Maqw Transcript: Jerome Adams on Face the Nation, March 8, 2020
President Trump said Tuesday that he wants America back open by Easter, signaling impatience with the economic slowdown and stock market drops brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. His comments quickly sparked concern from lawmakers and health experts.In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Norah O Donnell, Dr. Tom Inglesby, the directo
stanley cup r of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, weighed in on the president s proposed timeline.Read O Donnel
stanley cup l s interview with Dr. Inglesby below. Norah O Donnell: The president said today he wants the country opened by Easter. That s 19 days from now. Is that a realistic goal Dr. Tom Inglesby: So I think it s too soon to say where we will be by Easter. But I think it s going to take at least until Easter to even begin to see the impact of the social distancing measures that have been put in place in the last week. And we ve heard the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, say that New York is going to reach its peak in two or three weeks. So this is far from over.Yeah, I do think we re really at the beginning of this epidemic. In Italy, not very long ago, there seemed to be quite a calm, and no evidence of cases mdash; and now, there are extraordinary numbers of sick people and dying people around the country of Italy. And we can see Washington State and New York are the beginning of what could hap
stanley cup pen in this country, around the country.I m quite worried that if we release social distanci Sxms U.S.: Suspect supervised action at Benghazi
Bernie Sanders is leading the polls in the packed field of 2020 Democratic candidates and while it s more likely to see him out on the campaign trail these days, he s back in the halls of Congress Wednesday to unveil an updated version of one of his signature proposals, Medicare for All. Once dismissed as too radical by many Democrats, it s now central to how the party talks about health care and has be
stanley cup come a common refrain of the Democratic presidential campaign. Four of his opponents in the race for president are co-sponsoring his universal health care plan in the Senate. But what is Medicare for All It guarantees, like every other major country on Earth, health care to every man, woman and child in this country, Sanders told CBS News Ed O Keefe. But when asked if his proposal is considered socialism, Sanders, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist, denied it. No.
stanley cup Actually it is not. It s similar to what the Canadians have, he said. Under the Sanders plan, all Americans would be covered by a government-backed program like Medicare. All necessary health care would be covered -- but at a cost. Some put the price tag at $25 to $32 tr
salomon illion over the next decade. What s expensive and what s unsustainable is the current health care system, Sanders said of the potential cost. We are spending twice as much per capita as any other nation. Sanders said Medicare for All would get rid of insurance companies and drug companies
