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now, look at what happens if th unlike cms, cbo thinks ipads will fail by the actuaries at cms tell us 40% of medicare providers under the affordable care act will go bankrupt and go out of business. providers will get paid 30 cents on the dollar, and go bankruptcy or stop taking medicare patients. that doesn't provide much access or affordability. here's what happens if we revert back to the status quo, the current law. medicare grows at unstainable rates that jeopardizes this program not just for future seniors but for current seen years. if ipad ends up fail weg go to the red line. here is what that red line does to our budget deficit, more importantly to our debt. this is the debt over the last 40 years. this is the debt into the future. this is what cbo is estimating our debt becomes in the primary, major driver of our debt is medicare. and if ipad fails, if all those providers go bankrupt, if the price controls don't work and we relapse back to the status quo, we have a debt crisis on our hands. here is what our plan proposes. oops. i guess the next click, we pay this debt off. t

so about 800 people throughout cms are actually dedicated to this effort. >> do you expect that number to rise in future budgets just for the implementation and management and regulatory administration of -- >> this is an fy-13 number that we are supporting so it includes any increase that we're seeing right now. a lot of what we're doing right now is covered by the facts that we have. >> okay. so my concern was when the chairman went through and there's no federal state exchange rule, there's no -- for states, excuse me. that's no federal exchange rule. there's no guidance and rule on what is an act credited health care plan. we have about 18 months, and my concern here is -- i understand what you have been saying, but we have insurance agents who have been a bastion for small business being laid off. as a matter of fact, i had 150 workers at one company, 30 of which were in my district alone. we think there are thousands and thousands across the country because i think the medical loss ratio rule is wrong. we have a very bipartisan effort here to fix it. can you commit to fixing that

you'll spend more money at bureaucracy, just like we do at cms today. >> kerry williams. senator, we know that a disproportionate share of medicare expenditures go to those in the last several months of life. given the fact that fee-for-service would remain an option, would you see first of all people perceiving themselves better off who are in that condition in fee-for-service, and if so doesn't that leave a significant financial exposure in the medicare system? >> the assumption is as they get older they get out of the insurance and back into that. i think there may be some of that, but again, the biggest problem we have with seniors today, part of it is, is we have two big problems at the end of life. one is the threat of lawsuits. you can have an advanced directive, and a living will, and i've been in this situation a number of times, i've taken care of a patient for 20 years. they come in with a late term event or the hospitalization prior to their late term event, but you know, we're getting towards the end of life, and they have an event that's happening and i'm wa

in >> we have gone through a very lengthy process to get our cm for the bus storage. it is three parts, pre- construction services, the services, and construction management services. we have representatives of townsend management to help answer any questions. i am available if you have any. we have a 74% sbe goal for this contract that is in the agreement. supervisor kim: any questions on item number eight? director riskein. : the staff report was very clear. can you give us background on what the project itself is, the construction management services will be overseeing. -- director reiskin. >> off the bus storage facility has been part of the phase 1 project location. it is between second and third, stillman and perry street under the west approach upper and lower decks. the purpose of the project is up for best storag for bus storage. so when they come in in the morning to have a place to reside and do not waste gas or fuel it is more than just excavation. we need the west approached were positioning parking space as a connection to the future bus ramp system, sou

-parece niño pequeño pero este hombre tiene 20 años y tan sólo me 35 cm de altura es el segundo hombrer la democracia y que los talibanes no vuelvan al poder pero después de reportes de la otan y donde los soldados también se mató y siete civiles ha creado desconfianza ¿debería estados unidos retirarse afganistán? este es el tema en batalla de ideas. >> gracias sulema la guerra en afganistán no está saliendo bien, pero también es importante que terminemos la misión que tenemos allá y es evitar que el talibán ya no vuelva al poder no podemos decir que nos vamos su año vayamos mañana es importante que protejamos este país. >> la guerra en afganistán es un despilfarro de recursos humanos y económicos, necesitamos recomponer nuestro país, necesitamos que la economía en estados unidos mejore, los 3 billones de dólares que se gastan cada semana en afganistán se necesitan aquí en este país. >> siquiera mejor uso de su dinero es para que sepáis este seguro, para que la gente no sienta presencia de terrorismo, sabemos que peligros de los talibanes es importante usar los recursos, el mismo prese

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in sports, there will be no cinderella story this year as march madness cms down to a face-off.nbc's mario solis. >> reporter: hi there, good morning. we begin with north carolina and kansas. ken cal marshal sitting this one out with a broken wrist and the tar heels could have used him. kansas pulls away in the final minutes. tyshon taylor. carolina trying to come back. travis fopishes on the other end. jayhawks end the game on a 12-0 run. they win 80-67. >>> kentucky will join kansas. they were simply too much for bailor. kentucky up 20 at the half. this is the kind of game it was for baylor. this they great a break with a missed free-throw. kentucky wins 82-70. they'll play rival louisville on saturday. >>> the other big story yesterday afterwas tiger woods. his approach with a 18282 yards. putter has been a sore spot for tiger recently. but not anymore. tiger is leading by 5 strokes to win his first chore event since 2009. >>> yes, tony stuart took the flag. it's his second one of the year. >>> and finally, the hawks at jazz were having so much fun, they didn't want to stop p

. >> jimmy: what do you think of cm punk?u're doing in wrestling. i mean, there's obviously the pomp and circumstance but you have to tell a great story getting to the match. if not, it's just two half-naked guys, slathered in oil, rolling around in their underwear. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> with each other. you know? >> jimmy: which, by the way, i should plug. i'm doing that event pay-per-view april 2nd. that's gonna be my thing. [ cheers and applause ] >> i've seen it. it's amazing. >> jimmy: it's pretty good, yeah. >> it's awesome stuff. >> jimmy: yeah. it's a terrible storyline. [ laughter ] it's just a guy trying to find himself. >> you want to have a great story because, like i said, that's what draws people in. and, in the wwe universe, i play, like, the real evil villain bad guy and some of the stuff i do, people get really angry at me. and -- i mean, they -- and when i see them on the street, they're like, "wow, you're actually a really nice guy." and i always tell them, you know, like --

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we've talked about particularly at the centers for cms. i know that they've talked about some of these regulations and how we can expand those and i know that dr. rubideaux is here and is leading efforts in the indian health service at hhs. to get indian people into programs involved and how we can expand the services to all native americans. i want to thank her for that support and that help. that's a great -- a great topic for us to discuss. it's something we need to continue. thank you for that question. i know i didn't answer it, but it's a great question. >> yes? >> mary jane with the office of minority community outreach. i want to commend ncai for bridging the digital divide and bringing this foreup into the classrooms that are educating our children. are we going to have any kind of a pulse on how many of our native youth across the country in our public schools had access and opportunity to participate? and as a follow-up, maybe a challenge for you to engage our youth through like a twitter feed or something because i really want

in >> we have gone through a very lengthy process to get our cm for the bus storage. it is three parts, pre- construction services, the services, and construction management services. we have representatives of townsend management to help answer any questions. i am available if you have any. we have a 74% sbe goal for this contract that is in the agreement. supervisor kim: any questions on

and numerous other states rather than relying to someone in baltimore and maryland at the centers, cms, to make those particular decisions. this places that responsibility with our local and state folks and does it with more money. and with that i'm going to yield to my colleague from the state of indiana who has authored a bill that does just this. >> i thank the gentleman. i want to first address the false premise that medicaid is a fully functioning program that provides people with access to health care because it doesn't. nothing could be further from the truth. let's talk about the waste in the program right now. the ge.o. continues to list the program as high risk for waste, fraud and abuse. found in 2011 almost 10% of the total federal medicaid spending was wasted because of complicated and bureaucratic laden payment regimes. and then there is the fraud. 11 texas cities found in august, 2011, 1.6 million was recovered from 11 texas cities to resolve the allegations. that same month in florida a president of a durable medical equipment company was imperezened for fraud. block gr

it means funding the first of its kind, cms center which is partnering with physicians and nurses andprivate payers and hospitals and others who accepted the challenge to develop new methods for the health care system. in addition, the budget ensures that the 21st century america will continue to lead the world in bio-medical research. at the same time, we recognize the need to set priorities, make difficult tradeoffs and ensure we use every dollar wisely. that starts with continuing support for president obama's historic push to stamp out waste, fraud and abuse in the health care system. over the last three years, every dollar we put into health care fraud has returned more than $7. that is a pretty good investment. last year alone, those efforts recovered more than $4 billion which are in the medicare and medicaid trust funds around the country. this week our administration arrested the alleged head of the largest individual medicare and medicaid fraud operation in history. our budget builds on those efforts giving law enforcement the technology and data to spot perpetrators early.

it's bipartisan support in the house and senate, that we worked with cms to develop this bill, why isn't it on the floor and passed and sent to the president? it has nothing to do with medicare and everything to do with the next election. there's hundreds of things like that. there's 27 different jobs bills waiting that have passed the house that aren't going to come to the senate floor, not because the country doesn't need them but because it doesn't fit with the scenario of the next election, so what is the motivation is, we ought to be americans first and republicans and democrats and independents second, and you see exactly the opposite of that. we can change the process we want until you change who is coming up here and what their motivation is, in terms of being here and getting the stroke, you're not going to change it. next question? >> dr. coburn, i very much appreciate the idea that market forces and consumer choice can really control our health care costs and improve the system but i worry it doesn't operate like a true market not just because of government involvement but bec

in the past 12 different billing systems have various parts of cms billing data, so you never could identify the provider in texas in one space. it was coming through too many portals. so data analysis is now in two years significantly better than it was in the past. and we now have a predictive modeling system to look at billing -- not errors, billing anomalies and be able to target our resources on the ground to immediately investigate and stop money from going out the door. so we -- the attorney general and i were able to announce at a couple of weeks ago that $4 billion, the largest amount ever, came back to the taxpayers and to the trust funds because of these anti-fraud efforts and yesterday alone as you identified a provider -- i'm sorry, on tuesday, in texas, a provider was arrested who has been fraudulently 28 or 29 home health agencies. we knew that that was an area fraught with problems and we targeted that area, used the new analytics, identified this provider, but i think it's the first of many, many that will follow. >> so did the additional resources and tools in the aca, was

>> well, the obama care ipad is going to make decisions for doctors like me already cms, the federal agency that controls medicare and medicaid already makes those decisions. doctors all over this country today have to get permission from the federal government just to put a patient in the hospital. the independent payment advisory board is a rationing board. they're going to make decisions for doctors and for patients about whether a person could have a treatment or not. whether they be put in the hospital or not. and they're going to use dollars as the determining factor so it's all going to be economically based. the answer is lowering the cost for everybody so that doctor visits are less expensive, hospital visits, medicines in the drug stores are less expensive. my patient option act will do just that. but the affordable care act is already rising the cost -- it's raising the cost of all health care goods and it wases today and will continue to do. so. >> let's go to brian in continually park, indiana. go ahead. >> see washingtong jive at 7:00. we're going live now this afternoo

we had the cms actuary saying it works. let me compare this to the president's proposal to use the unelected accountable. rat port of political appointees for current seniors. here is the president's budget, and what he is proposing. this is law by the way. this is the law that is in the -- this is what it proposes. let me do that again. this is the republican budget, what it proposes. here's what the affordable care act in current law does for growing medicare. do you see much difference there? yet of my friends on the other side seem to complain that this is draconian cuts to seniors. how can it be if our trajectories are the same? let's talk about the main difference between our approach and the affordable care act, the president's new health care law. it's not the proposed spending path. they are the same. the difference is who was in control. 15 bureaucrats or 50 million empowered seniors? that's the difference. now look at what happens if the ipab doesn't work. because unlike the cms, cbo thinks ipab is going to fail

>> it will be administered through the cms, through -- we will be operating at hhs the federally funded exchange. >> my understanding is there will be both the for profit and not for profit offered under the language of the law? is that correct? will there be a not for profit federal exchange? >> no, there will not, no. >> i thought the language of the law said there had to be -- >> no, i think you're talking about the co-op situation which is totally different. >> no, i'm talking about the ex-changes or the federal exchange. >> not for profit, no. there will not be a not for profit. states have that option. that is not at the federal level, sir. >> let me ask you this. a lot of talk about the contraception issue and the essential benefits. when will we see -- are you proposing that an institution that refuses to comply with your contraceptive mandate, what is going to happen to them? >> sir, i'm hopeful that the rule that we intend to promulgate in the very near future, which will be informed by conversations with nononly religious employers, but labor leaders, women's groups, and othe

that we work with cms to develop this bill. why isn't it on the floor and passed and sent to the president? has nothing to do with medicare. has everything to do with the next election. you know, i mean there's hundreds ever things like that. there's 27 different jobs bills waiting that have passed the house that aren't going to come to the senate floor. not because the country doesn't need them. because it doesn't fit with the scenario of the next election. so what is the motivation? we ought to be americans first and republicans and democrats and independents second. and you see exactly the opposite of that. we can change all the process we want. until you change who is coming up here and what their motivation is in terms of being here and getting the stroke, you're not going change it. >> senator tom coburn republican of oklahoma. his comments earlier today at the hudson institute here in washington, d.c. >>> earlier this week in the "anchorage daily news", senator murkowski wrote this. alaska and america watched the trial o

. >> if you recall, the chief actuary of cms was testifying a few weeks ago as to the parents of this approach and how it would result in lower spending and more savings. so that combined with facts in evidence is what leads us to conclude given the cbo doesn't have the tool, it would lead off with savings. we believe it would be actually exceeding what we have here, but to be conservative we did this and then obviously with the growth gdp plus.spif that is the backstop. >> right. i haven't had a chance to do the math. i don't know if you have. but if you take that $400 savings per beneficiary times the number of beneficiaries, what total reduction in medicare spending does that assume compared to what it would otherwise be? >> so you mean in the starting year? >> yes. >> well, once we move to the 2023, the only thing we have from gb, so percent of gdp. that's not something they can even provide us. they are only able to provide us medicare spending as a total percent of gdp. >> right. maybe it's -- in other words, i'm trying to understand the logic here. if i was to try and figure ou

that yrnr d cms pra r i k a period of great expansion of egyptian power. the charismatic king thutmose the third aggressively expanded egypt's borders. he pushed north into syria and palestine... and south, tightening control over nubia and securing its gold mines. that gold was a source of wealth that would fill the coffers anenrichheombs of t n kinom wfie gr ic wks like the festival hall, also known as a temple of millions of years, and embellish the public image of thutmose the third. thutmose the third ruled from 1479-1425 bc, and embodied the strong central authority that characterized the new kingdom. the pharaohs of the new kingdom were just as intent on establishing order d certainty in thefterlife. across the nile from thebes, due west, they found the perfect staging area for their quest for immortality. the west side of the nile is for the egyptians of course where the sun sets. where the journey to the next world starts. to be on the west side is directly related to the fact that the sun's journey is what we're following. at the end of each day,

the cms said it works. let me compare this to the president's plan. this is bill law that is in the affordable care act. this is what it proposes -- let me do that this is the republican budget and what it proposes to grow medicareat and this is what the affordable care act does for growing medicare. is there much difference? yet my friends on the other side complain that this is draconian cuts to seniors. how can that be a far trajectories are the same tax let's talk about the main difference between our approach and the affordable care act. it is not the proposed spending path, they are the same. the difference is who was in control. 15 bureaucrats or 50 million empowered seniors? that is the difference. look at what happens ip 50ad does not work. the cbo thanks ipap will fail by 2021. 40% of medicare providers and affordable care act will go bankrupt and out of business. they're telling is providers will get paid 80 cents on the dollar and down to 30 cents on the dollar or they will go bankrupt and stop taking medicare patients. that does not affor

cms is our first utility. more than 27%, yields 4.5% and the stock is up more than 10% in the last year. if you think defense companies are shaky, well, look at lockheed martin. same numbers as dps when you talk about share price depreciation on top of the yield. the stock is about $2 shy of a new high. and another utility, but it's more gas focused. now, the california based company yields about 4% and seen solid share appreciations. i want to talk about tobacco stocks. they're classic dividends plays. yield's more than 5% and the stock up 23.5% in the last year. put all those together, tyler, that's pretty good return. >> that's a nice return. brian, thank you very much. up next on "power lunch," a wild week for stocks and commodities. so how should you position yourself heading into next week? we'll tell you when we return with the trader triple play.  the other office devices? they don't get me. they're all like, "hey, brother, doesn't it bother you that no one notices you?" and i'm like, "doesn't it b

cms is working hard to make sure they monitor that.hey are telling health insurance companies that opinions are too high. cms is doing that outside the health care reform law. host: we have a different perspective from twitter. "the alternative will be to go to a single payer system." guest: that is and is shifting take on that -- that is an interesting take on that. even democrats have stopped pushing for a single payer system. the act passed in 2010. john dingell has been pushing for single payer for decades. even he pulled back on it. he recognized this would not be political feasible. we will have a mix going forward -- some say it might be mixed up. even if republicans keep control of the house and the take control of the senate, there is little possibility that they will get the 60 votes necessary to get the super majority where they can avoid a filibuster. we will have democrats and republicans. the democrats to get single payer and there is little chance that that would happen. when obama first came into office, they were not a

of the thing that is is in the affordable care act, we've had him on the program, he was a head of cmslementing a lot of stuff, all sorts of tools to get a hospital to do something like hire someone to manage the care. >> a lot of timings, people can't fig figure out what they should be doing. it's not just that things venality been implemented, but even that it was early on implemented availability for people who couldn't get coverage because they had chronic disease and they could be put into a risk pool. people didn't know that. they didn't understand how to access that. it's very complicated. and the public doesn't have a way of -- and putting it up on the internet. >> let me say a few things about the system that we're trying to move to. the problems in the united states are that we pay more than any other country. and our people are sicker and we pay a lot more. one of the things that happens is we have a fee for service system. and we pay for every point of care and that creates incentives for overuse and volume. and not enough insent eaves for proper use of care. and so that's

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right now the national average price for a gallon of regular base is $3.76, up 30 sens 30 cm a monthw does that compare to prices around the world? >> don't blink, the price of gas will change but you can close your eyes and know what direction it is going, up. pump prices keep heading higher across the u.s. with $5 a distance streak distance tay according to some predictions. what we pay is different from the price per gallon in other countries. the price is about half the gallon in western europe which is near 8 bucks a barrel. in italy have a couple of cappuccinos for the price of a gallon at $8.60 a gallon. why so high across the pond? can you say taxes? often 50% of the price at the pump while we pay 10% in taxes here. where is gas cheapest? makes sense in the countries that produce the most amount of oil and often have the wealthiest governments able to subsidize the price per gallon. in saudi arabia, usually less than 50 cents and in kuwait less than a buck a gal ron. venezuela you could drive up to the pump and see a price less than a dime for every gallon at the beginning of

we have the cms actuary saying it works. now let me compare this to the president's proposal to use ipac the unelected unaccountable bureaucrats of appointees for current seniors. here is the president's budget and what he is proposing. this law by the way, this is the law that is in the affordable care act, here is what it proposes for medicare. let me do that again. so this is the republican budget and what it proposes, here's what the affordable care act in current law does for growing medicare. do you see much difference there? get my friends on the other side complained that this is draconian cuts to seniors. how can that be if our trajectories are the same? let's talk about the main difference between our approach and the affordable care act, the president's new health care law. it's not the proposed spending path and you can see they are the same. the differences who is in control? 15 bureaucrats or 50 million empowered seniors? that is the difference. now look at what happens if the iatap does not work because unlike

we worked with cms to create the bill. why is it not on the path to the president? it has nothing to do with medicare. it has to do with the next election. there are hundreds of things like that. there are 27 different jobs bills waiting to have passed the house that are not going to come to the senate floor. it is not because the country does not need them, but because it does not fit with the scenario of the next election. what is the motivation? we ought to be motivations first and republicans and democrats second. you see exactly the opposite of that. you can change of the process you want. until you change who is coming up here and what the motivation is in terms of being here, you are not going to change it. >> i very much appreciate the idea that market forces and consumer choice can really control our health care costs. i worry that it does not operate like a true market because of the imbalance and information between consumers and insurance companies, also consumers and their actual care. i am wondering if you consider the seniors' choice act supports and

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cms, the federal agency that controls medicare and medicaid already makes those decisions.tors all over this country today have to get permission from the federal government just to put a patient in a hospital. the independent payment advisory board is going to be a rationing board. they are going to make decisions for doctors and patients about whether a person can have a treatment or not, whether they can be put in the hospital or not. they are going to use doctors as the determining factor. it is all going to be economically based. the answer is lowering the cost for everybody so that doctor visits are less expensive. my patient option act would just the affordable care act do that care -- would do just that. the affordable care act is raising the cost of all health- care goods and services today and will continue to do so. host: brian, democratic caller. caller: hello, c-span. first-time caller. thank you for taking my call. a quick question for the republican from georgia. how are we supposed to believe your 2012 campaign slogans and morals when in 2010, you ran on job