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Featured Segments
Jon Kingsdale, director of Massachusetts’ Commonwealth Health Care Connector.
Host Sheilah Kast talks with Jon Kingsdale about the challenges of providing health care for all citizens of Massachusetts, and what other states can learn from his state’s implementation of universal health care.
AARP’s John Rother and Paul Thewissen of The Netherlands join us.
John Rother, AARP’s Director of Policy and Strategy, and Paul Thewissen, Counselor of Health, Welfare, and Sport for the Dutch Embassy in Washington discuss what the U.S. can learn about universal health care from The Netherlands
Sarah Leuck from the Wall Street Journal joins Sheilah Kast and John Rother.
We examine how the British system operates and discuss whether a “single payer” system could work in the United States.
John Rother, Sarah Leuck, and Sheilah Kast continue their discussion on reforming the U.S. health care system.
We take a look at Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) Healthy American Act proposal before Congress and whether or not Health Information Technology will play an important roll in health care reform.
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The Federal Stimulus Package
Understand the payments that are part of the 2008 federal stimulus package, and make sure you get what's coming to you.
Foreclosure
Inside E Street talks with Rep. Barney Frank to get the latest on what Congress is doing to stem the foreclosure tide
Healthcare and Medicare
Inside E Street examines the latest Medicare and Social Security Boards of Trustees Report and things don’t look good for Medicare.
Protecting Your Nest Egg
Watch as Inside E Street examines your savings and investments in this uncertain economy.
The Candidates on Healthcare
Presidential Candidates discuss their vision for the future of healthcare in the US.
Sarah Leuck from the Wall Street Journal joins Sheilah Kast and John Rother.
We examine how the British system operates and discuss whether a “single payer” system could work in the United States.
The Host
Through most of her distinguished reporting career, Sheilah Kast has focused on the economy and workplace and how they affect people's lives. Well known to viewers of public television, ABC News, and CNN, she has covered the White House and Congress.
Kast also reported on the Washington aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Her stories included an investigation of anthrax in the mails and the struggles of bereaved Pentagon families to secure benefits.
At The Washington Star, in her first reporting job, Kast covered financial regulation, taxes, and energy. Her expertise in these important issues eventually led her to start a national public-television show, "This Week in Business," which she hosted in association with Business Week magazine.
Ms. Kast is a skilled interviewer. She has often hosted NPR'S Weekend Edition Sunday and has her own current-affairs interview show on public radio in Maryland.
Guests
Jon Kingsdale- Executive Director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority
an independent authority established under Massachusetts’ landmark health reform legislation of 2006, to promote coverage of the uninsured. As a senior executive at the Tufts Health Plans for almost twenty years, he was responsible for strategic planning, product development, public affairs and government relations. He received a doctorate in economic history from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Boston University School of Public Health.
Paul Thewissen-Counselor of Health, Welfare, and Sport, The Embassy of the Netherlands
Paul Thewissen is a Master of Arts in Public Health Sciences and Master of Law. He studied at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and specialized in management of health care, heath care policies, patient rights and ethical issues. Prior to his assignment in Washington, Paul Thewissen worked for six years at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport on the reform of the Dutch health care system.
John Rother, AARP Director of Policy and Strategy
Mr. Rother is an authority on health care, long-term care, Social Security, pensions, and employment policies.
Sarah Leuck- Health Policy Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
A graduate of the University of Iowa, Ms. Leuck covers health policy, concentrating on the Medicare program.
Rick Dunham
Washington Bureau Chief of the Houston Chronicle
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