19 | ONE WANTS TO TOUCH? >> I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE |
00:23:22 | A FLURRY OF BILLS. THERE MAY BE A FLURRY THAT |
00:23:25 | WOULD BITE AROUND THE EDGING. BUT YOU REALLY NEED |
00:23:30 | COMPREHENSIVE REFORM TO MEET -- TO ADDRESS THE MULTITUDE OF |
00:23:34 | COMPLEX PROBLEMS IN OUR SOCIETY RELATED TO OUTRAGEOUS HEALTH |
00:23:40 | CARE COSTS, UNFAIR INSURANCE RULES, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD |
00:23:44 | COVERAGE. YOU NEED COMPREHENSIVE REFORM. |
00:23:47 | AND SO WE WILL BE WITHOUT THE COVERAGE EXPANSION. |
00:23:50 | THERE IS A HUGE APPETITE FOR FIXING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, |
00:23:54 | BUT THERE IS NOT THE POLITICAL AGREEMENT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO |
00:23:58 | EXPAND COVERAGE FOR ALL OF THE UNINSURED. |
00:24:01 | SO THERE'S A LOT THAT IS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF MAKING |
00:24:04 | HEALTH CARE OF HIGHER VALUE THAT WILL GO ON WITHOUT IT. |
00:24:08 | I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION |
00:24:11 | ANY TIME SOON IF THIS GOES DOWN. |
00:24:13 | >> THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES TO TALK ABOUT, FOR |
00:24:17 | EXAMPLE THE MILLIONS WHO DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, THE POPULAR |
00:24:20 | PARTS AND UNPOPULAR PARTS. WE WILL PICK THAT UP NEXT WEEK. |
00:24:24 | THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. |
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00:24:44 | WE LEAVE YOU WITH IMAGES OF THE GOVERNOR'S CEREMONY. |
00:24:54 | ? OER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ? |
00:25:01 | ? ? AND THE ROCKET'S RED GLARE |
00:25:06 | THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR NEWELL -- ? |
00:25:14 | >> HEROES TODAY, WE MIGHT OF A MONUMENT, A FLAG, OR A HIGHWAY |
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00:25:27 | PEOPLE IN SERVING THEIR FELLOW MAN, THAT IS FOR ETERNITY. |
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