Charlie Baker

" Errands for room. Good morning is -- I do morning. That's the last day of the workweek for those who work in traditional workweek order a percentage of the population that is not. Getting smaller all the time it is sunny but the weather's a little shaky. Looking good though for salary and sandy beach perhaps all right Tom is. Just saying hello to our guess who's coming in studio that is Charlie Baker the Republican and there. Who is running for governor against some -- Patrick very interest in race shaping up because. Nobody knows Charlie may curious and he's already leading in the polls the pressure is why didn't anybody -- light. What happens when he's a big shot at it went right to his already what do you mean you went hit yet nothing's happened yet. Well it. Snow's hello good morning Charlie Arianna I'm fine thanks for coming this is -- very plugged in this headphones -- and -- said he's already -- I give a high -- to make a more comfortable -- a big guys -- What's gonna has campaigned on your way around what 36 hours into it -- like 48 or 54 euphoria OK so Steve we only spent about half are bashing you thus far. I appreciate that -- stuff pop up."

" Actually I do listen to you could do I don't like I was in her and -- can -- origami in June while I think it's my -- has some cool. Okay so idea very wrestling guy I play well yeah and these well they're really close out a big shot listened. Here is -- okay Charlie Baker I'm running for governor. Welcome to my website have been mocking your website I don't know that I totally get that but the thing people should -- that. Doesn't always has currency. Yeah I guess I don't include god I. The -- deserves everything that Larry had me. --"

" He knows campaign's been up and running for a couple of days and since I was coming from the private sector and deciding to do this I couldn't actually. And from my next opera as well I held my current one so -- really in day three of the -- campaign mode everything including things like put an organization together finding space raising money trying to put his staff together so that -- so it was basically -- by. You want your Illinois one of the kids just. I ask you -- a sort of get a basic message up there to start within. And I'm you know I'm a big believer in the in the Internet and then I wrote a blogger hasn't covered program and I think it's a huge opportunity to engage in a big broad public discussion and and by the time this thing really it's Roland we expect to have I'm very sophisticated interactive site that people are going to be able live. Do all kinds more than gonna pull any punches -- try it then we -- right we go right to the tough questions your favorite rock band of all time."

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" Boston Globe you -- quoted as saying no new taxes everything's on the table including this legendary model. Healthcare I think that we have -- ET ER ER expertise wanna win of the feels in your expertise is health care what is it about -- Legislation. That has you worried as a potential governor."

" I think true I think anybody is now worried about health care who's worried about budgets is not paying attention because obviously health -- is a huge problem for every budget for every municipal budgets every state budget for read employers budget. That I think the affordability question is something we talked about a lot but have trouble sort of engaging fully -- and and I think that has to be fundamental to the conversation another."

" This is another they're Lucille Whelan has destroyed our president Obama's attempts to get new universal health care passed. Well then and in the Nittany you know the federal government is going to be picking up the tab for everything. If you were to undo the socialized medicine model here in Massachusetts what would you see happen --"

" Well I'm not saying there would quote undo it I mean I think generally speaking as a framework it's not a bad framework for a moment I think you know depending. If you define success is getting people covered it's pretty hard to argue with success of the program has had more success and certainly it any other program and any other state in the country -- government -- giving away money. But I don't know if we call it success well -- the original the original goal here was preserve the federal wherever which they accomplished. Give more people covered which they accomplished and create -- operating structure through. To bring people into the system the place where I think we haven't succeeded -- we haven't we haven't succeeded on the affordability in the cost peace. And we haven't succeeded in been truly creating a more. Transparent marketplace them have been. Thing in the table on this issue about public disclosure around cost and quality do now for five years then we've been. Movement we haven't been walking into the space we've been crawling into it and I think you can't have an intelligent conversation about what to do but the cost of health care. Until you get pretty public about the data associated with the cost of health care which remembered."

" And Joe is to a reform and necessary upon a good deal of the doctors will come in here and say wedeman and estado for the 150000. All malpractice premium I got my medical -- in my medical well -- right. Medical school debt. So on and so forth. I'm pretty skilled guy do neurosurgery whatever and they say gotta I gotta practice defensively because of many of my ass sued off and then you know the attorneys all the attorneys in -- listen in right now and -- What state you're gonna do on tort reform."

" I think tort reform should be part of the conversation to and and an eight. You know this is an instant topic because. You -- from from a lot of different points of view depending upon where near the patient or. For the physician nor the Payer should associated with our last hum and I think it's one of those issues that should be cut -- conversation."

" My iPod is loading up their guns right now on you when you're a guy -- them ahead of a healthy and she's on the other Republicans -- Hot hot hot hot hot hot chocolate maybe a little bit more clear the democratic try to loading up the guns on you. India -- you've -- the CEO of health insurance company over the -- over a period of time. Every health insurance company denies -- claim you know there's going to be stories coming out where people say well in all my summoned -- had leukemia are and how would build them denied treatment by AM my mother was die and and they said hey go die -- call on or whatever it'll be the kind of the pathetic stories -- to be and still be a dimension of accuracy in the press will gleefully report. You are in a tough spot -- coming from up. And industry that I guess is always put on the defense of how do you plan to navigate those waters."

" Farm programs from the number one health plan in the country for member satisfaction for five years in Rome based on them -- variety of pretty would cinema studies and Massachusetts Saddam is one of the states who has. An independent third party review for any clinical decision made by any health plan. Around -- benefit or clinical as she can take your right to the EPA's today the appeals made. And and the DPH who put it out to an independent panel of experts in -- decision. Right away and then the Clinton Massachusetts actually supported that we thought that was a good idea."

" You disagree with Nancy Pelosi who said yesterday that the insurance companies are the villains there of the problem in this whole situation."

" I don't think you know frankly it's time I don't think -- any villains that I don't think trying to create -- solves a heck of a lot of problems mean. What's the biggest from we have -- health care. Is very little publicly reveal more information about what's driving the cost of the system and in the absence of that it's pretty hard to fix what -- information the you have that we don't have that would -- makes things clearer in your mind. Well I think we should I think we should have publicly available data on the costs of pretty much everything. But as Medicaid pay what is Medicare pay what of the private. Insurers today. For particular service provided by a particular provider what are the results of those services what was."

" You really are taught right now he wanted to navigator system let's say he needs an appendectomy he's going to be pan out of pocket can he say -- hospital since they have as good a result says Beth Israel and they each have better results then dealt. Some of the hospital away my guess is that while the others that information out different got a massage I know it's nothing -- brand."

" And in addition to that you know everybody says well no one's gonna shop for services but. The flip side this is I would like to be in a position where I can talk to my -- to have a procedure -- Who's really -- performing certain amount procedures who's not really."

" Like you would -- anything else exactly how much and Charlie makers with a send over your -- his running for. Governor bill what is the biggest. Void in the market place as you look at the leadership we have on the sale right now you wanna fill something that's missing in the marketplace what is it."

" I think yeah I think balance is the biggest -- we have in the marketplace I think. The one that we've we have a little experiment here one party rule Massachusetts for the past few years and you put that up against you these political balance that's what helped you put that up for -- you --"

" Not enough Democrats. How how it's still a Republican and subtract. Not entirely sure how it's gonna monochrome so not a -- Sean no that's -- Democrats him and telling me if only we have 100% control how can we usually -- ourselves and we feel left alone cannot."

" How about pensions what she game plan on pensions you bid for your critical of the government of first signing what I think you described as only a modest. Improvement yes and -- some of the worst of the abuses of the pension system off the table yeah but the simple truth is to pension system in Massachusetts. I'm can be changed by a vote of local pension board can be changed by. Vote of one of the state boards and it can be changed by a single oil legislation and then until we get to the point where we you know create a framework that says. He can't change anything and the pension system without doing some kind of financial analysis of what the impact of that is going to be and have their process in some way. The opportunity for. These abuses to to to sort of find their way back into the system is always there I mean it's literally. -- ability to have you know that the game of the frog gets at the carnival you just have to keep. -- Yeah okay all you -- the media writes the story about you know how can you can you believe this actually happened here and then. Eventually we get around to sort of doing something about it and then three or four years later I mean -- mean. -- we've been reading stories about abuses in this disabilities and disability pension for how long -- yes I mean twenty years -- gone -- for any services -- the ball you -- the legislature will lack the mile and an idea that pops out I think the systemic cancer is you can't change the pensions system. Without financial analysis done by some independent entity that knows what they're talking about about what every change means that is likely. To do total cost of consciences tell they'll."

" A woman as you wanna make a pitch on your own behalf introduce yourself to the people Massachusetts. Sure you you're Mormon you sort of like -- hi I'm Charlie."

" Hello I'm telling her you're telling Mossad. I would say I would say there. Thanks locker -- how safe I would say two things one is that the primary reason they get into this race was must a lot of time talking to employers. Of all sizes in Massachusetts over the last few years in my former former job. Most zooms in Massachusetts is an incredibly hard place to do business it's not a bad place to start a business it's a really hard place to scale business. I sort of look him in a much of employment data because of this Massachusetts doesn't creating net new job in ten years. And we've only created about a 100000 jobs over 300 there are three million. Person job base in the past twenty years so it's basically a 5% increase in total employment Massachusetts. Over twenty -- what's the root of that. The really high cost of practically everything they're really tough regulatory environment high energy costs high housing trust my health care costs. Higher repair and and beat and so the other thing that's -- because this our population isn't growing at all. And even more important than that is are over 45 population continues to grow because those folks -- sort of are -- victim here. That are eighteen to 45 year old population has been following for years. -- sort of a sports analogy on the swim from people talked about the fact that the great thing about the Red Sox -- when the Red Sox play in other parts of the country. There's many Red Sox fans in the stands is there are so called -- fans. Well I don't think -- that's saddens me because I don't think those are people who grew up in Florida Orlando Orange, California or Illinois or some other places so we decided to become Red Sox fans. You're here why Arizona -- Houston -- here and or whose parents used to be here and who left but retain their allegiance to the to the local team and I think -- Massachusetts doesn't take seriously use this notion of creating opportunity for people to be able to agree you know graduate from school and then and then put down their stake in men and and then make Massachusetts where they choose to make their wives. Hum border BM. Really big trouble and this is a sort of thing that's kind of a drip drip drip and you don't really realize how much premiering until it's too late to do anything about it. And that means for me you have to solve the fiscal problem and you have to make getting the economy back parents feed your number one priority."

" All right that sounds good Shirley baker thanks for coming in first time we'll see you a lot -- know you're -- transportation education the economy helped get all those things we'll get you back. I don't know if you're willing will do a mug coordinates and simply put to music community thinks in numerous unless the parent I'm -- ask -- What is it welcome there's no that's a great choice and I saw right well we're all all officially endorsed Charlie -- I attended and I thought I yeah. Memory for up to -- complement each other so well enough from married here in the great state of passengers and spirits veterans Feinberg."