John Dingell: Starbucks spends more money on health insurance then they do on coffee

Rep. of Michigan, John Dingell is giving examples of how companies in the United States are spending more money on their health plans then they are are the products they sell.
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Lois Capps: If I can't afford a television I won't die from it, I can't say the same for health plans

Rep. of California, Lois Capps, is talking about the difference between being able to afford a new television and being able to afford health insurance.
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Ms. Edwards: Chairman, do you know how many ER's don't cover health insurance?

Ms. Elizabeth Edwards is talking to the New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone about the overwhelming amounts of hospitals that don't take middle class families health plans.
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Ellen Ratner Interviews Congressman Chet Edwards

Former Vice- Presidential hopeful Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas) discusses Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) choice of Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) as his running mate with Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner. He also discusses his congressional district and issues facing Americans. Edwards answers questions about the current energy crisis as well as the American health care system and claims that it is not impossible for Sen. Obama to win Texas in the November election (5:17).
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Rep. Deal: Medicaid needs more than superficial change

Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) allocating $15 billion additional tax dollars towards Medicaid without increasing accountability concerns him, saying Medicaid funding needs reform instead of superficial measures that will not fix “entitlement spending.” (0:46)
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Rep. Pallone: More Medicaid will save health care jobs

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) promotes increasing federal funding to state Medicaid programs by saying that jobs in health care are put at risk when states are forced to cut their Medicaid programs, causing increased unemployment and economic instability. (0:34)
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Prevent stomach stapling by building supermarkets

Opening a super market is a good way to prevent health problems and bring a community together, says Larry Cohen, Founder and Executive Direction of the Prevention Institute. (1:00)
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Millions of U.S. children lack access to health care, says founder of Every Child Matters

Founder of Every Child Matters Michael Petit says that millions of U.S. children lack access to health care. Petit says that the child investment gap is costing America billions of dollars in productivity and that children are lacking the opportunity to make the most of their lives. Petit notes that Americans want more investment in their children and that the government has a moral responsibility towards providing for health, education and safety of children. (0:58)
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Women forced to choose: feed children or buy prescriptions

Co-President of the National Women's Law Center Marcia Greenberger states that our current health care system fails to meet the basic needs of women. Many are forced to choose between feeding their children and buying prescription drugs, staying with an abusive spouse and losing health insurance and even between losing their home and losing their battle with cancer. (1:00)
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Health care is key for academic success

Reg Weaver, President of the National Education Association (NEA) says that it is shameful to have 9 million children without health care insurance. He states that providing health care for children improves performance in schools, which better prepares them for the working world later in life. (:41)
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McCain says his plan for health care is "affordable and portable"

Presumptive presidential nominee John McCain speaking at the League for United Latin American Citizens. He says that he has a plan that will make healthcare both affordable and portable, by making the insurance companies lower their prices and compete with each other. (0:29)
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Congressman Clyburn: Testifying on behalf of those who don’t have health care

Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) relates a personal experience to the importance of health care. Clyburn talks about his wife’s heart attack and five vessel bypass surgery which would have never been performed if her health care did not cover a second opinion. Clyburn says that the doctors took that second look “not because of what her disease was but because of who she was.” (1:31)
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Congresswoman Capps: “Dismayed” and “horrified” by U.S. health care

Vice Chairman Lois Capps (D-Calif.) talks about H.R. 3014, the “Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007.” Capps says that the U.S. “needs this bill more than ever.” She also says that she is dismayed and even horrified at how far the U.S. lags behind other industrialized countries in terms of infant and maternal mortality rates and other “quality of life measures.” (0:59)
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Obama to go extra mile on health care?

Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) who is supporting presumptive Democratic Nominee Sen. Barack Obama thinks he’ll be fare when it comes to dealing with America’s health care crisis. Baucus stopped short of saying that he believes Obama would be able to fix the nations health care problem. (0:18)
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Senator says employer based health care is vanishing

Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) speaks at the health care conference today. He said that the employer based health care is vanishing, even though 60 percent of employees are covered by employers and like their coverage. But employers are paying a lot for coverage and will not be able to continue that int he future. Smith said that Congress should pass a resolution to strengthen and build upon employer coverage. (1:09)
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Kerry says health care system is "out of whack"

Sen. John Kerry(D-Mass.) speaks about the large number of uninsured Americans and the government run and private health care system, which are both quite high and needs to be changed, the health care system is “out of whack an unsustainable.. Kerry says that Congress will need to change the way we work with health care. (1:28)
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Universal coverage benefits all

Aetna CEO Ron Williams says that insurance works best when healthy people support the sick in anticipation of being sick one day themselves. Williams adds that an individual coverage requirement would not only insure everyone but that it would also prevent uninsured people from driving up the cost of insurance when they suddenly find themselves in need of care. (1:02)
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One in US$6 spent on health care

Stuart Butler, Ph. D. says that currently one out of every six U.S. dollars is spent on health care. In twenty years, he estimates that one out of every three U.S. dollars will be spent on health care. (0:49)
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Your vote matters

At a health care panel, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) says the opinion of small business owners is necessary to give the Senate and the new president something to work with when he takes office. (1:07)
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Call for proactive government

Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) expresses her concern that the government is too crisis-oriented and should be more proactive with regards to health care.
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