as a young woman myself, reproductive health care is also my health care. i am sorry that you have to share personal details about your health care in order to make a change. i think it is important that we share our stories because we do need to destigmatize these issues. this is health care like all other health care. i am proud to represent san diego. my constituents can still get the health care that they need. but they need to transfer between bases. i have to talk to their parents and their loved ones and they are asking me constantly if i am doing everything i can to keep them safe, and they do not just mean when they are deployed overseas. if you are talking to a young woman right now who was 16 or 17 years old and they were asking you if they should join the military right now, what would you despise them? -- advise them? >> i have never regretted my choice of enlisting. i spent 2.5 decades and it has always been the exact right decision for me. i would never discourage everybody -- anybody from joining the military. we are all here because we beli

we talked a lot about financing and revenue in health care is about health. so, it is certainly good to bring it back to what the system is trying to produce. we are coming to the end of our time. i want to give you an opportunity to give us one thing that you will be watching more people should be watching over the coming months when it comes to health care prices and inflation. >> yeah, i think the big thing, you know, is where the labor you know, when we will see labor pressures for health care play into the pricing and what the needs will be from the hospital provider side. that will be the key thing we are watching. what those pressures will be and what mechanisms they are using over the next year or two to get that sustainable. >>cory? >> the biggest thing i will be following is the differential in price growth across different payers. i think while the cost pressures among all these payers in providing care is the same with the prices are very different. i think you will see a further diversions between private and public prices over time. the way that

health care prices lagged even that may not last forever. meanwhile the president recently signed the inflation reduction act, a member that addresses drug prices and health insurance premium for formal care act plans but not the cost of health care bradley. we are joined by an impressive group of experts to sort this out. cynthia cox is a vice president and director of our programs on the aca. cory ryan is a senior analyst and health economic of policy. susie is the senior director for the u.s. nonprofit health care group at s&p global ratings. if you have questions, submit them through the q&a button in zoom. also note that the session is being recorded and an archived version should be available later today. it is also available now on the c-span app. measuring health care inflation is not as easy as the challenge. give us a very quick explanation of what these measures are and what they do and do not tell us. >> you are talking about measures produced by the bureau of labor statistics and their monthly survey of prices across the economy,

we should not be politicizing our health care issues. when i am at work, i can talk about my mental health or issues because that is encouraged. let us be open and transparent and let us help one another out. when we talk about abortion, this is not a topic that is accepted in the office. we do not speak about this. it is amongst friends only. you do not advertise it because you do not know who you work for. you do not know what their views are on this. if you have a supervisor who does not support your decision, it could come back to you as well as being putatively. it is an uncomfortable situation. we have this culture where our policies also do not support it, it enforces the stigma. we are not taught to -- educated in the military on what our rights are and our access are in regard to accessing emergency contraceptives or whether it is right, insist, our life to the mother you can have tricare. we are not told either. unless we go out seeking this information ourselves, and doing the homework, it is not advertised to the rest of us. >

have nothing to do with the health care system. do we have jobs? is the water safe? is there the opportunity to be gainfully employed and walked -- those other the things that matter most to our health -- those are the things that matter most to our health. are we investing to make sure those things exist? right now and most of the communities that need the most, what we are investing in are not the businesses and the built environment that would allow people to have intrinsic help. we are investing in hospitals and health care centers and the police. that is where the majority of our social investments are. and so people come to us in the emergency department for all kinds of things. we let folks in the winter sleep in the waiting room with a warm sandwich and a blanket. we help people who have been kicked out of their home find a place to live. we do all sorts of things that certainly could be done with primary care or another health care outlet. what we need our resources in the community so people are not using any heal

the same is true in health care. you pay a premium when you're healthy and it is there when you are sick and need it. the most efficient way to do that is get everybody in the same pool. otherwise people are just buying insurance when they are sick, their premiums will be exorbitant. we saw that before the affordable care act went into place. obviously it cost money to pay a premium, but it prevents catastrophic problems for people when they do need health care. >> from california, this is lyn. hello. >> is amazing to be talking about the affordable health care , which has devastated so many people. there is help, and if you get some of the subsidies then what happens is the insurance companies still get their full pay, that is subsidized by taxpayers. the taxpayers are footing the bill once again for these subsidies. if you want to give a subsidy, why would you want to charge taxpayers? i pay $1900 a month to blue shield which is the biggest legal corruption on the planet because then they can deny your health care,

what would you say is the main challenge rural india faces when it comes to accessing health care? so you know, in rural areas, the health facilities, the government health facilities are often very far and are often under job and have a quick provision of services there will be but have to really travel far and get very little on the other hand, the private sector doesn't reach these areas because there's not much money to be made and the reserve that people are often left to think for themselves. and that is our to either traditionally those unqualified private providers with a pretty large number. i'm wondering why that is because india has had a national rural health mission in force since 2005 and this government program is meant to provide health care in rural areas. has that been a failure? no, i would not say that. what has happened is that there has been an expansion of infrastructure . there is also been an expansion of availability of drugs and supplies. in many places. there has been more people who have been engaged in the system, but there are a couple of problems. one

we will oversee health care providers and making sure that we don't lose reproductive health care services. it is not just the right to an abortion, there are so many aspects and components where we have to be vigilant and communicating and getting active and forcing right now. it is more important than ever that we stay active and aggressive. >> my next question is for agl is in. we have been seeing a lot of different things on social media about donating to abortion asked. you put at risk of prosecution in another state? this is a real concern. >> you know what it is when you start litigating. i would argue this is a legal thing to do. i can't guarantee you that ken paxton is not going to try to sue you. or prosecute you. that is the territory we are in right now. we don't have any -- no lawyer who studied this will tell you that nobody is going to serve you with something if you exercise your first amendment right to support other people's right to get an abortion in a place where it is legal to do so. that is how i would add to that question. i think it is legal and lawful. i think you

but it is, it is part of our health-care system it is part of ensuring that people of access to the health care they need. we subsidize employer coverage. i hundred 55 million people get their coverage. all health insurance in the united states, the marketplaces, medicaid, medicare are subsidized by the federal government. host: again sarah collins with the commonwealth joining us. we start off with gwen detroit, michigan. you are on with our guest. go ahead with your question or comment. could earning. caller: hi, pedro. thinks for taking my call. i was wondering about people who are like cooper drivers for a living -- uber drivers for a living and their income fluctuates. sometimes it's high, sometimes it's low. we seem to not be eligible for medicare under the affordable care act. he needs medical insurance and i'm trying to find out what options that we have. guest: income fluctuation is always a struggle. both in medicaid and also in the marketplace. what is important to do is to go to healthcare.gov and enter your income into the website and it will help you understand where you can

health for h e w was putting together a team dealing with what was then and now a workforce public health care crisis. how do we get more doctors and nurses and other health fractional? medicare and medicaid had adjustment enacted in 1965, increasing access to care but also increasing demand for care. we were asked to focus on exploring some highly new programs that were being tested. because of the medical legal work how to explore. our first step, research. we went and looked at all of the different kinds of theories out there and helped strategies, talked with leaders across the country and we met with the federal programs that were actually funding allied health programs around the country. we visited the three prior new -- pioneering programs. the first at duke, colorado, the medics program in washington. we discussed these programs in their visionary leaders in detail in the book. three, threats emerged in one to share with you tonight. all of these pioneers were pushing the envelope of helping resolve the help workforce shortage. there were also all struggling for the same question, how

understand how they think this health care crisis is. women can't get, can't choose can't get an abortion even in the case of incest, even in the case of rape. but it goes beyond that. there are a lot of women who take prescriptions prescribed by their doctors have been taking for some time for other conditions for arthritis for epilepsy for diseases. and in many cases these prescriptions are not being filled, say 25 year old woman. her doctor prescribes medication for epilepsy has been doing it for a while. she goes to the pharmacy, the pharmacist won't fill the prescription because the same medicine could also cause a miscarriage. so she's not getting the medicines for epilepsy, whether she's pregnant or not. the pharmacy has no great to do that. just yesterday in idaho, the justice department filed a lawsuit to make sure that pregnant women facing serious threats to their health can get the medical care they need in medicare funded emergency routes under federal law, no woman whether pregnant or not, no matter where she lives, should

erin: i mean, as you said, amazon was already a powerful force in the health care space. rbocharges all of their existing efforts in the space. it's really about three things. it's about scale. it's about hybrid primary care. and it's about entering the medicare advantage market. geoff: so you already have lots of one medical customers who are saying they're going to cancel their memberships because of this amazon deal. they want no parts of this because of privacy concerns. what, if anyimpact might that have on this acquisition, on this deal? erin: yeah, so i think that's a really important concern. amazon does have a spotty track record when it comes to consumer privacy. i do want to point out, though, that because it is acquiring one medical, which is a medical provider, one mecal has to abide by hipa, the health information protection act. so it has a lot ofrotected health information, but that shouldn't be violated for any reason that i know of. in terms of amazon's trk record, though, i mean, there are instances in which the company has given broad aths of its global

as a vehicle to increase spending outside the objective of the bill, which is to cover specific health care and benefits for veterans. that is a quote from senator toomey. he proposed imposing an animal kept and ending the entitlement after 10 years, meaning the funding to care for veterans exposed to toxins wouldn't be guaranteed unless congress voted to provide it after 10 years. there is some reporting that senator schumer will let senator toomey proposed this amendment. there is also reporting, though, the debt won't get enough votes -- that that will not get enough votes to be included in the final legislation. let's hear from ron in michigan. ron, are you active or retired military? caller: good morning, gretchen. i am a veteran, my son is active during military right now. i was in vietnam, i was exposed to agent orange, still trying to collect my v.a. benefits. when -- vietnam veterans against the war was first to try and get recognition for ptsd, agent orange, and other related illnesses from vietnam. we were called cowards. we were spit on by vfw, american legion. our own governmen

it was through our union we were able to get health care even through retirement. i pay way less than other people do for, say, private health insurance. that is a thing that has disappeared i guess with unions not being able to provide that for people. but i also learned that big businesses stopped competing a long time ago. they learned competition is bad. i think about five major health insurers, they don't compete with each other. host: i am going to have to apologize because we are running short on time. what would you like our guests to focus on? caller: ok. one, was it true back in 1948 with eisenhower, the main people against the southern politicians because they did not want black people showing up at white hospitals? and two, did richard nixon come up with a plan but it was blocked by ted kennedy? we all remember hillary clinton had health insurance, but that was also knocked down by the republicans because they did not like hillary. host: ok, thank you, color. mr. marone? guest: yes, the caller is absolutely right. segregation was the big issue in the deb

this is health care. i'm very proud to represent san diego which is a big military community and, luckily, being in california my constituents can still get the health care that they need. but, you know, they have to transfer between bases as we've already discussed, and we have a lot of young people from san diego who join the military as a result. and i have to talk to hair parents and their loved ones, and they're asking me constantly if i'm doing everything i can to keep them safe. and they don't just mean when they're deployed overseas. so i wanted to ask, ms. acran a that, if you were -- arana, if you were talking to a young woman right now who was 16 or 17 years old and they were asking you if they should join the military right now if it was a good choice for them, what would you reply to them? >> thank you for the question. i have never regretted my choice of enlisting or commissioning. i mean, two and a half decades can in, it's always been the exact right decision, you know, for me. so i would

if you can economic value on the lives saved introduction of health care costs associated with reducing the air pollution, it actually pays for the greenhouse gas reductions. economic value of the health code benefits were greater than the cost of achieving the paris agreement target. that is a message the health sector owns, that it to be the first thing that we say. it is not that we need to reduce climate change to protect glaciers or polar bears, the human lives saved pay for it. the value of life that is saved pays for the step in the first place. does want to make sure we are all hearing that. let me take a few minutes to just remind ourselves what are we talking about when we say that climate change is one of the greatest public health threats, the greatest public health threat of the 21st century. this is a slide borrowed from colleagues at the cdc that shows in the center for the primary manifestations of a changing climate or increased greenhouse gases rising temperatures, more frequent and more severe extremes of weather like the disaster from 2021 is an example of what we mi

her first priority was health care reform. before the first year of the clinton administration was out, she was testifying before congress on what she believed needed to be done. this is hillary clinton in her own words. >> mrs. clinton, we welcome you, this is an auspicious occasion and every sense. >> i want to thank you, and the members of this committee for the many courtesy's hand good advice, and hours of your time that you have spent with me as a whole committee that many of you have spent with me individually. in the past few weeks, mr. chairman, you and other distinguished members of this committee have raised tough and important questions about how best we can finance health care reform. this is, as we all know, a subject of great complexity. one has been studied exhaustively, which is still subject to a great many questions. we have two in the coming weeks and months ahead, work closely together to understand as fully as we are able, the kinds of issues that are raised by the reforms that are offered, not only by th

and it's not just beds, shortages extend to health care centers and doctors. but as the, the blue nail jory reports, new initiatives are beginning to change that the village of natal, i and roger can, is home to about 1000 people. for the past. acres is the only doctor here. shaken moved here from far away bank alone, a metropolitan city. she wanted to self people, whether it's needed the most. but this is a choice. few urban doctors, me in indian. i'm not done for privilege that the board understand the loop of it before i'm here. i was reading even thinking of medicine and i thought in what is a big dinner dr. lindsey damien is very important, so it's many, well, you know, not really changing somebody's life, you know, some, even my iron goblet is like saving in their lives. thinking cycle came to this hospital through an initiative called little rural hospital network, which started in early 2022. the network is the brain child of a dr. herself who was keen to fill a deficit that's depriving millions of people off medical help in india. specifically, it's v

, to basic health care. that not the america i see for us. that is not the america our candidates c. i think when it comes to the elections in november, we have a stark choice. there is the saying that all politics are local. that is why at emily's list our candidates are focused on issues on the ground and what they are hearing from their voters. is that access to abortion matters this fall. they want people that will fight for them and stand up for their rights. that is why candidates endorsed by emily's list are such a force to be reckoned with. host: do you think the kansas results, defeating the referendum, were more in line with what polls have shown in support of women's rights to have an abortion? guest: absolutely. kansas went for donald trump twice. they have an incredible government, democrat laura kelly, who is focused every day on growing economic opportunity. you see kansas saying leave us alone, let us make our own decisions. that is what we want. i think that is a message that resonates in ma

this is again this bill was about health care. and we consider the health of our planet a health issue as well. i did deposit want to just focus on the health aspects without settle way to what else is in the legislation. 2005 and 6 when we were run to take back the house from the democrats we had 6 row 6 a new direction. 6 pieces of legislation we would pass in the first 100 hours of the new congress. we passed all 6 in the house. 5 became law. one did not. and that one did not prevail in the senates was to enable the secretary of hhs to a negotiate for lower prescription drug prices. we were fighting for arc while. put it on our agenda passed in the house could not get it through to be passed because of the strangle hold. with the outside mobilization, aarp and all of you and the courage of might have members in the congress that just take that vote. and the leadership of president biden we had made history and have made progress. for our seniors and people. i'm sure we will be honored take questions you may have. questions? no.

health. we will see you then. in the meantime, take care. >> president biden is set to sign the tax, health, and climate change bill. it increases taxes on large large corporation that allows government to negotiate prescription drug costs, and aims to reduce carbon emissions 20% -- 40% by 2030. watch on the free c-span now video or online at c-span.org. >> the qa six committee held a series of hearings reviewing -- january 6 committee held a series of hearings reviewing information. we look back at the committee's eight hearings including never pressing evidence and witness testimony on the attack on the u.s. capitol. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, video testimony from president trump's campaign manager and william barr on the president's claims on election fraud. watch on c-span.org. ♪ >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington. live streams of floor proceedings from the u.s. congress, white house events, the courts, campaigns, and more from the follow politics at your fingertips. y

and that we make clear where you can get reproductive health care and where those might suggest care but don't include to those individuals who have no choice what is being provided in those facilities. we are making sure that those who have sensitive data about pregnancy on apps, that women and other pregnant people use as they decide to start a family, that that is protected and confidential, private, it is not disclosed. there are quite a few places in ways where we are getting involved. that unique roles that we have where we oversee the mergers and consolidations of health care providers, making sure that in that process we do not lose reproductive health care services. it is not just the right to abortion, it is so many aspects and dimensions where we have to be vigilant and communicating, getting active, and forcing right now. it is more important than ever that we stay active and aggressive. [applause] >> the next question. warnings about abortion access could be put at risk and prosecution in another state, is this a real concern? >> let me say this about the law . you know

it's here and it is an issue for us as health care providers, as it disproportionately affects socially disadvantaged communities. so as one of the nation's largest not for profit health plans and care delivery systems, each of these issues have a direct impact on our members, our patients and our communities and are critical to our ability to carry out our mission to provide high quality affordable care and to ensure that we're helping improve the health of the communities that we with which we're in and we serve. so we join our colleagues in encouraging congress act without delay to bring the benefits of this important legislation to the american people. thank you, mr. president. >> brian, you're gonna yes, i've got a question unless you why don't you go ahead first. well, >> while mr. president, i was going to turn briefly before we get our other speakers to just ask secretary yellen to offer >> before you do, can i ask you a question? sure. of course. i'd >> sure. of course. >> i'd like to ask a question. first of all, thank you very much you. it's astounding the number of people yo

them, driving the hospital operations that is getting those needles into your arms and driving the health caremes, clearing the backlog in the wake of covid >> why should investors care about this i talked to a number of our team, i reached out to a number of analysts today, wondering about the health care business and they said it's still such a tiny slice clearly there's growth there how big of a part of the business do you intend it to be? >> i think health care is massive. the number of opportunities that we're seeing to help the u.s. clear the patient backlog with hospital operations to deal with nursing shortages. covid put health care on its knees here it showed the weaknesses in the system it spurred innovation. it's created funding to go after and fix these problems that's as true in the u.s. as it is in the uk and canada and continental europe and japan and so we see a lot of opportunity all the way from the preclinical, clinical r&d side through clinical trials to the pair and provider side. >> broadly, what is happening beyond health care with the government business? you were expe

income families face that make them struggle financially we are looking at a number of areas beyond health care that really the bill should have tackled and didn't. in particular on the caregiving side, we have significant costs families face for more than the cost of higher education for childcare care and early education. there is nothing in this bill that tackles those costs. then we have the cost of aid family leave that the national level through the american rescue plan which is not established despite significant consensus that the united states is an outlier without such a program. similarly, homecare and community-based services again, huge costs that many people cannot afford. it is largely ignored by our system of public policies, medicaid provides some coverage for some people with limited assets and low income but it is largely something that people are just left on their own to fend for. we also didn't do more even directly to help young people with jobs, for example, subsidized jobs or the government helps employers sometimes public and nonprofit affording the cost of training yo

the health care in state. in terms of the second part of the question, what was that again? >> it was about access to abortion pills. >> well, you know, whenever you look at --if it is a contraceptive, everybody has access to contraceptives. there is not any limitation on that. if you are looking at abortion, again, under the trigger law, that would be outlawed whether it is a medical abortion or whether it is a chemical abortion. those would be prohibited except when the life of the mother is at risk. >> is there a way to legislate people, or prohibiting people, from receiving those in the mail? >> well, they error, you have to look at the providers. you have to understand there is nothing designed to penalize or punish the woman. that is not part of our law, we do not do that. it is restrictions -- the restrictions are on the providers. obviously, it is more difficult at there are out-of-state providers. that is a legal enforcement issue. there is not any effort to do any of those things in arkansas. right n

another big one is directing the hhs to consider actions that ensure that health care providers comply with federal nondiscrimination laws. another is ordering the hhs to improve data collection related to maternal health. for a lot of these, the details are still forthcoming. the language you see in the fact sheet from the white house says he is directing the hhs secretary to consider what the possible actions are. we're clearly still at a point where the white house and this administration is figuring out what actually is possible across the country as so many women and families grapple with the ramifications that are really just differing based on where you live in the country. >> we'll be watching. thank you very much. so kansas voters turned in and out droves to reject a ballot measure that would have allowed lawmakers to ban abortion in the state. one pro choice activist said she worked across party lines to protect abortion rights in her deeply red state. >> we built a nonpartisan coalition of organization s and voters from all walks of live. we found common ground among diverse

in mental health care demand. students are going back to school this fall with even more health concerns than last year. covid, monkeypox," leo -- monkeypox, and polio. how can you minimize your child's risk? joining us is an infectious disease specialist. thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. thanks. kristen: i'm going to take half a minute to embarrass you. you've been named winner of the carl sagan prize for science popularization. here's the website with the announcement. this is for your research on a variety of infectious diseases and for helping us better understand and combat covid. congratulations. this is huge. >> i'm a little bit red now, but thanks for bringing this up. it's been really meaningful for me to work with you and a lot of professionals during the pandemic. i think it's so important for all of us to communicate with each other. kristen: it's well deserved. congrats. we do appreciate you. we want to start the less embarrassing part, with monkeypox. zuckerberg sf general is expanding their

it has nothing to do with my health care. i am happy with my health care.'ve been with them for many decades now. i served in thailand for one year, like so many others. i was exposed to agent orange every day. this was in 1967, 1968. i worked in the bomb dump, and what we called preloaded. we were loading bombs or were transported to the white line. the area i worked, all the white line was sprayed with agent orange to keep the security perimeters open and visible. v.a. has denied all veterans of thailand service connection to a list of presumptive illnesses that if you were in vietnam and worked under the exact same conditions, you got a presumption. you didn't have to prove you got whatever. it was presumed that you did. service connection for the veterans of thailand as well as the burn pits is the issue. i think this should not be a political battle at all. my personal opinion, i have read every word of the bill in its original form. there is no difference in the bill. i listened to senator blackburn yesterday from tennessee speaking about -- it was ju

he has invested in health care before. benefits companies, he has a care company in u.k., so he knows the space and he was looking at health care in the consumer space. so i am happy -- the process was smooth and we ended up in a successful situation. david: many tech companies have seen their prices go down. so, you have as well, i assume. anne: we have as well. david: so, does that bother you? do you say we will come back, or what is your view generally on the future of tech companies in terms of the valuations they once had? anne: i think coming from wall street has given me a good perspective on this. you know, wall street is not always reflective of true value, and i can also say that there is no shortage of opportunities that people have missed. where there is a diamond in the gem or diamond in the rough, where i could look at the early days of google or amazon, where people didn't understand the story. i would put us in that bucket. a lot of people don't quite understand what we do. they think are we ancestry -- we

that affected health care forces.were massively overworked and hopefully, these challenges when and if there's a future pandemic, it won't decimate the health care workforce is much as the last one did. >> what are the implications for the doctor and hospital marketplace? what are you seeing on your platform west and mark >> what we are seeing is, we now work with over 600 hospitals and health systems across states including kaiser permanente and johns hopkins, cedars-sinai and others. everyone of these hospital executives we are working with is dealing with this problem. they are tackling shortages and understaffing on every unit. 30% of our employees are using us -- new graduate nurses. labor expenses and labor costs are negatively impacting hospital financials as well. >> how do you hope incredible health will help reach some of these gaps? >> our focus is on ensuring that nurses are able to get the best permanent roles. we invest heavily in features and tools for nurses that are completely free. we offer free cont

executive order make sure that health care providers comply with federal orders to not delay . to evaluate the impact this health crisis has had on maternal health. this executive order builds off the task force formed last month. it will also help safeguard access to health care including the right to choose and contraception. host: from avery in texas on the democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. this is a huge issue going into the elections, the primaries and everything. more importantly, it will be a bigger issue for the republicans . republicans are much better at uniting their audience behind a cause and that is something the democrats have not figured out yet. we see them use their rhetoric around the topic of abortion. a lot of comments i have heard this morning, i think we need to change the debate around abortion before we know if it impacts democrats along. i know the republicans will say that when the democrats get back into power they will bring back abortion. that is the fear mongering i fear. it will be a matter of time and we will see where the pol