rivlin and senator breaux and mr.n and put it into a body of work along with senator wyden to try and get us to that. i don't know of any other alternatives. so what anyone? is there another alternative other than the premium support model? >> i think the key to solving the problems you have described and quite eloquently i believe regarding the fragmentation of care comes in some of the innovations in the affordable care act. in particular that i would focus on, when is the the creation of accountable care organizations, which are groups of providers who would be paid to assure the health of people and roll with this natchez health maintenance organizations do in the second would be bundled payments so that in the event of a coronary artery bypass, graft, surgery case, a pain that would be made not just for the active surgery, but for the follow-up as well so that you together with the primary care physician and perhaps under start tichenor who would regularly contact the patient to make sure that he or she was takin

i fully support what senator breaux just said. it's a mistake to think of these as alternatives, at least our plan envisions that the affordable care act continues, that the demonstrations and the various institutions that were set up to improve the delivery system go ahead, and we hope that works. we're only saying there ought to be another way to get these innovations into use, and that would be competition. >> thank you. mr. antos? >> i agree with that, but it would also be a mistake to believe that these things are going to materialize overnight. as someone said, the devil is in the details, and accountable care organizations are devilish. >> thank you. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> [inaudible] >> i want to thank our witnesses for your testimony today. this has been an extremely interesting discussion, one that highlights the need for congress to act soon in order to place medicare on sound financial footing. premium support proposals like those we heard about today hold promise to improve how care is delivered, better protec

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breaux it is important to get this out of the way at the beginning of the hearing. do you think premium support will quote end medicare as we know it? >> i think old debate politically we want to keep medicare and improved the delivery system i think everyone is committed to have quality health care but we don't have to do with under system formed in 1965. things have changed and improved. of course, want to keep medicare big change the way seniors get delivery with a better product at a better price. >> he would say premium support does have the potential to approve the program and shore up prices with the ovation? >> yes. don't take my word for it. classic premium support system the carrot helps to pay for it it helps to said it up with the private sector competing with me suggest a program more popular today they and the congress that wrote it. i include myself. second, we have premium support health benefit plan. that is a classic premium support. the federal verbum dei said seth premium support and also guaranteeing everybody that participate can negotiate for

as we said that members from john breaux the it team of the college dean story will be on campus to 830to give a special announcement and are being tight-lipped. motive yet days. live in san francisco cbs five. out of my predecessors and labor activists have dropped plans to try to block the golden gate bridge tomorrow the demonstrations in oakland will include a march to city hall they're calling for a daytime work stoppage at the port of oakland and nurses plan to walk off their jobs at eight sutter health hospitals. this judge of kidder road with clothes for nine months to accommodate construction on the barge to send as a corridor is a starting today through traffic will not be allowed on warm springs boulevard including vehicles and bicycles and pedestrians tropical be detoured to dixon landing road in north milpitas. 6 and now you tell woman speaks out today at the surviving four days in the wilderness at tower reclaim some york skyline the major milestone of the sides of ground zero. >>> the clever way the state is using,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] with all your car

john breaux down from illinois, the only state that does not allow gun owners to carry a concealed weapon. >> if i had concealed carry is if i was ever to go into my car drive somewhere long distance i would be able to carry my gun with me in my car where right now that is not a possibility. >> right now a permit to carry a concealed gun is one state is not always recognized by another. an nra backed bill that has passed the house of representatives would require reciprocity across the nation >> i would like to see it mandated that we can go anywhere in the country and carry the gun. why should i have to dismiss or arms because i'm crossing the state line and take a chance on a criminal coming after me? >> outside the hall there was a challenge to survivors of last year's mass shooting in tucson that killed six people and wounded 13 including rep gaby difference. he helped stop that massacre by tackling the alleged shooter and he believes more should be done to close loopholes that allow a 40 percent of gun sales to ski background checks. >> we would like to give the nra support to do the

. >> thank you for inviting me -- senator breaux. >> thank you for inviting me. you served with me in a great capacity when we headed the commission on medicare reform. many view i've had the privilege of working with in different capacities. thank you to all of you for inviting me to talk about one of the most in court and tissues. it is one of the most let me say that i had the privilege of serving in this body for 14 years and the house and 18 in the senate, or the other body, as we like to call it over here in the house. each member from each party has in addressing the difficult issue of how we provide quality health care for our nation expects -- our nation's seniors. i have observed that some democrats, not all, but some have taken the position that in health care, the government should do everything and the private system do nothing. others argue the opposite position, that the government should do nothing when it comes to health care and that the private sector should do everything. my opinion is that in order to ever reach an agreement between the two p

the pictures online at breaux cade.com are fantastic.really add this elegant sort of curtain to a room that's melmellalic met that time metallic. >> this can be a planter or anything. >> this is a first look. this is so brand new that i got the artist to send us his rivelli artwork. this is artwork that transforms into a shelf. you could put glasses on here, a vase, you could even put books and you can customize after your put up the base bracket, these are just magnetic pieces of art that you could, for $25, switch up the art. >> you can do whatever you want. >> or make your own art. >> real quickly because we're running out of time. >> these are woolly pockets. if you don't have enough space for a garden, can you put the garden on your wall. they come small. >> even kids' toys. >> and another fantastic idea are flower toppers. if you don't want to fill a whole giant vase with foil and water. >> great idea. >> a couple dollars, you can do the top. >> brilliant. bobbie thomas, thank you so much. for more about any of these products, you

a walk-a-thon which i have committed to so we are going to take the golden gate ferry from marks breaux landing and take the bus somehow. >> then this resident who was thinking of going into san francisco for the weekend but not anymore. >> you did not know about the demolition? >> i didn't but i am glad to know now. we won't be going into the city over the weekend. we actually have saturday night open so i guess we'll have to leave san francisco out now. we'll have to stay north. >>> stay with crown 4 news for continuing coverage the closure. we have a special section full of resources on our website crown 4.com. that includes maps and public transit schedules. we'll keep you up to date on facebook and twitter. >>> to the weather. in time for the weekend, what a beautiful day. it will continue to the weekend. you are looking at a live picture over san francisco with beautiful blue skies. i like when you have good news for the weekend. >> so do i. >> it's going to be warmer than this out there this weekend but not too uncomfortably hot. we are already ten degrees warmer this afternoon i