frankly in more and more markets, companies like anthem, united health, cigna are pulling out. aetna, they don't have the choice because of the government mandate. we want competition to exist to offer more offers to exist. at the end of the day they are pulling out of market after market leaving the american people with fewer and fewer choices so right now it's not a question of the last i checked many were doing pretty well but it's the american people and patients loogs under the american system. so i think there's a way you can do a little bit of both. >> hunter. >> we have seen the president push back on this health care bill called trumpcare, is there anything that needs to change. >> the obama administration didn't label it obamacare they call it the aca, this is the american health care act, the president is proud of it. it's a bill that's not his, it's a joints ever that we've worked with the house and senate on. he's proud of it. proud of the impact it's going to have on american patients, so this isn't about labels and names this is about getting a job done. >> you k

for cigna, dark tell you all the secrets of what the health really do.ompanies i wish you would get him on there. you.k host: always appreciate suggestions for upcoming segments. a tweet from zone who writes, get the government out healthcare system. some other opinions on this healthcare act going before the rules committee in a few minutes. this from editorial board of the "new york times," they write in a better world this bill would never have seen the light of less offered for a vote. it is no fair-minded person's of what the american healthcare system should look ike tis designed to let mr. ryan and trump determine they have driven a stake through the heart of obamacare, no matter collateral damage to millions of americans. being ry different view express third degree morning on editorial pages of the "wall street journal." editorial board writing the house bill is messy, complex, has hen the g.o.p. inherently a messy complex failure in obamacare. freedom caucus claim repeal alone produce free market fantasy.d health market of 2009 no longer exist and even then wasn't great. repea

frankly, more and more markets, companies like anthem, united health, cigna, are pulling out. aetna. because they don't have the choice. because of the government mandate. what we want to do is allow competition and choice to exist so they can offer more options for the american people. >> will those companies make more money under the plan or less? >> i don't know the answer to that. at the end of the day, they're pulling out of market after market, leaving the american people with fewer and fewer choices. last i checked i think many are doing pretty well. but it's the american people and its patients who are losing under the current system. i think there's a way you can do both. hunter? >> yes. we've seen the white house and secretary price push back on calling this health care bill trump care. does anything need to change for the president to be comfortable putting his name on the bill? >> i don't think the obama administration didn't label it obamacare. they called it the aca. this is the american health care act. the president is proud of it. the president is proud of the

cigna losing 2%. humana and anthem also falling. early start continues right now. >>> republican party looking for a major reset after the health care bill disaster looking to jump-start their agenda. could the strategy for the president and congress get help from the democrats? >>> good morning and thanks for getting an early start i'm dave briggs, christine romans is off today. the white house hoping for a fresh start in the wake of last week's disastrous health care defeat. the administration seeking to retake the initiative with a new legislative agenda and strategy. at the top tax reform an infrastructure. the other getting neil gorsuch on to the supreme court. one official saying that's for 30 years, but will white house infighting stall the effort to reboot? we are told there's growing fiction between those -- to steve bannon and reince priebus. these of course the same democrats who president trump blamed shortly after the failure to repeal the obamacare while he absolved house speaker paul ryan, then over the week the presi

he have a position on the efforts to merge with cigna that was challenged under the justice department under president obama? >> i'm not aware of that. i don't know that the president expressed any personal view. i think that would come under the ftc if i'm correct. and i refer to you them. >> reporter: follow-up on margaret's question. the meeting was finishing up. you can give us a sense what was on the agenda before they sat down? >> i think the president had a call with the king a couple weeks back, they talked about safe havens in syria, the threat of isis. i suspect all of those came up, but again, i think i will provide a readout to you all, to everyone in the pool about what happened that will more clearly define. that john? >> reporter: thank you, sean, coming up in the rest of the year are four special elections for the u.s. representatives, all which are sure to draw national attention as venues for debate on the american health care act. does the president plan to be involved on behalf of candidates and appear on their behalf in the districts as this may well be a barometer

anthem off 1/10 of 1%. -- have and the men cigna anthem and cigna very exposed.back from the exchanges to help their earnings. the other stocks you want to watch are 17 and melina, medicaid players. if there is a pair down of medicaid assistance, what does it mean for those? companiesing the card -- car companies after ford announced its earnings per share would be $.30 to $.35 per share versus 47. weakness from ford earlier in november. they are spending a lot of money to boost their investments but they expect to return to that profitability in 2018. drawing down general motors and fiat in particular, all of them lower. growth might be slow because the whole market is softening up. what is optimism like heading into the health care vote and what does that say about where we might trade tomorrow? -- white line is the number the chance of a bear market, a 20% decline or more. that currently sits under 10%. the orange line is the same over six month, meaning equity investors are the most bullish since 2008. not a lot of people see a lot of downside but not a lot o

frankly in more and more markets companies like anthem, united health, cigna, are pulling out. aetna. because they don't have the choice, and because of the government mandate. i think what we want to do is allow competition and choice to exist so they can offer more options for the american people. >> will those companies make more money under the easy were's plan or less? >> i don't know the answer to that. that's not been the focus of what we are doing now. at the end of the day they are pulling out of market after market leaving americ peoe with fewer and fewer choices. right now it's not a question -- from the last i checked i think many of them are doing well. but it's the american people and its patients losing under the current system. i think there is a way you can do a little of both. hunter. >> yes. we've seen the white house and secretary price push back on calling this health care bill trump care. does anything need to change for the president to be comfortable putting his name on the bill? >> well, i don't -- i mean, i don't think the obama administration didn't l

and frankly, more and more markets, companies like anthem, united health, cigna, are pulling out. aetna. because they don't have the choice and because of the government mandate. i think what we want do is allow competition and choice to exist so they can have more options. >> will those companies make more money? >> i don't know the answer to that. that's not the focus of what we are doing now. right now they are pulling out of market after market leaving the american people with fewer and fewer choices. right now it is an question of -- from last i checked i think many were doing well but it is the american people and patients losing under the current system. i think there is a way can you do a little bit of both. hunter? >> yes. we have seen the white house and secretary price push back on health care called trumpcare. does anything need to be done for the president to feel comfortable putting his name opt bill? >> the obama administration didn't label it obamacare. they called the aca. this is the american health care act. the president is proud of it and proud we are working

the ceo of cigna is $13 million annually. do you think that the new legislation is no longer capping the tax deduction that the private insurance companies can take on their corporate wages? it was capped under the original legislation at $500,000, this new legislation is taking that away. to me, that is criminal and everything that ryan is proposing is based on take aways that are really detrimental to the whole nation and only profiting individuals such as the three that i referred to. host: what are the tax breaks lisa is talking about in the proposal. guest: there is a tax break, i haven't studied this in great detail, it is something that puzzled me frankly when i saw this in the law and something obviously some conversations that have gone -- taken place so companies have made the case for this, enough so congress included it in the bill, but it is something corporate ceo pay for health insurance companies is something that really grates on people and particularly doctors because doctors say, you know, here i am basical

health care bill, futures sinking, insurance stocks set to drop this morning following a big pullback, cigna losing more than 2%, humana and anthem also falling. thanks for joining us. new day starts right now. we'll see you tomorrow. >>> very close. tight margin. >> you cannot say you'll walk away. >> no reason to gloat. >> this place was more rotten. >> doesn't solve the problems of obamacare. >> i don't think the president's closing the door on anything. >> chairman devin nunes. >> cancel tuesday's meeting. >> call out the need for the independent commission. >> president trump is going to be proven correct. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. this is monday, march 27th. 6:00. up first, president trump trying to turn the corner. the president blaming the hard line conservatives after pointing a finger at democrats. >> reporters phones burning up this weekend with the spin and blame. is that going to get the white house a win it desperately wants? what will they focus on next and are they willing to work w

cigna shares are down 36% in the last year.ews, youtube will pay viewers to watch service, the company is now announcing a 35-dollar a month tv service offering a bundle of channels, ones that you know from broadcast networks and some cable chance as well. youtube say that is the service will launch later this spring. and take a look at this video, a man getting tackled by an officer in california after he repeatedly struck the police department windows with a baseball bat. other officers ran over from inside the building and help detain the man, investigators say the 28-year-old was also threatening bystanders. maria. maria: we will take a short break. calling for a united front. motivating message to the joint session of congress last night. that's next. disney, the new cartoon that's making history back in a moment your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, yo

. >> we found to these cignas stis serve as a barrier connecting veterans to the care they need.ached out to folks with united states, united kingdom and canada, and. and we found that over 85% of veterans say, that the negative stigma and stereo type serve as babiers to seek -- barriers in seeking chair. eric: what type of advice can you offer. >> we've established warrior wellness alliance, go to bus bushcenter.org web site. we have a network of networks, best in class. student veterans of america, wounded warriors project, and team 43, and others, the folks who are members can connection those members to the veteran that need care, to the best in class, private and public nonprofit providers. so we need them to connect those veterans to best in class care, we know most veterans did not get their healthcare through the v.a. there is 4 things that all your viewers can do, i ask today. first know, understand and connection to veterans, know what invisible wounds are and how they are treated. second mentor young transitioning veterans and military spouses, military does a great jo

if you look at the big health movings, they are not much, united health, and not, anthem, cigna, a little bit of a game that game but nothing more than a quarter of 1%. the insurers more exposed to medicaid, they might be more affected in the long run by this bill, depending on the final version. not seeing much movement there. insurershe bigger administer some of these medicaid plans in various states. these three insurers have a higher exposure to it. these will be key to watch today and going forward. the hospitals, they could seem more people come through their doors who cannot pay their bills for various reasons and there we are seeing more of a reaction. community health, tenant, universal health trading lower by varying degrees. the drugmakers you were just discussing, after the t regarding awee plan on competition in the drug industry, the client for some drugmakers. the large drug makers coming you like to and pfizer moving less that eli lilly and pfizer moving less. i wanted to look at valuations within the health care group broadly. this includes subgroups we were just looking

. >> cigna ceo earned $2203 million. aet aetna earned and anthem earned $16.3 million.3 million. aetna earned and anthem earned $16.3 million. i would say we should repeal this provision and replace it with admonish insurance companies to bring your salaries in line with reality. united health care ceo, 66 million in 2014. also disclosed last month that united health care, nation's largest provider of medicare advantage services is being sued by the department of justice for fraud. united health care reported $46 billion in revenues in the third quarter. the fraud alleges that the united health care is improperly charging the medicare program by hundreds of millions of dollars and likely billions of dollars. we're sitting here talking about getting big insurance companies a tax break? on the exorbitant compensation that they pay their executives? you can be on one side of this debate. you're either with people in america that work hard every single day, that follow the rules, that pay health insurance premiums that are too high and expect one thing, and that is at the end of the

cigna jumping more than 300%. humana 40, humanitarian is not on there. unitedhealth group up 407%.ning about aspects of this new plan. is this case never being pleased or gerri willis, they're so geed did i they want to make more and more money? it is unbelievable here. >> it is unbelievable. i wanted to know what impact would this house republicans bill, repeal and replace obamacare, what impact it would have on insurers bottom line. we put the question to the nation's biggest insurers, but they didn't want to weigh in. why? they want to see exactly what is in the bill and legislation elements are the subject as you know of intense debate. however americans health insurance plans, that is a trade group had this to say. this is quote. we're concerned key component of medicaid funding formulas starting in 2020, could result in unnecessary disruptions ofs in care beneficiaries depend on. hospital trade groups don't like what they're seeing. one, the american hospital association won't support the house gop proposal in its current form. but that form is becoming less and less clear as

cigna's ceo earned $17.3 million and the aetna ceo earned $17.3 million and an them's ceo earned 13.6 milli$13.6 million. so the real response of the replacement is that we should repeal this provision, and add it to the admonishment to the insurance companies to bring your salaries in line with the re reality. united health care ceo, $66 million in 2014. also disclosed last month that united health care, the nation's largest provider of medicare advantage services is being sued by the department of justice for fraud. united health care $46 million of fraud in the third quarter, and they are improperly charging the medicare program by hundreds of millions of dollars, and likely billions of dollars, and we are sitting here talking about giving big insurance companies a tax break on the exorbitant compensation that they pay their executives. you can be on one side of this debate, and you are either with the people in america that work hard every single day, follow the rules and pay health insurance premiums that are too high and expect one thing, and that is that at end of the day, when

cigna.the way. >>> tonight the trump administration is cracking down, even undocumented immigrants who have lived in the u.s. for decades is at risk and one of those people, his wife voted for president trump baz she liked the idea of keeping criminals out of the country, never imagining that her husband could be a target. so joining me now is a spokesman for the family. adam, thank you for joining us. how is the family doing? >> you know, they're doing as best they can. they're obviously distraught right now. they have a father that is going to be removed from this country any day. >> give us a background on this story. your client has been living in the u.s. illegally while checking in with immigration officials every year for five years to show he was say staying out of trouble. so why now? >> quite honestly it's the administration. in early february when theed a min stragds said they were going to make individuals with a prior order of removal, a final order of removal a priority as well

german authorities rolling out terrorism cigna 36-year-old, who apparently suffers from psychological problems, randomly went after people at duesseldorf main train station yesterday. to the rogan is following the story from london. what's the latest? >> this attack to happen just before 9:00 local time. the report is that the suspect was wheeling and acts on a train. passengers on that train able to push him off, but he continued to stab people at the train station. three were seriously hurt, to italian tourist and teenage girl. as a center police, including special units responded and that station was called off while police followed the suspect until he jumped from a bridge near the station. he is now being treated in hospital. police say he is a diagnosed schizophrenic. he is originally from kosovo, but the president of germany says they also believe the suspect was acting alone and there is no evidence of any religious or political agenda. at that suspect has apparently told police he wants to be shot dead by their officers. german authorities have been increasing securing measur

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pharmaceutical industry has been lower than the largest health insurance company including united health, edna, cigna, humana, and 17. as a whole, these companies outperformed the s&p 500 stock index which returned 135% over this time period. collectively, these companies gained nearly 300% looting dividends. while the pharmaceutical industry turned 91% including dividends. less than the snp and far less than the returns companies. overall, it is fair to say that we are being responsible. we are producing great value for society and simultaneously taking large financial risks because of the uncertainty of the drug. we do not set prices. we negotiate the price is. the arbiters of the value to the society are the payers and the insurance company. there are two examples to demonstrate this more specifically. in 10 years, statins has generated nearly $1.3 trillion in economic value to the u.s. of which, around 950 billion dollars was retained by society. with around 20% of the value accruing to the industry through the revenue from selling the drugs. we retained 25% of the total value of stat. at the sam

you are one of the cigna -- you are of the dignitaries to wanting it faster into our hands.hank you, first of all, for coming here. 5g is starting to happening. that doesn't mean it is commercially deployed, yet, but what we are starting to see is operating spurted -- operators positioning their 4g networks and evolving into 5g, and that is where we can get a lot of learning and experiences for the future. >> 5g is the topic of deutsche telekom. it is not just another mobile center or a network we are building, it is a totally new thing. it is an infrastructure gaining 1000% more capacity. it is 100 times faster than the original network and it gives you a 10 times quicker response time, ping rate for internet. >> how does that help deutsche telekom? will it be health care? what connected devices will you be bringing? >> we have been building infrastructure on people, but now we are connecting all devices. 50 billion devices will be connected in our infrastructure in 2020. ♪ >> the current wireless marketplace is extremely competitive. recently, after the ftc stopped its inv

centene, molina health care and humana and cigna.y're understandably moving higher by 3% today as it looks like this may, emphasize may not pass. humana and cigna going the other way. interesting. you don't want to emphasize too much why they might be behaving this way this afternoon, bill. there's a lot of uncertainty as this all plays out. >> boy, that is for sure. we've got 30 minutes left as we head to the close. the dow down 99 points. kenny polcari here. we've been discussing the market bias is definitely on the sell side. do you think that is tied to the vote in washington? >> that's what they're trying to say. everyone is trying to position themselves because they think the vote will fail. if the vote fails it's not something everyone is expecting. they're expecting the market to collapse. it's going to say so much about trump's agenda. >> i have to interrupt. we apparently have breaking news out of washington. surprise, surprise. kayla tausche. >> reporter: what do you know as we're getting so close to the timing of the vote

this morning around midnight, cigna collapse in the south african rand. itself is losing over 8% if i'm not mistaken. it is still up around 3% this year, but by the seam of things, it may raise the. a recent is given to the president as to why these changes have happened, particularly with regards to national treasury. thank you. we will keep an eye on these south african assets as we talk about these. and, thank you for time. ofuick reminder overnight the political risk attached to bring markets. seeingnd of move we are a reminder of a very domestic story i guess. i don't think any investors would have predicted that this event would have occurred. to see these moves is not unusual by historic standards. bit certain,little but i suspect those who have been there for a long time, they do not see this as a huge surprise. i've been drawn to the indian story this morning. best of thes the rupee. >> at think everything has been bullish for a long time. i changed we are able to find good company and have a good may contrast to some of the other large emerging

you've heard of cigna. guess what? they sell health insurance in many states.ssue is they have to comply with state regulationses, a total red herring, completely bogus. it would do absolutely nothing. and in fact it's been allowed in many states that you can buy across state lines. it's ridiculous. if you want to sell insurance in delaware and you're an insurance company, you have to make a deal with the hospitals and doctors of delaware to be included in that insurance. if you don't do that, what good does it do me to have my health insurance if i live in delaware? >> and for the gop members of the house who are saying, well, obamacare's collapsing under its own weight and also there are certain insurers that are pulling out, what do you say to that? >> well, it's not collapsing. it is having all kinds of problems particularly because the opponents of obamacare stepped in to undermine some of the support that the health insurance companies had. but obamacare was not the perfect solution. obamacare solved half of the problem, which is it gave people the abilit

aetna is getting out, humana, cigna. so the major insurance companies that take care of employer-sponsored care, are really not participating. this is being left to smaller insurers, those that focus on medicaid, and many local companies like not-for-profits or blue cross or blue shield plans. >> sreenivasan: i know you have been on the hill talking to a lot of members of congress. what do you tell them in the midst of this debate right now? what have you been saying to them? >> we've been trying to educate them about what this would mean for the average american and the ripple effects through the economy. for example thrrveg was a study done by the university of michigan that showed this would put about $400 million into the michigan economy. that's going to go away. and it's going to have a ripple effect. many smaller rural hospitals are likely to go out of business. and so even if you have private insurance, you have difficulty getting access to care, because your community hospitals may be gone. the e.r. is going to

pharmaceutical industry has been lower than the largest health insurance companies including united health, cigna, humana. as a whole, these companies outperform the s&p 500 stock index which turn hundred and 5% over this period. collectively these gain nearly three 100% including dividends. the pharmaceutical industry turned 91% including dividends. overall, i think it's fair to say we are being responsible when it comes to the pricing of our medicines. we are producing great value for society and taking large financial risk to the uncertainty of the drug. we don't set prices, we negotiate prices. we negotiate on the value of the drug and the value to society. there are two examples to demonstrate, more specifically the value of what we do. in ten years, stanton use has increased 1.3 trillion in economic value to the u.s. of which, around 950 billion was retained by society. around 20% of the value came from the revenue from selling the drugs. it became 25% of the total value of staten. at the same time, the cost of it has gone down 90%. society now has that benefit, that invention forever. from

cigna up .6 of 1%.rall winners on s&p industry wide, technology, basic materials, utilities, industrials, you know trading lower here, financials. well that is a fed story. financials topped out before the fed raised interest rates last week. retail, retail has been struggling. those are a bit separate. getting back to the headline-driven market theme, it is all politics. they are glued to their tvs watching paul ryan, house speaker, watching what comes out of washington this week specifically with headlight care. back to you. ashley: call it the ryan effect for now. lori rothman thank you very much. markets are moving slightly higher. we were saying muted earlier. we turned the corner a little bit. we're continuing to monitor the latest devopments out of london after today's deadly terror attack, four dead, 20 injured. we'll continue to monitor the situation. >>> plus political fireworks on keep toll hill. former president joe biden joining democrats in an effort to trip you have the gop health care pl

pharmaceutical industry has been lower than the largest health insurance companies including unitedhealth, cigna, humana and centine. as a whole, these companies outperformed the s&p stock index which returned 135% over this time period. collectively, they gained nearly 300% including dividends while the pharmaceutical industry returned 91%, less than the s&p and far less than insurance companies. overall, i think it's fair to say that we're being responsible when it comes to the pricing of our medicines. we're producing great value for society and simultaneously taking large financial risks to the urn certainty of -- uncertainty of the drugs. we don't set prices, we negotiate prices. we negotiate on the value of the drug, the value to society. and the arbiters of that are the insurance company and the payers. there are two examples to demonstrate if you want more specifically the value of what we do. in ten years statins use has generated nearly -- this is from an accredited magazine -- nearly $1.3 trillion in economic value to the u.s., of which around $950 billion was retained by society. aro

. >>> joining me now is former cigna health executive wendall potter and msnbc anchor ali velshi. wendall, i have to go to you first, that sound is ever green. the thing they were upset about is that they hadn't had enough time to read the bill but this bill is getting rushed through and in the negotiations, it's been less than a month that they've been cooking this thing up, the deal-making is coming down to stuff like this, the holdouts, the house freedom caucus says the bill is still too liberal because while it takes 24 million people and kicks them off of health insurance, they want essential health benefits under obamacare also gone and that means outpatient care, emergency services, hospitalization, maternity and newborn care, these are the pro-life people, lab services, preventative services, prescription drug, rehabilitative services, pediatric. you get the point. how can it be that these are the things they think the people -- that the voters want? >> they're listening to health insurance company lobbyists and they -- i guess they think those lobbyists are the proxy for

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cigna put up a better than expected quarter. shares are rallying.inally, marathon oil is also rallying. investors like that they have sold assets and are buying assets. we have had a little bit of intraday volatility. today could prove to be an inflection point. we hop into the bloomberg. in blue, we have the s&p 500. in white, we have the high yield spread, basically the difference between what high bonds average versus the treasury, and we see it is starting to widen out. it tells us that high-yield ions are settling a bit. high yield spread should go above the 20 day moving average, it might suggest that we will see an overdue correction for the s&p 500, and indeed, the last time the high yield spread did go above the 21 day moving average, we did see a , so itk in the s&p 500 will be interesting to see what happens with this chart. but the big bonds story this week, treasuries. treasuries are now slumping for the ninth day in a row, the longest that has happened since march 2012. it is very interesting to put this in the context of whether bond

more and more markets, companies like anthem, united health, cigna, they are pulling out.he choice and because of the government mandate. what we want to do is allow competition and choice to exist so they can offer more options for the american people. >> will they make more money? >> i don't know the answer to that. that is not the focus right now they are pulling out of market aftermarket leaving the american people with fewer choices, so the last i checked, many of them are doing pretty well, but it is the american people losing under the current system, so there is a reason you can do both. been listeningve to sean spicer give his daily press briefing, talking about the cbo attempts to estimate coverage. he says those are faulty and do not take into account speaker rines three-pronged approach, which also includes legislative action. we will keep you posted on other headlines. .liver: let's talk about oil crude tumbled past 47 dollars after saudi arabia disclosed an increase in production. -- opecdom told oprah it raised output, reversing a third of the cuts from the

welcome to "the intelligence report," actually, forgive me, you can see aetna, cigna, united healthcareg lower perhaps in reaction to what we just heard from tom price and also from sean spicer. joining me with reaction to what we heard, former nsa director and ceo of iron net keith alexander. good to have you here, and especially important time to have you here given what we saw from the president over the weekend and given the exchange you heard with reporters betweens shoulds and some of the reporters asking what evidence the president had to say that president obama was wiretapping his phones. what's your reaction to that? what was your reaction over the weekend when you first heard it? >> i think where it end up wh sean spicer saihaving the intel communities look at this is great idea. it gives somebody outside the administration to look at it, that's the role of congress, in this case the two intel committees, the house select committee on intelligence and the senate select committee on intelligence have. them look at it. trish: you think there should be an investigation? >> not s

are and vince cigna vince- matt boesler and cignarella join us now. number one thing you want to find out? matt: probably it's going to be to discuss why they felt such a need to hike this month. again, if you go back to two weeks ago, the markets weren't really pricing in a march rate hike. seems like fed officials really came out and try to get the markets onside for that. anything they feel about why they felt such an urgency to go as opposed to waiting june -- waiting until june, that will be an interesting discussion. scarlet: vince, as you look at the dollar, you would think a hawkish fed would mean a stronger dollar, but the dollar has been all over the place. vince: the expectations have built up so quickly, from the beginning of march, big dollar, big long dollar positions were put on rapidly. now we stand to see the actual .vent all of the fireworks of sort of been taken out of the picture a bit. to be big.t is going it will tell whether or not the dollar trend will extend or fall away. -- scarlet: this is something that joe has mentioned se

once we get some clarity around that, it is possible that either cigna or anthem may be interested inumana. i think the medicare story is favorable regardless of repeal and replace. it's not tied to the legislation. just repealing the insurance tax as part of this bill seems to generally have consensus among the senate republicans as well. that offers upside. as far as medicaid names, could be names like molina health, well care, possibly santeen that could be of interest to larger cap names. however they may require more clarity on specifically what's happening in the blue states and the red states and how the funding flow throughs will actually get implemented, which may not happen for a while. so, you know, in that case i -- i done thi't think they will be play until we know more, perhaps by the end of the year. we need you on retainer. you are taking notes, doll? she has forgotten more than you know about healthcare. >> i won disagree with that. y >> you need to come back for an hour. the medicare, didn't the obama administration try to de-emphasize that and make it much harder, y

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successfully litigated to the viewer maker mergers in the insurance industry, including anthem and cigna. the chairman and i held a subcommittee hearing on the effects of those mergers on consumers. but we need the agencies to do more, and we need the new administration to take this seriously. some might argue that president trump, who has been both a plaintiff and a defendant in antitrust lawsuits, might be one that would champion increased enforcement efforts. we hope that will be true. so here is just a little fun fact for you to take away. heas both a plaintiff and defendant. heas a platiff in the united states football league's case against the nfl. in that capacity, trump won damages. he won one dollar. it was tripled to three dollars. there is even an espn documentary about it. in 1988, he was on the other side. he paid a $750,000 penalty to settle claims he had failed to make required filings with the ftc and doj in connection with an acquisition of stock in holiday corp. and valley manufacturing. overall, he is in the red on antitrust litigation. during the campaign, as a candid

acquisition of office depot and hospital mergers, and litigated two mega mergers including anthem and cigna. chairman lee and i held a hearing on the affects of those mergers on consumers, but we need to agencies to do more and the new administration to take this seriously. some might argue that president trump who has been both a plaintiff and a defendant in antitrust lawsuit might be one that would champion increased enforcement efforts. we hope that will be true. so here is just a little fun fact for you to take away today he was both a plaintiff and a defendant. he was a plaintiff in the united states football league's case against the nfl. trump won damages. he one a dollar, tripled to three dollars. it is in the espn documentary. on the other he was on the other side and paid a $700,000 penalty in acquisition of stock in holiday court and bali manufacturing, so he's actually in the red. during the campaign his red rhec echoed teddy roosevelt. now it looks like the president is speaking a different language. i'll give you just a few kpa examples. early warning signs suggest the trump a

does he have a position on anthem's effort to merge with cigna, which was challenged by the justice department under president obama? mr. spicer: i don't -- i'm not aware of that. i don't know that that would -- that the president has ever expressed any personal view. i think that would come under the ftc, if i'm correct, and so i'd refer you to them. john. >> just one last follow-up on margaret's question about saudi. i know that that meeting was just finishing up when you came out here, but can you give us a sense of what was on the agenda before they sat down? mr. spicer: i think the president had a call earlier with the king, a couple weeks back. i think they talked about safe havens in syria, they talked about the threat of isis. i would expect all of those came up. but again, i think -- i will provide a readout to you all, to everyone in the pool, about what happened that will more clearly define that. john gizzi. >> thank you, sean. coming up in the rest of the year are four special elections for the u.s. house of representatives, all of which are sure to draw national attention as venu