00:00:00>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATE-WIDE
BROADCAST OF THE STATE OF OHIO
00:00:05COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICERSES
OF PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS AND
00:00:11ARTHUR.
HELPING INDIVIDUALS SOLVE LEGAL
00:00:13PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO,
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
00:00:16THE WORLD.
ON THE WEB.
00:00:18AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
00:00:26131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
PROFESSIONALS AND FACULTY WHO
00:00:29ARE WORKING FOR GREAT SCHOOLS
FOR EACH CHILD.
00:00:33ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE
POSSIBLE BY E-TECH.
00:00:39>> LAWMAKERS HEAD HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND SUMMER
00:00:43CAMPAIGNING AFTER PASSING A
STACK OF BILLS.
00:00:45THE CHAIRS OF THE TWO MAJOR
POLITICAL PARTIES IMMEDIATE FOR
00:00:49THE FIRST,, -- MEET FOR THE
FIRST TIME FOR WHAT SOME MIGHT
00:00:55CALL A LIVELY DISCUSSION.
WHILE AMERICANS WAY FOR THE
00:00:59U.S. SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON
THE HIT INSURANCE LAW, THE
00:01:05EFFECTS OF THE ACT WHICH SOME
CALM OBAMA CARE IS FELT.
00:01:11ALL THIS WEEK IN THE "THE STATE
OF OHIO."
00:01:18>> SUMMER BREAK FOR STATE
LAWMAKERS STARTED WITH A FLURRY
00:01:22OF BILLS.
THEY PUTTED THE GOVERNOR'S
00:01:26BUDGET UPDATE, BUT WITHOUT HIS
SERVES TAX ON OIL AND GAS
00:01:32DRILLERS.
THE BILL TRIMS STATE SPENDING
00:01:36BY 13.5 MILLION.
BOTH CHAMBERS ADDED EXTRA
00:01:40SPENDING TO THEIR VERSIONS.
THE HOUSE PACKED ON $30 MILLION
00:01:47FOR !
AND THE SENATE PUT ON $40
00:01:52MILLION FOR GREEN SPACE.
IT INCLUDES $15 MILLION FOR
00:01:56CLEANING UP ABANDON FACEBOOK
TORII SITES, AND MORE FOR THE
00:02:02THIRD GRADE READING GUARANTEE.
THE GOVERNOR WASN'T HAPPEN THAT
00:02:07MORE WASN'T PUT TOWARD SCHOOLS.
>> THE SENATE PASSED A PACKAGE
00:02:15OF BILLS AIMED AS SHORING UP
THE STATE'S PENSION FUNDS.
00:02:20THE CHAMBER APPROVED BILLS
ADDRESSING THE OTHER FOUR
00:02:24PENSION FANDS LAST WEEK.
SENATE LEADERS HAD
00:02:27FORECAST-TRACKED THE MEASURES,
WHICH AFFECT 1. MILLION HOINS.
00:02:32PENSION FUND AUDIT SHOWED
LONGS-TERM SOLVENCY WAS AT RISK
00:02:37WITHOUT A CHANGE BECAUSE OF AN
INFLUX OF BABY BOOMERS AND
00:02:41ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.
THE BILL ADJUSTS PREMIUMS, PAY
00:02:46OUTS AND HE WILL JINLT
REQUIREMENT FOR TEACHERS AND
00:02:49OTHER PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT
WORKERS.
00:02:52HOUSE LEADERS WANT TO WAIT TO
ACT ON THE BILL UNTIL A STUDY
00:02:57IS COMPLETED.
THAT STUDY IS NOT EXPECTED
00:03:00UNTIL JULY.
THE EXOTIC ANIMAL BAN PASSED
00:03:04THE HOUSE THIS WEEK WITH
CHANGES, WHICH MEANT IT HAD TO
00:03:07GO BACK TO THE SENATE BEFORE
HEADING TO THE GOVERNOR.
00:03:11THE HOUSE LOWERED PERMIT FEES
AND LOWERED LIABILITY INSURANCE
00:03:16REQUIREMENTS THAN THE SENATE
VERSION.
00:03:20IT WILL BAN USE OWNERSHIP OF
EXOTIC ANIMALS WHILE ALLOWING
00:03:25CURRENT OWNERS AFTER GETTING A
PERMIT THROUGH 2014.
00:03:29OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO POST SIGNS
ALERTING PEOPLE TO DANGEROUS
00:03:35ANIMALS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
OPPONENTS OF THE BAN HAVE VOWED
00:03:37THEM FIGHT IT IN COURT.
TURNING TO THE COURTS.
00:03:40THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED A HUGE
DECISION THIS WEEK, UPHOLDING
00:03:44THE STATE'S INDOOR SMOKING BAN.
THE COURT RULED HE UNANIMOUSLY
00:03:50THAT THE BAN IS CONSTITUTIONAL
AND REJECTED A CLAIM THAT THE
00:03:56FINES CHARGED FOR VIOLATIONS
WERE AN ILLEGAL TAKING OF
00:04:00PROPERTY, VIOLATING THE
POLICE'S LEGITIMATE POWER.
00:04:06ZENOA HAVE VIOLATED 10 TIMES
WITH FINES TOTALING THERE ARE
00:04:1233,000.
THE BAR ARGUED THE SMOKING BAN
00:04:16SHOULD BE ENFORCED AGAINST
SMOKE IS, NOT BUSINESSES.
00:04:21THEY SAY THAT ZENOO'S ALLOWED
SMOKING AND HAD PLASTIC CUPS ON
00:04:29THE WHAT FOR ASH TREES.
THEY HAD AN APPEALS PROCESS AND
00:04:33DID NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT
EIGHT OUT OF 10 TIMES.
00:04:37THE CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
LAW ARGUED THE FACE FOR ZENOAS
00:04:45AND IT GOES TO THE LEGISLATURE.
A NEW LAW COULD ACHIEVE THE
00:04:51SAME LAW TO BEING ENFORCED ON
THOSE 21 YEARS AND YOU UP.
00:04:58THE LONGEST SERVING WOMAN
JUSTICE IS STEPPING DOWN AT THE
00:05:03END OF THE YEAR.
SHE SAYS SHE WANTS MORE TIME
00:05:05AND FREEDOM TO SPEAK OUT ON
CAUSES THAT CONCERN HER, SUCH
00:05:10AS MENTAL HEALTH SHURS IN THE
COURTS AND CHANGES IN THE
00:05:13JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SHE HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT
00:05:16RETIRING FOR A WHILE, BUT IS
DOING IT NOW TO GIVE HER
00:05:21SUCCESSOR A CHANCE TO RUN IN
TWO YEARS.
00:05:24>> THIS WILL GIVE THEM PLENTY
OF OPPORTUNITY TO GEAR UP JUST
00:05:29LIKE JUSTICE MAGEE-BROWN HAS
HAD THE CHANCE.
00:05:33MY 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
00:05:42SHE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT
BECAUSE RUMORS WERE MADE THAT
00:05:45SHE WAS LEAVING.
SHE WAS APPOINTED IN 1996.
00:05:48HER CURRENTLY SIX-YEAR TERM WAS
TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF 2015.
00:05:54SHE HAS NOT RECOMMENDED ANYONE
TO THE GOVERNOR TO REPLACE HER.
00:05:58SHE IS ONE OF SIX REPS ON THE
COURT.
00:06:04OHIO'S CHIEF MONEY WATCHER IS
IT MY BE TIME TO DUMP WHAT IS
00:06:10PUMPED INTO THE VEHICLE.
USING ONLY BIO DIESEL IS
00:06:16COSTING THE STATE EVERY YEAR.
STATE AWED DO DAVID YOST SAYS
00:06:23THAT COSTS ODOT $3.3 MILLION
OVER FOUR YEARS.
00:06:27YOST SAYS IF THE GOAL WAS TO
STIMULATE DEMAND AND PRODUCTION
00:06:33AND BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF
BIODIESEL, IT IS NOT WORKING.
00:06:38THE SEAU BEAN COUNCIL SAYS IF
THEY ABANDON THE PROPOSALS, IT
00:06:45WILL HURT JOBS AND DRIVE THE
PRICE OF GAS UP BY AS MUCH AS
00:06:4935 CENTS A GUILLEN.
YOST SAID LAST YEAR BIODIESEL
00:06:56COST 36 CENTS MORE A GALLON
THAN REGULAR DIESEL.
00:07:01>> ONCE AGAIN, THE STATE HOUSE
LAWN BECAME A FIELD OF DROMES
00:07:05THIS WEEK FOR THE REMATCH
BETWEEN STATE LAWMAKERS AND A
00:07:08GROUP OF HISTORICAL REENACT
TORS WHO PLAYED BASEBALL BY
00:07:14RULES SET IN 1860.
THE CANNONS LOST TO THE MUFFINS
00:07:1910 MONTHS BEFORE TUESDAY
NIGHT'S GAME AND HOPED TO
00:07:23REDEEM THEMSELVES WITH A DEEM.
THE MUFFINS CAME BACK AND
00:07:29BLASTED THE CANNONS, 12-10.
THERE ARE FIVE MONTHS UNTIL
00:07:33ELECTION DAY, BUT THE CHAIRS OF
THE POLITICAL PARTIES ARE
00:07:36TALKING LIKE IT IS JUST AROUND
THE CORNER.
00:07:39THE FACE-OFF TET HE TEMPERATURE
COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN CLUB WAS
00:07:44THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE
TOGETHER SINCE READ FORD
00:07:49SURVIVED A COUP IN APRIL, AND
BENNETT WAS BROUGHT BACK FROM
00:07:54RETIREMENT AFTER KEVIN DEWINE
WAS FORCED OUT THAT MONTH.
00:07:57IT 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
00:08:05SEVEN YEARS, BRINGING ABOUT A
TWO-PARTY SYSTEM HERE IN OHIO
00:08:09THAT FRANKLY WAS LACKING MOST
OF THE TIME BOB WAS PRESIDENT
00:08:14OF THE PARTY.
>> HISTORY TENDS TO REACHT
00:08:19ITSELF.
>> WE BEAT THEM UP PRETTY GOOD
00:08:23IN 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
I HOPE BOB WAS UP FOR ANOTHER
00:08:33ONE.
>> YOU MISSED 2010.
00:08:34>> HE REMINDED 2010 ELECTION
WASN'T A GOOD FONTENOT FOR
00:08:39DEMOCRATS.
THE CHAIRMEN SPENT MOST OF
00:08:42THEIR TIME TALKING ABOUT
NATIONAL POLITICS.
00:08:45BENNETT WAS ASKED IF HE WAS
PLEASED WITH MITT ROMNEY AS THE
00:08:50NOMINEE.
HE SAID ABSOLUTELY.
00:08:52RED BURN SAYS HE IS HELP WITH
BARACK OBAMA AS HIS CANDIDATE.
00:08:56THE CHAIRMEN BICKERED ABOUT
WHETHER MORE PEOPLE ARE
00:09:00UNEMPLOYED NOW THAN WHEN OBAMA
TALK OFFICE, AND WHETHER THE
00:09:04AUTO BAILOUT WAS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO, AND WHETHER OBAMA
00:09:07SHOULD TAKE THE BLAME FOR THE
ECONOMIC ISSUES IN OHIO AND
00:09:14OTHER STATES.
AND THE ECONOMY WILL BE L THE
00:09:20MOST IMPORTANT CONCERN.
HERE IS A PART OF.
00:09:22>> TO WIN IN NOVEMBER, THE
REPUBLICANS NEW THE SOCIAL
00:09:26DOIVENS, THE FISCAL
CONSERVATIVES, THE TEA PARTY
00:09:29PEOPLE AND TO REACH THE
INDEPENDENTS, THE FREE-THINKERS
00:09:32THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT THE
ISSUES THAT ARE UNHAPPY WITH
00:09:34WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
WASHINGTON, UNHAPPY WITH THE
00:09:37OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, AND I
MEAN THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT
00:09:41ARE GOING TO DETERMINE THE
OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION THIS
00:09:44FALL.
THIS IS A SIMPLE WIZ.
00:09:46YOU GET YOUR PEOPLE TO THE
POLLS.
00:09:48IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS RIGHT
NOW -- AND I KNOW THAT CHRIS
00:09:51DOES EVERY DAY -- THEY ARE IN
TROUBLE.
00:09:55THEY ARE IN TROUBLE WITH THEIR
CONSTITUENCY.
00:09:58THEY ARE IN TROUBLE ON THE
CAMPUSES.
00:10:00IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN OBAMA MADE HIS
00:10:03ANNOUNCEMENT AT OHIO STATE WITH
THE M.P.C., I THINK IF YOU LOOK
00:10:06AT WHAT HAPPENED TO JOE BIDEN
JOE BIDEN WHEN WHAT HAPPENED
00:10:13THE PROTESTORS FROM THE COAL
PEOPLE.
00:10:17IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAWSUITS
FROM THE CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS
00:10:20THAT ARE UPSET UNDER OBAMA CARE
HEALTH CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE
00:10:25BEING FORCED TO PROVIDE CERTAIN
SERVICES THAT ARE AGAINST THEIR
00:10:30RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES.
>> POLLS ALSO SHOW IF YOU PUT
00:10:35ALL THIS TOGETHER, THIS IS THE
CONSTITUENCY YOU ARE GOING TO
00:10:37BE REACHING OUT TO AND
ATTRACTING AS PART OF YOUR
00:10:41COMBS.
>> A LARGE PART OF THE
00:10:45CONSTITUENCY IS FEMALE.
THIS HURTS MOST REPUBLICANS
00:10:49SEVEN TO 10 POINTS IN MOAT
POLLS.
00:10:52>> PART THAT HAVE HAD TO DO
WITH THE PRIMARY PROCESS, AND
00:10:54RIGHT NOW YOU WILL FINE OUT
THEY ARE REACHING ACROSS.
00:10:58WOMEN HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS AS
MEN DO WHEN IT COMES TO THE
00:11:02ECONOMY.
JOBS, WHETHER THEIR KIDS ARE
00:11:04GOING TO HAVE JOBS OR NOT.
IN THE FUTURE WHETHER THEY ARE
00:11:07GOING TO BE WELL, PAYING JOBS.
I WILL BE VERY SURPRISED IF WE
00:11:11HAVE A GENDER GAP IF WE AREN'T
TAKING THE MAJORITY OF THE
00:11:17WOMEN VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
I THINK THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO
00:11:20BE THE DRIVING FACTOR IN THE
ELECTION.
00:11:22IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE
SOCIAL ISSUES.
00:11:26THEY ARE IMPORTANT AS PART OF
YOUR COALITION, BUT PEOPLE ARE
00:11:29GOING TO ASK THEMSELVES AM I
BETTER OFF TODAY THAN I WAS
00:11:32FOUR YEARS AGO?
YOU LOOK AT THE PROMISES MADE
00:11:34BY THE PRESIDENT, AND ALMOST
EVERY ONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN
00:11:38BROKEN.
>> ARE DEMOCRATS USING THESE
00:11:40SOCIAL ISSUES AS A DISTRACTION
FROM THE ECONOMY?
00:11:44>> BOB HOPES EVERY DAY THAT
SOCIAL ISSUES WON'T MATTER.
00:11:51WE ARE HAVING A DEBATE ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT WOMEN SHOULD
00:11:56HAVE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION.
LET'S HAVE THE DEBATE.
00:11:59LET'S ASK EVERY CATHOLIC IN THE
ROOM WHETHER OR NOT
00:12:03CONTRACEPTION SHOULD BE MADE
AVAILABLE IN THEIR HEALTH CARE
00:12:06POLICY.
WE WIN THAT DEBATE, WURE AND
00:12:10SIMPLE.
I WANT THEM TO APPEAR ON YOUR
00:12:12TELEVISION CHOATE AND SAY HOW
CONTRACEPTION SHOULD NOT BE
00:12:16THERE.
THEY WILL LOSE THAT DEBATE.
00:12:19I WANT TO HAVE THE DEBATE THAT
MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
00:12:24IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
GUARANTEED BY THE NATION'S
00:12:27CONSTITUTION.
I WANT TO HAVE THAT DEBATE.
00:12:28AND FRANKLY I WANT TO HAVE THE
DEBATE ABOUT THE ECONOMY IN THE
00:12:32LAST 26 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF
DOWNTURN IN UNEMPLOYMENT.
00:12:35I WANT TO HAVE THE DEBATE ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT GEORGE BUSH WAS
00:12:39RIGHT WHEN ASKED AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE WHETHER OSAMA BIN
00:12:44LADEN MATTERED.
I WANT TO HAVE THE DEBATE
00:12:48WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS RIGHT FOR
THE PRESIDENT TO ENGAGE THE
00:12:51UNITED STATES MILITARY AND NAVY
SEALS AND HOLD OSAMA BIN LADEN
00:12:55ACCOUNTABLE.
I WANT TO HAVE THE DEBATE
00:12:58WHETHER OR NOT HEALTH CARE
SHOULD PHENOMENALLY BE
00:13:01AVAILABLE NOT TO JUST BOB AND
I, BUT TO ALL OF US.
00:13:04WHETHER YOU LIVE IN THE POOREST
COUNTY IN THE STATE, OR THE
00:13:08RICHEST.
I WANT TO HAVE THAT DEBATE.
00:13:12EVERY TIME WE ENGAGE IN THAT
DEBATE, DEMOCRATS WIN.
00:13:16ONE WAY THAT BOB WILL BE ABLE
TO MOBILIZE YOUNG PEOPLE ON
00:13:23CAMPUSES, TO MOBILIZE WOMEN
ACROSS THE STREIT, IS TO
00:13:26PARTICULAR TO LOOK DOWN UPON
THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO WISH
00:13:31THEY HAD ACCESS TO
CONTRACEPTION, A FUNDAMENTAL
00:13:35QUESTION.
WE GUARANTEE THROUGH HEALTH
00:13:37CARE POLICIES, THE RIGHT FOR
MEN TO SEEK AND ACQUIRE VIAGRA,
00:13:41BUT WE DON'T ALLOW WOMEN ACCESS
TO CONTRACEPTION.
00:13:46WE ARE HAVING THIS DEBATE IN
2012.
00:13:49BOB HAD ASKED RETORKALLY
WHETHER OR NOT HE IS PLEASED
00:13:54WITH HIS NOMINEE.
I AM.
00:13:56[LAUGHTER]
>> I AM PLEASED WITH THE
00:13:58MATCHUP, TOO.
I NEVER THOUGHT THE ISSUE WAS
00:14:04WHETHER WOMEN HAD ACCESS TO
CONTRACEPTION OR NOT.
00:14:11IT IS WHETHER OR NOT CRATH LICK
HAS TO PROVIDE IT.
00:14:15>> YOU ALSO GET TO PICK AND
CHOOSE BASED ON YOUR MORRALL
00:14:23BELIEFS.
WHICH ONES WOULD YOU TAKE AWAY?
00:14:25WHICH ADVANTAGES TO HEALTH CARE
WOULD A C.E.O. IN THIS ROOM
00:14:28TAKE AWAY?
WHICH ONE?
00:14:30THE COST DRIVERS?
THE TESTING FOR BREAST CANCER?
00:14:35ACCESS TO CERTAIN KINDS OF
CHEMOTHERAPY THAT ARE NOT
00:14:39WIDELY APPROVED.
LET'S ENGAGE IN THAT DEBATE.
00:14:43>> THE DEBATE IS GOING TO BE
ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND WHETHER
00:14:48YOU ARE WE ARE OFF TODAY THAN
YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
00:14:51SIMPLE AS THAT.
>> AND FOR 850,000 HOINS WHO
00:14:55ARE ENGAGED IN THE AUTOMOBILE
INDUSTRY, THAT IS AN ANSWER
00:14:59EASYLY PROVIDED TO THAT
QUESTION.
00:15:01>> THE CHAIRMAN WERE CHALLENGED
TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.
00:15:10REDFERN PRAYSED GOVERNOR KASIC
FOR THE SEARCHES TAX.
00:15:21>> HEALTH CARE REFORM.
A RULING FROM THE SUPREME COURT
00:15:27THAT IS EXPECTED TO SEND SHOCK
WAVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY NO
00:15:31MATTER WHAT IT IS.
THE DECISION ON THE
00:15:34CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WHAT
00:15:38CRITICS CALL OBAMA CARE DO COME
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
00:15:44IT REQUIRES AMERICANS TO BUY
HEALTH INSURANCE BY 2014.
00:15:49THAT MEANS ALL THE OTHER DIRECT
AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF THE LAW
00:15:56COULD STAY OR GO WITH IT.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT ARE TWO
00:15:59EXPERTS IN THE HEALTH CARE
ARENA.
00:16:01TIM IS THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THE
00:16:06OHIO STATE MET ASSOCIATION,
WHICH OPPOSES THE LAW.
00:16:08KATHY IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
00:16:14NETWORK OF OHIO, AND SHE
SUPPORTS THE LAW.
00:16:16LET ME ASK YOU BOTH.
I WANT TO START WITH ONE
00:16:19QUESTION TO BOTH OF YOU HERE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EFFECTS
00:16:22THAT HOW IS ALREADY -- OHIO IS
ALREADY SEEING FROM THE LAW?
00:16:29KATHY, LET ME START WITH YOU.
>> WELL, YOUNG ADULTS WHO DON'T
00:16:35HAVE EMPLOYER BASED COVERAGE
CAN STAY ON THEIR PARENTS
00:16:39HEALTH COVERAGE TO AGE 26.
OHIO HAS A LAW, BUT IT ISN'T AS
00:16:44BROAD AS THE FEDERAL LAW.
THIS MEANS A LOT FOR YOUNG
00:16:53PEOPLE.
OVER 82,000 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
00:16:57STAYING ON THEIR FAMILY'S
COVERAGE UNTIL AGE 26.
00:17:01PEOPLE WHO ARE ON MEDICARE AND
HAVE HIGH PRESCRIPTION DRUG TO
00:17:06HISES TRADITIONALLY REACH A GAP
IN COVERAGE AND SCRAMBLE TO PAY
00:17:12FOR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
NOW THEY ARE GETTING SOME
00:17:15RELIEF IN THE DOUGNUT HOLE DUE
TO THE LAW.
00:17:18>> IS THERE ANYTHING SHELLS
MISSING YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING
00:17:20UP?
>> WELL, THERE IS AN
00:17:21OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE
ACCESS TO COVERAGE IF THEY HAVE
00:17:25A PREEXISTING CONDITION THROUGH
A HIGH RISK POOL.
00:17:28THAT HAS PROVIDED ACCESS TO
COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN
00:17:32INDIVIDUALS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
00:17:34HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO DATE.
THE BIG ONES WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL
00:17:392014 AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN
IF THE BILL GETS OVERTURNED BY
00:17:43THE SUPREME COURT IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
00:17:45>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT, THE
IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS
00:17:50LAW IS UPHELD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE GOING TO
00:17:53BE THE LONG RANGING BILK
EFFECTS THAT HAVE?
00:17:55>> THE LONG RAGE EFFECT IS THAT
CONGRESS IS GOING TO CONTINUE
00:17:58TO GRAPPLE WITH THE ISSUE OF
WHAT PARTS OF IT DO THEY WANT
00:18:02TO CONTINUE TO HAVE
IMPLEMENTED, AND ARE THERE SOME
00:18:06THEY WANT TO P -- TARE BACK.
IF THE MANDATE IS UPHELD, YOU
00:18:15WILL SEE THE REPUBLICANS
SEEKING TO OVERTURN THAT ONE
00:18:17WAY OR ANOTHER.
IF WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT NEXT
00:18:21YEAR, YOU MAY SEE A NEW
PRESIDENT TAKING THAT ON AS
00:18:25WELL.
IT DEPENDS ON THE 0 SCOPE OF
00:18:26THE DECISION BY THE SUPREME
COURT.
00:18:28DO THEY THROW THE WHOLE THING
OUT OR KEEP PARTS IT HAVE?
00:18:31NOBODY KNOW WHAT IS IS GOING TO
HAPPEN?
00:18:33>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING
TO BE THE IMPACT ON PEOPLE IN
00:18:39THE INDUSTRY?
>> I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHAT
00:18:42HAPPENS, THERE IS AN INCREASED
AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO DO
00:18:45HEALTH CARE REFORM.
I WOULD SAY THAT PROBLEM
00:18:48EVERYBODY IN CONGRESS AGREES
WITH THAT.
00:18:49IT IS HOW YOU GET THERE.
I THINK THAT THE REPUBLICANS
00:18:54HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
WITH THE DEMOCRATS ON HOW TO
00:18:57GET THERE.
BUT I THINK EVERYBODY
00:18:59UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CURRENT
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE
00:19:02NEEDS REFORMS AND CHANGES.
AGAIN, I THINK IT WILL BE A
00:19:06QUESTION OF WHAT THE SUPREME
COURT DECIDES TO DO, WHAT THEY
00:19:09KEEP, 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
00:19:14IF THE LAW IS THROWN OUT?
>> IF THE LAW IS THROWN OUT, A
00:19:19LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
IN VERY DEEP TROUBLE, WHO ARE
00:19:22IN TROUBLE NOW AND BIDING THEIR
TIME TRYING TO GET BY UNTIL
00:19:27JANUARY OF 2014 WHEN THE NEW
HEALTH CARE EXCHANGE WILL
00:19:31INCREASE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE
COVERAGE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T
00:19:34HAVE EMPLOYER-BASED COVERAGE.
ADULTS WITH PREEXITING
00:19:39CONDITIONS, RINNE ARE NOT IN
THE HIGH RISK POOL.
00:19:44THE HIGH RISK POOL IS HELPING
AROUND 2,100 VERY HAPPY OHIOANS
00:19:51, BUT MANY MORE PEOPLE WITH
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS ARE NOT
00:19:58ELIGIBLE FOR THE HIGH RISK POOL
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
00:20:03UNINSURED FOR SIX MONTHS.
SO THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH
00:20:06HIGH COSTS, OR THEY CAN'T
AFFORD THE HIGH RISK FOOL AND
00:20:09THEY ARE GOING WITHOUT
INSURANCE.
00:20:10IF THE LAW IS STRUCK, 82,000
YOUNG ADULTS LOSE THEIR FAMILY
00:20:17COVERAGE.
WE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE ON
00:20:20MEDICAL CARE -- A QUARTER OF
MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES IN HIGH
00:20:26REACH THE DOUGNUT HOLE.
IT IS DEMAM TUESDAY --
00:20:33CALAMITOUS FOR SO MANY.
THE END OF THE LIFETIME CAP IN
00:20:39COVERAGE.
NOWADAYS IF YOU HAVE A SERIOUS
00:20:44ILLNESS THAT REQUIRES SEVERAL
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
00:20:47YOU CAN EASILY RACK UP $1
MILLION IN COSTS.
00:20:50IT HAPPENS TO NEWBORN BABIES,
WHO MAY DO FINE MEDLEY, BUT
00:20:57MONEY POLICIES HAVE $1 MILLION
CAPS, MEANING YOUR INSURANCE IS
00:21:01OVER.
>> WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE,
00:21:04ACTUALLY, 80% TO 85% OF
AMERICANS HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE
00:21:10THROUGH PLAYERS, MEDICARE,
MEDICADE AND VARIOUS OTHER
00:21:15PROGRAMS.
THE 30 MCGEE OR 40 MILLION --
00:21:2030 MILLION OR 40 MILLION
AMERICANS WHO DO NOT HAVE
00:21:24ACCESS NEED OPTIONS.
THE VAST MAJORITY DO HAVE
00:21:28COVERAGE.
THE SYSTEM THEY HAVE COVERAGE
00:21:30IN AT TIMES CAN BE
DYSFUNCTIONAL AND NEED SOME
00:21:35REFORM, 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
00:21:43HEALTH INSURANCE, BUT IT IS NOT
ENOUGH TO COVER THE NEED.
00:21:47IT IS PROHIBITIVE IN TERMS OF
COST?
00:21:49>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT IS WHY THE ISSUE OF HOW
00:21:51YOU DEAL WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE
MAYBE A PREEXITING MEDICAL
00:21:57CONDITION OR PEOPLE WHO DO BUMP
UP TO LIFETIME CAPS ON THE
00:22:05POLICY.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THERE IS
00:22:07A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR IN THE
COMMUNITY.
00:22:09IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER
OR NOT HEALTH CARE REFORM IS
00:22:13NECESSARY AND NEEDED.
IT IS.
00:22:15AGAIN, IT IS HOW WE GET THERE.
>> IF THIS LAW IS REPEALED, WE
00:22:22GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
WE GO BACK TO THE DAYS WHERE
00:22:25INSURANCE COMPANIES MAKE THE
RULES FOR PEOPLE.
00:22:28MANY PEOPLE ARE SHUT OUT
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
00:22:321.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN OHIO NOW
ARE REPORTED AS NOT HAVING
00:22:38INSURANCE.
FEWER THAN HALF OF SMALL
00:22:40BUSINESSES ARE OFFERING
COVERAGE.
00:22:42THIS NEW EXCHANGE WOULD GIVE
THEM RELIEF.
00:22:44WE GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE AND
START ALL OVER AGAIN IN A
00:22:51DYSFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM.
THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE
00:22:56LAWS.
WHEN YOU PASS A LAW, YOU HAVE
00:22:59TO FIX IT OVER THE YEARS.
LET'S MAKE THE REPAIRS OVER
00:23:03THIS 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
00:23:13REFORM?
WOULD THERE BE A FLURRY OF
00:23:16BILLS?
>> WOULD BE IT BE SOMETHING NO
00:23:19ONE WANTS TO TOUCH?
>> I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE
00:23:22A FLURRY OF BILLS.
THERE MAY BE A FLURRY THAT
00:23:25WOULD BITE AROUND THE EDGING.
BUT YOU REALLY NEED
00:23:30COMPREHENSIVE REFORM TO MEET --
TO ADDRESS THE MULTITUDE OF
00:23:34COMPLEX PROBLEMS IN OUR SOCIETY
RELATED TO OUTRAGEOUS HEALTH
00:23:40CARE COSTS, UNFAIR INSURANCE
RULES, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD
00:23:44COVERAGE.
YOU NEED COMPREHENSIVE REFORM.
00:23:47AND SO WE WILL BE WITHOUT THE
COVERAGE EXPANSION.
00:23:50THERE IS A HUGE APPETITE FOR
FIXING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM,
00:23:54BUT THERE IS NOT THE POLITICAL
AGREEMENT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
00:23:58EXPAND COVERAGE FOR ALL OF THE
UNINSURED.
00:24:01SO THERE'S A LOT THAT IS
HAPPENING IN TERMS OF MAKING
00:24:04HEALTH CARE OF HIGHER VALUE
THAT WILL GO ON WITHOUT IT.
00:24:08I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO
SEE COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION
00:24:11ANY TIME SOON IF THIS GOES
DOWN.
00:24:13>> THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
ISSUES TO TALK ABOUT, FOR
00:24:17EXAMPLE THE MILLIONS WHO DON'T
HAVE INSURANCE, THE POPULAR
00:24:20PARTS AND UNPOPULAR PARTS.
WE WILL PICK THAT UP NEXT WEEK.
00:24:24THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
00:24:28FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO
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00:24:31THANKS FOR WATCHING.
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00:24:44WE 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
00:25:06THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR
NEWELL -- ?
00:25:14>> HEROES TODAY, WE MIGHT OF A
MONUMENT, A FLAG, OR A HIGHWAY
00:25:20NAMED AFTER A HERO.
IT IS SOMEONE WE EMULATE, AND
00:25:24SOMEONE WE FOLLOW.
BUT WHAT THEY DID FOR OTHER
00:25:27PEOPLE IN SERVING THEIR FELLOW
MAN, THAT IS FOR ETERNITY.
00:25:35? THE LAND OF THE FREE
AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ?
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