Can I Kiss You?

Can I Kiss You?

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 609 , Segment 4

Episode: Ag-Gag Laws, Our Debt to Islam, Healthcare History

  • Aug 3, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 23:43 mins

(originally aired Nov. 29, 2016) Guest: Mike Domitrz, Founder of The Date Safe Project, Author of “Can I Kiss You?” and the DVD “Help! My Teen is Dating” According to Mike Domitrz, consent starts from the first kiss. Forget the romance movie notion that a kiss should happen organically when your partner is sending the right signals and you’re picking up on them and fireworks go off when you come together without exchanging a word about it. The whole idea of consent often boils down to “No means no.” It’s the concept central to nationwide discussions regarding sexual assault. But is it really that simple? That “No means no” and “Yes means yes”?

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Where Did Our Healthcare System Come from Anyway?

19 MINS

Guest: Christy Ford Chapin, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act are a shambles, so some in Congress are now searching for a more limited plan to stabilize the individual insurance market, where premiums have risen steeply. Even though the fight over Obamacare is often called a fight over “health care reform,” it’s really more about insurance reform, dictating who should get coverage and what the coverage should look like. But how did health insurance companies end up being the gatekeepers to our medical care in the first place? About 100 years ago, health insurance companies didn’t even exist in America. The story of their rise to prominence helps explain why the battle over health care reform is so intense today.

Guest: Christy Ford Chapin, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act are a shambles, so some in Congress are now searching for a more limited plan to stabilize the individual insurance market, where premiums have risen steeply. Even though the fight over Obamacare is often called a fight over “health care reform,” it’s really more about insurance reform, dictating who should get coverage and what the coverage should look like. But how did health insurance companies end up being the gatekeepers to our medical care in the first place? About 100 years ago, health insurance companies didn’t even exist in America. The story of their rise to prominence helps explain why the battle over health care reform is so intense today.