ELECTION LANDSCAPE: With Mitt Romney's win in yesterday's Michigan presidential primary we look ahead to the next contests in Nevada and South Carolina and check in on last night's democratic debate with Richard Wolffe, senior White House correspondent for Newsweek magazine. HEALTHCARE REFORM: Do away with Medicare and Medicaid and give everyone annual vouchers for health insurance, based on need. That is the prescription for healthcare reform from Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff, who joins us to discuss his new book "The Healthcare Fix." DR. JUDAH FOLKMAN: We look back at the pioneering cancer work of Dr. Judah Folkman who died unexpectedly Monday en route to a medical conference. We talk with Dr. Donald Ingber, the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Children's Hospital in Boston and Here and Now's former Health and Science reporter Allan Coukell about Folkman's life, his research and his legacy. FREECYCLE: We speak with Deron Beal, founder and exec

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[0:05:12] ... and this beacons caucuses Richard thank you here. Well the need for health care reform was mentioned in passing last night's democratic Canadian has been a theme on the trail our next guest says he ...

[0:05:58] ... plan to create a huge government bureaucracy his book is called health care fix and we want to ask -- here in the studio welcome Mary. It's great to be here let's start with ...

[0:06:16] ... from the government there's no longer. Medicare Medicaid and the employer based health care system. We're starting from scratch everybody gets a voucher in October by a January 1 they've used the vouchers to buy health insurance policy from an insurance company. Which will cover them for the course of the year and the key thing about this voucher is that in. If you're perfectly healthy get a small voucher if you're somebody with a pre existing condition like diabetes you get a big doctor so the size of the voucher will be based on your expected health care costs. Can -- get bigger as you get older because I'm thinking you might be healthy unpleasant and not absolutely every ...

[0:10:18] ... say also that this year plan will get employers out of the health insurance business and some employers are being strangled by have been some would say. You know they're already getting out of it ...

[0:10:47] ... 49 million people uninsured we have a total complete mess in the health care system. We need to have -- sufficient sensible system which fix the underlying problem with this market went on the market ...

[0:11:54] ... is present -- voucher. I'm not going to recommend some health care -- because I get that money from the voucher -- know how much money. This person could bring to my company. ...

[0:12:08] ... cost. Medicaid is in effect giving people out signing people up with health care plans this is -- as part D Medicare is signing people open insurance companies we're talking about. A system mystery in ...

[0:13:15] ... American would get a voucher and go out -- buy their own health insurance and he just said he thinks the insurance companies. -- competing bring down the cost the current asking. If you're gonna ...

[0:13:47] ... new book is called the healthcare fix in India argues for universal health insurance for all Americans. By getting rid of Medicare and Medicaid and instead had in the government give every American annual vouchers to buy health insurance based on their need. And that need to be determined by the government insurers would be required to offer basic policy to everyone. Cut cut cut -- says that would stop what he calls the adverse selection that's going on now in. Companies cherry pick the healthiest and least costly people to ensure. A professor -- couples says the tax system we need to be overhauled replaced with a single flat -- sales and services in this country. In order to help pay for the vouchers. That's keep telling a federal health economists say that private insurers typically have higher administrative costs than Medicare Europe planned. It seems has not one but now it would have to agencies which would decide what health care you need for the government which we decide how well you are. You know or how secure are determine how much ...

[0:15:35] ... building in Washington DC -- picture a big floor and HHS building health and human services. And there's just this little computer collecting all this information and doing all the risk adjusting and then sending out the vouchers doesn't you have to become a human. And that's that's one of the things it does were people that it's just to computers sitting in Washington deciding their healthissues. Well I don't be a panel that would really decide if this particular procedure should be you know weapons whether heart transplants ...

[0:17:44] ... just the Iraq war but it also these is out of control health care stunning real Social Security which is 20% under fund -- so we have a huge fiscal crisis looming ahead. And this ...

[0:18:17] ... candidates oppose mandates they're focusing on tax breaks to help people afford health care what's wrong with that incremental thinking. ...

[0:18:55] ... are. And the democratic proposals yes are trying to get to universal health care but let's just get there let's just do it the Medicaid system mr. herbal for the participants as soon as you're a little bit of money you lose your health benefits that's why we were in effect trapping people of poverty let us just simply. Take them anywhere ready spending in this ...

[0:20:15] ... of economics at Boston University. An author of the new book the health care fix Larry thanks for coming and talked about it and my pleasure. ...

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