. >> next on "after words" physician and analyst elisabeth rosenthal examines the business side of healthcare. in her book and american sickness healthcare became big business and how you can take it back. dr. rosenthal looks at the rising costs for medical services and offers guidance to consumers on how to better navigate the healthcare system. she is interviewed by doctor david blumenthal president of the commonwealth fund. >> hello. it is a pleasure to be here with you. i want to congratulate you on an incredible readable and thorough review of problems of

taylor examineed college campus sexual assault policy and dr. elisabeth rosenthal editor and chief of kaiser health news reported on the current state of health care. in the coming weeks, new america president and ceo will examine how technology is impacting foreign affairs. and minnesota senator and former saturday night live cast member will discuss his campaign. and a report on how low and moderate income families manage money. and ben sass argues america's youth are not prepared for adulthood. >> i wanted to spend time to get to know the people and figure out why the senate doesn't work. i interviewed a majority of senators in private to get to know them well. i am one of the three or four most conservative members by voting record but i am pretty unpartisan. i want to know what motivates these people and why doesn't the senate deliberate and why are we not talking about the portability of benefits when millennials are going to change jobs faster and faster? i realize there are collective action problems i would summarize as saying as we move into the this post-industrial moment,

discusses racial inequality. and dr. elisabeth rosenthal editor and chief of kaiser health news reported on the current state of health care. new america president and ce 0 will examine how technology is impacting foreign affairs. and minnesota former and former saturday night campaign cast member, al franken, will talk about his canidacy. and ben sas argues youth are not prepared for adulthood. >> i wanted to get to know the people and figure out why insth senate works. i interviewed a majority of senators to get to know them. i am not very partisan. i don't think either party is impressive. i was indifferent to republican and democrat. i wanted to know the people and know why the senate doesn't deliberate and why are we not tackling the chances and talking about the portability of benefits in an area where millennials will change jobs faster and faster. i realized there are substantial collective activation problems and i would say local communities and mediated institutions are being hollowed out. most americans are politically disengaged. there is a lot of loneliness in america but most

and analyst elisabeth rosenthal examines the business side of healthcare. in her book and american sickness healthcare became big business and how you can take it back. dr. rosenthal looks at the rising costs for medical services and offers guidance to consumers on how to better navigate the healthcare system. she is interviewed by doctor david blumenthal president of the commonwealth fund. >> hello. it is a pleasure to be here with you. i want to congratulate you on an incredible readable and thorough review of problems of our healthcare system and proposals for some solutions. i have questions for you based on my background as a physician and of course also as an occasional patient.first i would like to ask a couple of questions. the first one is what did you write this book? and why did you write it now? >> as you know i work for a couple of years on a series in "the new york times". my first in that series was the commonwealth fund to learn a bit more about the system and how it had gotten so - during that series we had a lot of patients stories through social media. and at the