NBC Nightly News - 1991-06-05
Channel: malgent
Uploaded:
Duration: PT1688S
Read a transcript preview of “NBC Nightly News - 1991-06-05” from malgent, uploaded on 2026-01-09.
Transcript preview
Language: English (YouTube automatic captions)
[0:02] cost $500 a session. Then magnetic
[0:05] resonance imagers at $1,000 a session.
[0:08] And now PET scanners at more than $2,000
[0:11] a session. US healthcare can be best in
[0:14] the world. But for all our spending, we
[0:16] lag behind in some very basic
[0:18] statistics. The US ranks 24th among
[0:21] nations in infant mortality, ranks 20th
[0:24] in lifespan for men, 18th in lifespan
[0:27] for women. And the US is the only major
[0:30] industrialized nation in the world
[0:31] without health insurance for everyone.
[0:34] >> Everyone agrees something is wrong, but
[0:36] very few agree on what to do about it.
[0:38] And that's the dilemma that will shape
[0:40] the big national debate to come. Robert
[0:43] Hager, NBC News, Washington.
[0:46] >> When Nightly News continues in a moment,
[0:47] the Presbyterians debate homosexuality,
[0:50] premarital sex, and their church. And
[0:53] tonight's Daily Difference, vital signs.
[0:56] NBC's Anne Rubenstein on the newest
[0:58] teenage addiction, gambling.
[1:01] >> Well, I owe a bookie $7,200
[1:04] and right now I don't have any way to
[1:06] pay him.
[1:07] >> If the chalky taste of your ant acid
[1:09] makes it harder and harder to take,
[1:12] [music] now there's new Myanta Cherry
[1:14] and Cool Mint Creams. The best tasting
[1:16] ant acids blended creamier for a
[1:18] non-chalky taste.
[1:20] >> No wonder my doctor said myanta.
[1:22] These days, there are more pain
[1:24] relievers than ever. But last year, more
[1:27] people switched to Tylenol gel caps than
[1:29] any other. Extra [music] strength
[1:30] Tylenol gel caps. Concentrated,
[1:33] powerful, easy to swallow. Join the
[1:35] switch to Tylenol gel caps. Introducing
[1:38] the new Gripper Zipper from Ziplock. The
[1:40] easiest closin