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i said, "alex azar, come on out. i want you to be the top person in charge of this."me ask you, how much bigger is this than the company you are in quebec hundreds of times bigger, it's a monster." what a job. alex azar, you know who he is. where is alex? [applause] river you are. alex, thank you. he works with administrators, have been so incredible. you have to stand up. what a job. [applause] they know the most intricate little quarter sentences, you wouldn't believe it. i said, "what about this?" and they said, "it's a little roadblock, but we figure a way around." somebody else who will be lowering your drug prices with us come in a very short distance. we will buy them from a slightly different source. a little bit unconventional. a lot of people say i'm unconventional. sometimes you have to be unconventional. [cheers and applause] alex, when are we going to let governor ron desantis in your incredible first lady, casey, when are they going to be able to do what we want to do? [cheers and applause] alex, when are they going to be able to do what we have to do? s

alex azar will join me next to discuss this.eek. the college admissions scandal as well, lori loughlin's trial pushed back to next year and there's a halloween costume to match you have to see it to believe it. that's coming up. the fastest of fast food we'll tell you which chain offers the quickest trip through the drive-through. all those stories coming up. our top story this half hour, president trump is rolling out a medicare plan today where he's expected to sign a federal order, this as democratic rivals unveil sweeping plans to overhaul the healthcare system the. joining us right now is health and human services secretary, alex azar. mr. secretary, always a pleasure to see you. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. maria: what are you expecting the president will unveil? this is a proposal to strengthen medicare. i'd like to ask you the details on why he's focused on medicare advantage, this alternative that's being offered. >> you bet. so today the president's rolling out an executive order that will strengthen

here with more of an explanation, the secretary of health and human services, alex azar. ing, steve. steve: all right. that's interesting right there that the price of prescription drugs have gone down. we know that nancy pelosi has been talking about doing something corning doesn't get much done these days. >> president trump has been delivering. this is the largest decrease in prescription drug prices in 51 years. steve: where is it coming from. >> it's coming from historic levels of approvals of generic drugs. that's what we just announced the other day, the fda has the third year in a row under president trump's leadership of approving historic levels of these affordable generic copies of branded drugs. saved $26 billion for american consumers in the first just 18 months of the president's term. steve: but i think some people, mr. azar, think, you know, if it's the generic, it's not add good as the brand name. that's not true. >> i'm your health secretary. and you know what? every single drug i take is a generic. they are exact copies. they wouldn't get approved by fda

alex azar. you know who he is. where's alex? wherever you are. alex, thank you.n so incredible. you have to stand up. what a job. they know the most intricate little quarter sentences, you wouldn't believe it. i said what about this, and they would tell me unfortunately, it's always like a little roadblock but we figure our way around. somebody else who is going to be lowering your drug prices with us in a very very short distance, we are going to be buying them from a slightly different source, a little bit unconventional. lot of people say i'm unconventional. sometimes you have to be unconventional. alex, when are we going to let governor ron desantis and your incredible first lady, casey desantis, when are they going to be able to do what we want to do? alex, when are they going to be able to do what we have to do? soon. alex says soon. they're going to have a big fat beautiful surprise for you. that has been an incredible couple and a great governor and the job they're doing is phenomenal, and i was honored to be very much involved in that campaign. if he was

i said alec cesar, come on out -- alex azare. come on out. w much bigger is this than the company? hundreds of times bigger. what a job. you know who he is. where is alex? wherever you are. [applause] works with: he administrators who have been so incredible. fima. you have to stand up. what a job. they know the most intricate little quarter sentences. you would not believe it. what about this? it's always like a little roadblock that we figure our way around. somebody else will be lowering drug prices with us in a short distance. we will buy them from a slightly different source. a little bit unconventional. a lot of people say i was unconventional. sometimes you have to be unconventional. [applause] pres. trump: alex, when every going to let governor ron desantis and your incredible first lady -- when are they going to be able to do what we want to do? [cheers] pres. trump: when can they do what we want them to do? alex says soon. they will have a big fat, beautiful surprise for you. that has been an incredible couple and a great governor in

the other airlines were using the max jet. >> bill: alex azar was on talking about healthcare.ay this clip and explain the conversation here. >> a lot of the proposals for medical for all what they would do is take medicare advantage away. they would outlaw private insurance. it is what our seniors want. the president puts a stake in the ground saying he will protect medicare. >> bill: that's a campaign issue for the next year. >> absolutely. the president needs to get ahead of what sk told to the american people on the democrat side. medicare for all yesterday when bernie sanders had a heart issue from the hospital he is treating out, look, no one should ever be worried about medical assistance and medicare for all he said. medicare for all will eliminate the private healthcare industry. 180 million people who currently get their insurance from the private sector will have to go on to medicare for all. the president is saying look, there are other options. and while i'm doing this i'm going to put competition in place so the prices of drugs come down. he wants to be able to ge

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quoting alex azar, president trump who was supposed to be sabotaging the law has been running it better than the guy who wrote it. quoting president trump himself, once we get rid of the individual mandate and made it better, obamacare doesn't work but it works adequately now and we had that choice to make. politically, it's not a good thing that i did that but it was the right thing to do for a lot of people he said in july. i will just submit this entire article for the record. >> objection. >> gentleman yields back. >> now numbers opening statements be made part of the record without objection. i now like to introduce our witness for today's hearing, honorable seema verma, administrator for centered for medicare and medicaid services, department of health and human services. you are aware that the committee is holding investigative hearing and we are doing so, we are the practice of taking testimony under oath. death any objections? >> no. >> the witness responded no. you are entitled to be accompanied by council today? >> no. >> the witnesses bonded no. if he would then please rise