Guests - Ava Chen, Andy Biggs, Dr. Stephen Loyd
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China Watch Wednesday: Military Threats, Healthcare Reform, and the Addiction Crisis
Winn Tucson Exclusive – December 10, 2025 By Kathleen Winn
On a crisp Wednesday morning in Tucson, the radio waves carried urgent warnings about America’s shifting global power balance, a congressional push to dismantle Obamacare’s lingering grip, and a revolutionary approach to treating America’s deadliest chronic disease—addiction. Guests Ava Chen of the New Federal State of China, Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and addiction medicine pioneer Dr. Stephen Lloyd joined host Kathleen Winn for three hours of unfiltered discussion.
The Closing Military Gap: U.S. Senators Sound the Alarm on China
Ava Chen, co-host of “China Watch Wednesday” and a prominent voice with the New Federal State of China, opened the program with sobering intelligence assessments now reaching mainstream America.
In the past week, multiple U.S. senators—including former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy (R-MT) on Fox News with Laura Ingraham and Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO-4)—delivered the same stark message: the Chinese Communist Party’s military has surpassed or matched the United States in critical domains.
“Sheehy said the technical advantage we once enjoyed has disappeared,” Chen reported. “By sheer volume—ships, submarines, missiles, munitions—China now leads. They build ships 203 times faster than we do. They possess the world’s largest navy by hull count, an open-source fact.”
Chen stressed that China’s rapid gains stem from decades of unchecked intellectual-property theft, forced technology transfer, and infiltration of Western universities and defense contractors. A new UK study revealed 5,000 British researchers have directly aided CCP military programs, while over 200 UK universities still host CCP operatives.
The infiltration extends far beyond students. “One out of every six Chinese students in the U.S. is connected to the CCP,” Chen noted. “But the real compromise sits at the decision-making level—university presidents, lab directors, and corporate executives who knowingly opened the doors.”
Recent joint CCP-Russian military provocations underscore the threat. On December 9, two PLA and seven Russian fighter jets violated South Korea’s air-defense identification zone—the second such incident in weeks. Chen described Seoul as a “captured state” under heavy Chinese influence, despite hosting nearly 30,000 U.S. troops.
“These incursions desensitize defenders,” Chen explained. “Every day PLA aircraft probe Taiwan’s zone. Defenders must scramble each time because any incident could escalate instantly. It’s psychological warfare while they prepare the real strike.”
The Path Forward: Internal Chinese Revolution or Kinetic Conflict?
Chen repeatedly distinguished between the Chinese people and the CCP regime. “The solution lies with the Chinese people themselves,” she insisted. “There are far more good people in China than CCP members. If truthful information reaches them, they will rise and peacefully topple the regime.”
She pointed to Miles Guo—currently imprisoned in the United States—as a catalyst. “The moment Miles is freed, the spark ignites. The Chinese people are desperate for truth and freedom. We can end this without American sons and daughters dying in kinetic war.”
Congressman Andy Biggs: Time to Restore Healthcare Freedom
Mid-program, Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5) phoned in to discuss his newly introduced Health Care Freedom Act—a comprehensive effort to unwind the Affordable Care Act’s damage before Christmas recess.
“Everything predicted to go wrong with Obamacare did,” Biggs declared. “Premiums skyrocketed, choice evaporated, and the government gained control it was never meant to have.”
His legislation bundles proven reforms—many authored by colleagues such as Chip Roy, Greg Steube, and Kevin Hern—to restore patient power for 95–96% of Americans outside the ACA structure.
“We’re not waiting for the Senate to fully repeal,” Biggs explained. “We’re building an entirely new track that returns control to patients and doctors. Premiums will drop, and individuals—not insurance companies—will decide their care.”
Biggs acknowledged the political hurdle: any Senate action requires 60 votes unless the filibuster rule changes. “I’ve been calling for a return to the speaking filibuster since 2017,” he said. “The cloture rule has paralyzed President Trump’s agenda, including fixing Obamacare.”
Private-Sector Patriots Step Up
As the program continued, host Kathleen Winn highlighted JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s announcement of a $1.5 trillion private-sector initiative focused on national security—one of the largest commitments ever from corporate America.
Columnist Hugh Hewitt praised Dimon alongside Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Palmer Luckey, and Palantir’s Alex Karp for recognizing the China threat earlier than most. Ava Chen welcomed the awakening but issued caution: “Many elites still have deep financial partnerships with the CCP. Healthy skepticism remains warranted.”
Dr. Stephen Lloyd: Using Data to Rewrite Addiction Treatment
In the final hour, Dr. Stephen Lloyd—an internal-medicine and addiction-medicine physician who chairs REACH United—joined Winn to discuss a breakthrough approach that could transform how America treats its costliest chronic disease.
“Substance use disorder imposes the greatest total economic burden of any chronic illness—not cancer, not diabetes,” Dr. Lloyd stated. “Yet our treatment model hasn’t fundamentally changed in 100 years.”
Drawing from his own recovery from OxyContin addiction 21 years ago, Lloyd described CareNet and its Motile Intelligence ecosystem as “a GPS for the addicted brain.”
The technology overcomes HIPAA barriers and siloed medical records to create individualized roadmaps using genetics, lifestyle, trauma history, and real-time data—without moving or exposing protected health information.
“Today the average person requires eight years and five failed treatment episodes to achieve one year of recovery,” Lloyd explained. “With fentanyl, most don’t have eight years. This ends the guesswork the same way targeted therapy revolutionized cancer care.”
He equated the daily death toll—220 Americans—to a fully loaded airliner crashing every single day, yet stigma prevents the public outcry other diseases would trigger.
Lloyd urged policymakers to direct opioid-settlement funds toward evidence-based innovation rather than jails and body scanners. “This is blood money,” he said. “People died for it. We owe them better.”
Closing Thoughts from Kathleen Winn
As the broadcast ended, Winn reflected on the common thread running through every segment: America still possesses the ingenuity, courage, and resources to solve its greatest challenges—but only if we demand accountability, embrace innovation, and refuse to accept failure as permanent.
From the military imbalance with China to healthcare dysfunction and the addiction epidemic, the message was clear: the era of kicking cans down the road is over.
Winn urged Tucson listeners to submit final arguments against Pima County’s proposed $2.67 billion RTA tax extension before the 5 p.m. deadline, citing decades of broken promises and dangerous roads despite billions already collected.
“Accountability starts at home,” she concluded. “Whether it’s Beijing, Washington, or right here in Pima County, we the people still hold the ultimate power—if we choose to use it.”