host: amy goldstein? guest: in the house of representatives, there is a doctor caucus, or physician caucus. tom price is part of that group. among republicans, the fact that these folks do have medical degrees, i think gives them a little bit of stature for their policy beliefs. physicians can disagree about what is best for the health care system, but within the republican caucus, the fact that he is a doctor makes dr. price's colleagues think he has some weight and legitimacy. host: what makes it different between a doctor? guest: recently, it has not happened at all. recently has been governors who have come to the position. sylvia burwell came from the head of the office of management and budget. it's often people with executive or managerial experience is accurate. this is a very big agency. we have been talking about the aca, but this agency and the department also oversees the centers for disease control, the drug administration, so it's a big place. host: stephanie armour, who is verma? guest: she

host: amy goldstein?uest: in the house of representatives, there is a doctor and physician caucus. tom price is part of that group. among republicans, the fact that these folks have medical degrees, i think gives them a little bit of stature further policy beliefs. physicians can disagree about what is best for the health care system, but within the republican caucus, the fact that he is a doctor makes his colleagues think he has some --ght and legitimat cy.itimatv host: what makes it different between a doctor? guest: recently has been governors who, to the position. theia burwell came from head of the office of management and budget. it's often people with executive or managerial experience is accurate. this is a very big agency. we have been talking about the aca, but the agencies and the department also oversees the centers for disease control, the drug administration, so it's a big place. host: stephanie armour, who is froverma? guest: she is working under dr. price. she is a strong supporter from re

morning we will be talking about health care in the trump administration with stephanie armour and amy goldstein. we will also talk about the future of medicare and medicaid with tom scully. and the former administration of the health care finance and administration. we will see you then. ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] ♪ >> here on c-span, newsmakers is next with democratic congressman john yarmuth of kentucky. then the group no labels takes a look at expectations for the first 100 days of the trump presidency. later, republican members of congress discuss how they plan to work with a trump administration to address environmental issues and policy. host: joining us is representative john yarmuth who will serve as the ranking member of the budget committee in congress. welcome. guest: good to be with you. host: joining me, a congressional reporter and senior budget report appeared to both of you, welcome. bill: congress next year wi

morning, health care policy reporter stephanie armour and washington post reporter amy goldstein willook at health care changes under the administration and the republican led congress. theformer administrator for health care finance and top willn discuss the future of medicare and medicaid. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. join the discussion. >> next, british house of commons leader david livingstone stands in for prime minister theresa may. after that, a house hearing on protecting those who participate in mixed martial arts. at 11:00, another chance to see brian gruber talk about his book "war: the after party." british prime minister theresa may w

this morning and discussion on the future of the health with sd amy goldstein of the washington post. later discussion on the future of medicare and medicaid with tom scully, former administrator of medicare services and resplendent, former administrator of the health care financing administration. we will take your calls. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. it is monday, december 12, 2016. president obama prepares to sign a new medical research bill into law this week. president-elect donald trump is already looking ahead to january when republicans promised to make repealing the affordable care act one of their top priorities. as discussions continue about how to repeal and replace the law that they refer to as obamacare, democrats are vowing to fight these efforts every step of the way. we are hosting this program on

coming up, wall street journal's reporter stephanie armour and amy goldstein. we will look at health care changes under the trump administration and a republican led congress. former administrator for the center for medicare and medicaid services. and former administrator for the administration, we will discuss the future of medicare and medicaid. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on monday morning. join the discussion. >> tomorrow, a look at the challenges for the incoming trump administration. andncludes josh fulton staffers from the george w. bush and obama administrations. that is at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ , documentary contest is installed -- is in full swing. we are asking students what is the most important issue for the new president and congress to address in 2017? winner for herr documentary, help for homeless heroes. fortner and producer, we covered the issue of homeless veterans on the streets of orange county, california. we decided these people who fought for our country and the fact they are now livin

morning we will be talking about health care in the trump administration with stephanie armour and amy goldstein will also talk about the future of medicare and medicaid with tom scully. and the former administration of the health care finance and administration. we will see you then. ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] ♪ >> here on c-span, newsmakers is next with democratic congressman john yarmuth of kentucky. then the group no labels

and washington post reporter amy goldstein. they will look at changes under the truck administration and the republican led congress. scully and former administrative for the health care financing administration risk letting. flattock. watch c-span's washington journal. join the discussion. monday night, on the communicators, verizon's executive vice president craig talks about the recent changes over the years and the proposed acquisition of yahoo!. he talks about a major fiber buildout. he is interviewed by john mckenna, technology reporter for the wall street journal. >> we are building the fiber deeper and deeper into the networks. it means that the increasingly, when we talk about our wireless networks, 80% of that is fiber. you look at what cities are trying to do and you need a passive -- massive fiber infrastructure to do that. >> watch the communicators on c-span2. and pullingt data from the 20 16th election. -- 2016 election. this was hosted by new york university law school. it is about 45 minutes. [applause] fred: g