Medicare Meltdown

Rosemary Gibson

Rosemary Gibson talked about her book, "Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It", in which she looks at the future of Medicare.

Rosemary Gibson was Senior Program Officer at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She has led national initiatives to improve the quality of America’s health care and reduce the harm from medical errors.
Source: C-SPAN: Book Discussion on Medicare Meltdown

Chris Dodd

Chris Dodd's FISA Speech

Chris Dodd is an American lawyer, lobbyist and U.S. Senator representing Connecticut. He served in Congress from 1975 to 2011.

FISA is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act which regulates the physical and electronic surveillance and collection of intelligence within the U.S by the government.
Source: Free Info Society: Dodd, Chris: FISA Speech

Next week Douglas Rushkoff talks about how the U.S. is reacting to technology.

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