will he relace james comey. that confirmation hearing gets under way 9:30 a.m. eastern wednesday morning and you can see it live on our companion network c-span3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. greta: this week on newsmakers we are joined by the president and ceo of the american hospital association, rick pollack. thank you for being here. rick: thank you for having me. greta: we have anna edney of bloomberg policy reporter and peter sullivan who covers health care policy for the hill. let's begin with the affordable care act. does it need to be repealed and replaced? rick: it certainly needs to be repaired for certain. anytime you and act legislation of this magnitude over a period of seven years or so, there are things that need to be corrected. even when it was enacted people knew from the day he was enacted they would need to have changes. you think about medicare and medicaid, how many times it has --

will he relace james comey. that confirmation hearing gets under way 9:30 a.m. eastern wednesday morning and you can see it live on our companion network c-span3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. greta: this week on newsmakers we are joined by the president and ceo of the american hospital association, rick pollack. thank you for being here. rick: thank you for having me. greta: we have anna edney of bloomberg policy reporter and peter sullivan who covers health care policy for the hill. let's begin with the affordable a