Carefirst Blue Cross/Blue Shield, is the largest private health insurance company in the Washington Metro area. And it has been since the 1950s, when it was just Blue Cross. Unfortunately, even though it is TECHNICALLY still a non-profit, ostensibly dedicated to the general health welfare of our citizens, the behavior of it's CEO ( who receives mega-bucks for leading a NOT-FOR-PROFIT organization , AND it's Board of Directors belies this beneficent exterior. $268 Million in over-charges is due back to it's customers, but in DC, Carefirst CLAIMS IT ALREADY GAVE THE MONEY BACK, IN SPITE OF ASSERTIONS BY THE DC HEALTH COMMISSIONER TO THE CONTRARY!! Boy, if you just only knew the unbelievable level of corruption going on in Washington DC, the Nation's Capitol!
Media Watch on Hunger and Poverty – Land Poor1
The United Nations examines how people are forced off their land, or don't even have ANY LAND AT ALL, to even do subsistance farming. Having a decade devoted to Land Reform, has not done a lot to help poor people, especially in India, Bangladesh, Central & South America. This translates to over 1 BILLION people who are landless, and therfore forced to survive in cheap labor economies.
Media Watch on Hunger and Poverty – Refugee Women
The extreme suffering of refugee women is examined here, as aid is given to these desperate women. The United Nations Specialized Agencies, especially the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR), has won the Nobel Peace Prize-- TWICE!!!- 1951 AND 1978. You will see that, before WW II, there were NO international organizations, except the Red Cross, that did ANYTHING, to help women in the throes of war. This is why the Un MUST be supported!!!
Michelle Raes Music Music Music Out & About Series
Michelle Rae steps outside the studio doors to explore the streets of Nashville. First stop- the beautiful Sweetbriar Recording Studio. Get a quick glimpse of the studio inside and out, you will get to see more of the studio and meet the owner, Mark Thompson in a future Out & About episode, so keep watching. Michelle then heads back downtown to Layla's Bluegrass Inn on Broadway for some more country tunes from Tom Buller and Just Plain Trouble Band. This time around you will enjoy songs like-Wine Colored Roses, The King is Gone (And So Are You) and Before You Kill Us All.
Media Watch on Hunger and Poverty -Refugee Children
Refugees International is a long heralded non-governmental humanitarian rescue organization, founded to help refugees survive, regardless of their location. This program covers the South American country of Columbia. Few people realize that Columbia has several MILLION people who are refugees, both internally and externally displaced. Although their situation has improved a tinsy, tiny bit since this program first aired, the causes, and solutions to their dilemma still stand. A surprise for most people, is that Columbia, not Honduras or El Salvador, or even Mexico, has the largest number of Refugees in Central or South America.