it can deliver in terms of new methods in healthcare and truly increasing access for healthcare treatmentefully prevention certainly i think that the numbers are staggering and you see what tasks are ahead. in the chronic disease impacts so wonder 29 million americans and more than half of adults in our country and that should get her attention and a big hurry but in very concerned with the patient's tell me they don't feel the flexibility they would like to have in terms of pursuing treatment and accessing. i know that a lot of americans appreciatepr savings and the flexibilities that perhaps offer. and missus strauss, when a small businessth owners that you serve are looking at the options available for their employees my how important door you believe t is for them to have a variety of flexible options is much as the hsa. >> will hsa's have become popular over the last several years and for us, pretty much put hsa qualified plan and with the treatment of her group benefits right so the majority of our employers are offering choiceses then include no plans that are hsa qualified narrati

i hope he does the hope he finds a way to reduce the cost healthcare. i hope he goes wild and instead of the discussion we've had for the ten years in the senate making medicaid work making people healthier, i hope he figures out how because of this quote is not much of the way, i hope he goes wild on safety so we can improve safety supply and goes wild on the healthcare supply chain and tries to make sure drug prices go down instead of budgeting pharmaceutical companies get everybody in the room and make sure we do this right. bring vaccine to market and therapeutics the market. look at the full supply chain is no health professional, he's the first since have been alive is not been a healthcare professional in a scientific sense but he is in terms of carrying this forward and holding people accountable through the courts. i'm not going to go much longer but i have people from the agriculture industry expressed concerns that are not aware of any credible group who have said we should vote against mr. kennedy. i've heard people express concerns about pr

it solves a real problems including in healthcare.he most heartbreaking problems are grandmom's and graham pop's face are degenerative diseases like alzheimer's and als and parkinson's. there are members of this body who have lost a parent to these terrible diseases. and i know they want us to do more here. to honor the memories of their loved ones. pennsylvania is home to some of the top research institutions in the world. let's put them to work by funding groundbreaking research into degenerative diseases and make pennsylvania a leader in this fight by doing so would build on the progress we made last year we created the first alzheimer's disease division and the department of aging. let's keep working on this together. to ensure pennsylvanians at the best possible care throughout their lives we've got to address the significant structural challenges hospitals across the commonwealth are facing right now. rural hospitals in particular has been stretched to the breaking point i can meet healthcare working group back in 2023 spent tim

our lifeline for our healthcare system. we cannot let up now.hat is why i am calling for additional 50 million world care delivery fund and 100 million for behavioral health expansion initiatives. i want to thank the legislature for your incredible commitment to continuing and rebuilding our healthcare delivery system. we are making a better healthcare system in new mexico. we are doing it. numbers do not lie. talking to any new mexican in the doctor's office, frankly, anyone in this room will tell you that it is not enough. a long wait for appointments. patients are still driving long distances. and healthcare leaders are clear that the cost of medical malpractice insurance is a significant barrier to recruiting and retaining the providers that we need. that is why i am proposing another state sponsor medical malpractice insurance program. insurance rates for doctors and healthcare providers should not be higher here than they are in our neighboring states. and they most certainly should not be twice the national average. so, let's create a hea

my entire perspective on healthcare changed. i learned firsthand that healthcare is not just about having an insurance card, it is about access, affordability, and getting the right care at the right time. i've had to fight for my children's care as a mother, and i've had tough conversations with small business owners who want to do the right thing for their employees who are struggling to afford coverage. this says the real problem. small businesses and patients are at the bottom of the healthcare decision making process. and our current system industry and government bureaucracies hold all the cards while the rest of us are left limited choices, skyrocketing costs, and little transparency. small companies are being priced out. they pay nearly twice as much for healthcare ads large companies. in my home county, family premiums in the small group market have increased 85% in eight years. across the country, small business participant in the small group market has dropped nearly 50% since 2014. today only 30% of small firms provi

healthcare city. live coverage here on c-span3. >> such as cancer and cardiovascular disease are skyrocketing. six in 10 americans have at least one of the two chronic diseases. according to partnership to fight diseases, projected total costs from 2016 to 2030 in terms of florida anyway. it was $3 trillion. these statistics are baffling and troubling. i'm committed to helping lowering the cost on some of these deadly diseases. the chronic disease epidemic is out of control. i'm excited that mr. kennedy has put this on issue at top of the administration in terms of his vision. i'm also very excited to say that this committee is spear heading hearings that will be helpful to lead to better outcomes of americans throughout this country. congresswoman alone will represent and fitzpatrick into introducing legislation to establish a pilot program through medicare to provide medically tailored meals to seniors. i was happy to see this was important, this important initiative was introduced by american medic

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healthcare providers who are there for us when we need them the most. without them our state is not the same and george it will never walk to its full potential. when she was the coming days will be comprehensive but fair. in georgia what we believe those who do wrong should be held accountable. if you have been wrong you deserve justice but also believe the legislation we will be introducing can and should have bipartisan support. making sure your neighborhood has a grocery store with fresh food available to young single mom, or an elderly couple on a fixed income. it is not a republican issue but recording ob/gyn or g.i. dr. to your home town does not depend on what lever stabilizing the cost of car insurance have access to affordable housing is not partisan it's common sense. working people and small business owners a chance for the american dream it's about who we are as a state. not what political party we support. to my democratic friends, there is no reason we cannot tackle tort reform together. passing and site hate crime legislation, repealing

they could only get healthcare when it got really emergent. then they would sink back into chronic illness again and they were never well enough to work and it was this vicious cycle. when medicaid expansion came around, those people got healthcare. and i still remember the people who came up to me and told me that they hadn't been able to look for a job or work for over a year, let's say after a layoff. they got medicaid expansion. they got the health care they needed. they got to work. they got off medicaid, and they got onto private insurance. so this is a really important program for people all across the country with chronic illness and it's a really important program for employers who want a workforce that is ready and able and healthy enough to work. the american people deserve to know why support for a child with asthma or treatment for someone struggling with addiction should be sacrificed to pay for another tax break for multi-billionaires, so i urge my republican colleagues to follow the bipartisan example we set in new hampshire an

the hollowness of the republican argumentsil on cuttig away so expose republican attempts to cut healthcare so they can help their billionaire buddies. we will expose their attempts to cut medicaid, cut housing, cut nih, mpower doge all for one purpose -- not helping their billionaire buddies with another tax break. they will try to change the subject, sure donald trump is trying to diverge the gulf of america, build hotels in gaza, annex canada these are distractions they do to hide the truth they know how unpopular their tax policy is. it was unpopular in 2017. because such a small group of very wealthy people who do not want to pay taxes have such ironclad controlon over the republican party they are going at it again. senate democrats will not relent. we will continue to expose the republicans for what theyat are. and giving tax breaks for billionaires were going to do it in reconciliation. once you're in the budget and throughout the months and years ahead. because the bottom line is very simple. the last thing americans want to see is a tax break for billionaires. cooks well, thank yo

massachusetts is america's healthcare leader. we are first in quality, first in coverage, and we are number one for having the healthiest population. i do know that i contribute to that but in working on it. but we are number one because with the best and hardest working nurses and doctors and healthcare professionals. not just in the country but in the world. we lead because we don't accept the status quo. we keep pushing forward. last year were able to get an additional 60,000 massachusetts people affordable healthcare coverage. because of the steps we took people massachusetts now have access to breast cancer screening, midwives, doulas, birthing centers, recovery coaches and so much more bit because insurance is now going to cover it. i also know that many have medicines that you need to take for diabetes, asthma, heart conditions. but you go to a pharmacy totally stressed out because you don't know if you can afford it. we have taken steps to keep that stress away from people. last week i signed a law that says you're not go

others to protest the healthcare system. this is a murder trial. is that the right venue to make a larger point about healthcare? >> you know, i'm very reasonable. but i think the american people have been pushed really far. >> reporter: the murder in midtown manhattan left new york city stunned. >> this was a senseless act of violence. it was a cold and calculated crime. >> reporter: after a five-d-day manhu, he was arrested in a pennsylvania mcdonald's. prosecutors say he was found with a ghost gun that matched bullet casings at the crime scene. along with writings critical of the health insurance industry. public frustration with the healthcare system in some cases turning to support for mangione. a defense fund has raised more than half a million dollars. in a statement posted by his defense team, he writes, i'm overwhelmed by and grateful for everyone who has written to share their stories and express their support. he is facing three cases. one in pennsylvania and two here in new york on state and federal charges. the legal process could take

so i scrubbed out of my case and i called united healthcare. and the gentleman said he needed some information about her wanna know diagnosis and whether the whether her impatience they should be justified. and i was like to understand that she's asleep right now and she has breast cancer . and so the gentleman said, actually i don't, that's a different department. that would know that information. and i was like, well, if she does need to stay overnight tonight and um, you have all the information with you because i got approval for the surgery and i need to go back and do with my patient. now, after this video went viral, that doctor said she received a letter from united health care, asking her to remove the video and correct what the insurance company described as misleading information. she responded saying that her patient stay was still denied and that she will continue advocating for her patients. i'm eric. i know you are not a surgeon, but i was wondering if there are stories of patients that have stayed with you precisely because you

like a third of the va employees i myself am a veteran and i say that va is the finest public healthcare system, not just in this country but worldwide. a leader in care, a leader in training and research and innovation, a leader in compassion but president trump, the va leadership, federal workforce like never before. this is unprecedented. they want to do nothing more than seek laws into the va's 300 billion-dollar budget and funnel that money to the corporate health care. now we know that's not right. is that? they want to give it to private entity thes and put ahead of well-being of veterans and we will not the stand for that. veterans serve the best health care possible and we are here to make sure that that does not go any further. we are here, i think that's a disgrace. what do you think? it's a disgrace. university founders said that veterans who need medical care are more likely to survive compared to private care. now if dodge believe in efficiency which they don't and we all know that, they should study what the va does and not destroy the va. they need to study, they need to

this is a healthcare backlog.that means there are 5000 souls that are there. >> last summer it was up to 12,000. outgoing secretary was trying. 12,000 just waiting to get an appointment. we had someone in the lower 48 that it never been to alaska trying to make an appointment for our alaska veteran. yes go back and make change. i'm willing you commit to look at that and see if we can make it better. they cannot drive to anchorage. >> let me ask one final question very quickly. we talked about our alaska native community is also incredibly patriotic. alaska native serve at higher rates in the military than any other ethnic group in the country so super patriotic. live in a lot of our rural communities in our alaska native healthcare organizations have reached into the rural parts that no other place does. the va has a long history of working with our alaska native health organizations to extend the reach of care into very rural parts of america. very rural parts of alaska and partner to get alaska native veterans b

deserves healthcare. they put all of that risk.y hope is certainly that every congressman or woman and every senator any state that has a rural healthcare system would stand up and stop this we are looking to make our workforce more productive if we want people aren't at work back to work the idea is to get them healthier not cut off their healthcare. >>. >> my current discussions are primarily on the national disaster thankfully our entire congressional delegation has come together to push for more assistance for kentucky let me just say the trump administration has worked really well with us thus far. as we move into the other issues first we are pushing to undo funds that are frozen. i've seen elon musk tech interns or tech pros running around right now the freeze in effect or refusal to push money out stopping a project that's bringing clean drinking water to 961 homes in rector county. these actions require the people actually know what they are doing that they learn the people that they might hurt. kentucky eifert i think was

i agree and say this to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, that the healthcare status quo needs substantial changes so we get better, more affordable care to patients. and that leaves, given my statement, the question in front of us now that's pretty simple. do senators want their legacy to include disregarding basic health science and instead elevate conspiracy theorists making robert kennedy secretary of health and human services in my view would be a grave threat to the health of the american people. and i urge my colleagues this morning to vote no. >> senator wyden we have all of our members here. senator wyden and i have agreed we'll have two or three on each side who wanted to make statements do so before the vote. so please, everyone, hold with us while we have those statements made and then we will proceed to the vote. i know we have a lot of folks pushing on some -- you want to vote now? >> mr. chairman, i've got several colleagues who were under the impression, after we talked, that we would have two or three -- i'm happy for both sides to make brief remarks and i stil

police believe mangione was mad at the healthcare industry.eague graduate is facing 11 state charges including first degree murder and terror charges and facing federal charges which could carry the death penalty. mangione has pled not guilty to those state charges and 26-year-old faces a case in pennsylvania. he is looking at three different cases. he was arrested in pennsylvania after a days' long manhunt eating at a mcdonalds. he thanked his supporters and reads every letter he write. i am overwhelmed by and grateful for everyone who has written me and share their stories and expresses their support. that note was posted on his legal team's website linked to a fundraiser that has brought in more than half a million dollars for this guy. back out here live the federal charges could carry the death penalty. speaking of that fundraising when that was announced by the death penalty being on the table it looks like this fundraising skyrocketed and went through the roof. interesting to talk to the people who are here for the hearing from all over

and what healthcare to all result is not just in five people on the little liar is.n't talk about. 60000 people in this country and people die of prescription drugs are we comfortable? the goal is to give tax states to the rich. the only country on both well. low income people, the law folks who are in nursing homes and it is an appropriate way to treat elderly people in this country so one thing (on for president, mr. must about which i spending and what they forget up his last seven years every independent audit the pentagon has not been able to make an independent succeed and do an independent audit and one to mr. bucket president trump, there is waste and baldwin so it's hard to understand why anybody would want to get another 150 billion so i will offer an amendment only creates working families. senator whitehouse. republicans clearly do not want to talk about feeling places in our family for budget but it's a hard to see how families all it making the weather worse and harder to protect the they can't figure out this insurance is more expensive and hard to fin

that's a healthcare system in general. as you well know, unfortunately the united states of america is the only major country on earth not to guarantee healthcare as a human right. the result of that, despite medicaid. we can argue about that aspect of medicaid. despite 85 million americans were uninsured and your colleague mr. musk made this point. we are spending more on healthcare than any other country per person. i wonder as an adviser to the president, will you try to determine how it is countries around the world are able to provide care to all of their people and in some cases spend 50% per capita of what we are spending. do you think the function of the healthcare system to make huge profits for the drug companies and medical companies or do you believe it should be a human right. >> we should put the metal care dollars the taxpayers are covering from the healthcare system that's substantial and have the best outcome in the programs. i lookat a situation and tragedy we had. driver died of a toothache -- >> you are

it's not unique in the sense we do healthcare.healthcare is done in this country every day outside the v.a. as well as as a larger m which is the v.a. we've got to get a record states we can easy handle. what should be a simple click of a button many times taken of it in office when i was in congress up to almost a year to get those records transferred. that leads to uncertainty for the veteran come for the family makes a very unhealthy experience for those that are serving. >> thanks for your service to the country, the war, thanks to your family for service and thanks for stepping up again. >> senator murray. >> thank you, mr. chairman. congressman rick to see. thank you for meeting with me in my office. i i appreciated that discussion and going to start with question reference referenced what you just talked about because back in 2018 under president trump's first administration the v.a. in of which is the oracle center-no-bid contract to run up the city electronic health record to all v.a. facilities. the first went live my ho

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but the recent killing of the united healthcare c. u in december last year has broth renewed attention to just how much anger people feel toward an industry that seems to care more about prophets and their patients. joining us today to give us some insight into america's health care system, our doctor, eric reinhardt, is social psychiatrist, who is also a political unto apologist and bailey and vincent, a writer dancer, and choreographer was battling cystic fibrosis. and who's going to tell us more about that? thank you both so much for your time. bailey. let me start with you. you have a hearing impairment as a result of your medical condition. and so you are reading my lips right now, which makes your participation in today's show, even more special for us. you were living proof of how insurance companies can make life quite difficult for those with a chronic condition. would you mind sharing with us what it means to live with cystic fibrosis and what does do to you and how have insurers at times failed to help you? yes, so let's do

i do like healthcare. charles: jason, thank you. healthcare has become a big, big topic and for corporate america and world nations around the world and learned that france is tapping into a nuclear power and they were smart and have a lot of nuclear power plants and power stations and going for them and the new ai training club and i want to bring in asset manager and president and cio. this is really a hell of a headline: $113 billion going to buy 100,000 -- 120,000 to 500,000 nvidia chips and up to 1 gig watt but goal is 10 gig watts and this ai thing as much as wall street has to say, picks and shovel part is over. >> we're just getting started and it's a batting practice of this double header and learning from the megacap tech and recent announcement and spending $320 billion this year on ai-related projects and data center buildups and that's up from 230 billion last year and nearly 40% more and with all of those projects it's the need for power and in our country, the electricity gid is old and antiquated and ripe for failure

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the department plans to redirect all of those resources back toward healthcare benefits and servicese now is veterans affairs secretary doug collins. mr. secretary, it's great to see you. congratulations to you and thank you for being here. >> good morning, maria. good to see you as always. maria: i've got to tell you, veterans love the veterans affairs department. my father was a veteran and every time i said to him, dad, go to this hospital, go to that hospital, we need better care, he would say no, maria, i'm going to the va. he always want todded to go to e va. they gave him such an incredible funeral ceremony. i was so proud of him to have been a veteran. so i want to get your take on what needs be done at the va. how can you increase the quality while reshaping and improving the department? >> maria, that's a great question. what you said about your dad, there's a whole generation that they depend on the va just like they do right now and we're here for all veterans of many generations but as we look forward into the future we're going to have to continue to raise the quality e

i expect you to prioritize rural americans healthcare needs. on agriculture in our meeting earlier this month, we talked at lengths about agriculture. you prefaced the conversation by saying you will not have jurisdictions or issues. i expect you to leave agriculture practice regulations to the proper agencies for the most part that's usda and epa. on dietary guidelines, i sent letters to the secretary of agriculture, hhs, requesting they provide information regarding conflicts of interests on the dietary guideline advisory committee to increase transparency. i expect you to provide congress with confidential financial disclosures from the advisory committee before finalizing in dietary guidelines so we know that nobody has a vested in interest in it is having undue influence. lastly, hhs offers refugee resettlement oversight. last year, i spent my investigation into hhs's office of refugee resettlement. i wrote two dozen contractors and grantees whose jobs it is to place unaccompanied children with sponsors in many cases, children have been pl

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cheryl: i think about healthcare, because i know all buzz about deepseek what they say they spent whatnt far-fetched don't have true numbers, but the excitement around the deepseek story when it first broke was it was intuitive ai so deepseek i am not saying it is real i don't think it is but saying the idea is that is next level for ai, correct? >> agi going to -- >> cure cancer without somebody telling you how. >> ultimately i am a, you look at a sam altman aisle seat gifti ultimately goal when we get there may regret it but that is ultimate goal deepseek i think best i read so far real cost 1.6 billion 50,000 gpu's, clufrz around the entire country of china found best people around the country, china contributed, so, 6 million dollar mark way off, that is why nvidia stock has come back ironically made to lesser not black hole but lesser chips there has been a rush on those prices, on those gone up making nvidia richer. cheryl: our economists between us here mr. john lonski. john: nice seek you. cheryl: how feeling about jobs' report. john: i am feeling a little bit upbeat we've got