How much income should be too much to qualify for government-subsidized health insurance? In New Jersey, a family with two children can qualify if they make up to $70,000 a year. President Bush says that's way too much. On our next program, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D) will make New Jersey's case. Also, the history of flight attendants, voting rights on trial in Port Chester, New York, and a look at black women and mental health.
John Authors, US Investment editor for the Financial Times talks about why the Dow and the global markets took a plunge
Frank Pallone, Jr., Congressman (D-NJ 6th), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, speaks about efforts to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Liz Sadler, municipal reporter at The Journal News, and Randolph McLaughlin, professor of law at Pace University Law School, on the legal challenge facing Port Chester's election system and whether it discriminates against minority candidates
Kathleen Barry, historian and the author of, Femininity in Flight: A History of Flight Attendants (Duke University Press, 2007) talks about how the history of flight attendants reflects overall changes in women's roles in American society.
Femininity in Flight is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Diane Brown, executive director of the Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ and Barbara Jones Warren, associate clinical professor at Ohio State University and Executive Nurse at the Ohio Health Department discuss the high rate of depression among African American women and why their health needs are not being met
Jim Trippon, Editor-in-chief, China Stock Digest talks about why China's government sent the market sliding
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