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What kind of health insurance reform do people really want? Governor-elect Spitzer has promised universal coverage for New York State, but what kind? We will dig deep into the poll numbers to see how people really feel about single payer, individual mandates and other ways to get there. Also, can realism and ethics coexist in U.S. foreign policy?
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Realism Without Cynicism
John Hulsman, former senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation and co-author
with
Anatol Lieven, senior research fellow at the New America Foundation, of
Ethical Realism: A Vision for America's Role in the World (Pantheon, 2006)
-come together to argue for a new direction in U.S. foreign policy that combines realism with morality.
Ethical Realism is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Dangerous Construction
Lou Coletti president of the Building Trades Employers' Association
and
Jonathan Bennett, public affairs director for New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH)
Nadia Maria Molina says small construction firms break law and hire non-english speaking, non-union workers.
Across the Universe
Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis in the Harvard
University School of Public Health and the Kennedy School of
Government
- reviews polling data on the various means to achieving universal health coverage
then
Drew Armstrong, Health reporter for CQ Today
- on the outlook in Congress for health care reform, including Sen. Wyden's (D-OR) proposal for universal coverage
Read results of a WNYC/Pace Poll about voter opinons on universal health care
The results from a WNYC/Pace Poll about voter opinions on universal health care (Word Doc)
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