the robert wood johnson foundation, are wjfw. what if you find about how aware medicaid recipients are about these changes that are coming up in this program in general? >> unfortunately, surveys have shown us that people are not very. where people who are currently in roldan medicaid. less than 20% know that changes are coming. even fewer than that are getting help to figure out what their options are. the redetermination process, the process of rian rolling in medicaid can be very complicated and states. very overly burdensome for individuals and families. requiring information that can be difficult to find, that takes a long time to receive, yourself. not to mention, some states are requiring that eligibility redetermination happened electronically. which for many can be convenient, for lots it, who don't trust the internet, don't know how to use the internet, don't have access to the internet, can be an additional barrier. >> was this all happening before the continuous in rome and? this, yearly look at the roles. was this pr

>> the robert wood johnson foundation is the nation's largest philanthropy dedicated to health. we recognize that help is not the absence of bad health but where you work and play. we address structural barriers to helping putting racism and other forms of discrimination. we fund research, develop data and analysis that helps inform systems and policy change and cultivate leaders that work individually and across sectors to address issues of health equity. our mission is that everyone in america has a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being no matter where they live, work or play. host: medicaid certainly fits into that mission. today we are talking about potential changes to that system. medicaid enrollment in this country, 48 million adults on medicaid, some 35 million children. tell viewers who qualifies for the medicaid program? guest: medicaid is the nation's largest public health insurance program for low and no income americans. eligibility for who is and rolled varies from state to state. generally, low income children, seniors, pregnant women, people with di

if they can remember the robert wood johnson foundation, are there really sources there for those fox? >> sure, our wjfw slip back slash medicaid would be where he'd find all of our resources. or wjbf.org. you can peruse all the work that our foundation does across the country. >> doctor avenel joseph is the policy vice president at the robert wood johnson foundation. i will rwjf.gov rwjf.gov >> this afternoon, attorney general merrick garland testifies on president biden's 2024 budget ridge quest for the justice department. live coverage before a senate appropriation subcommittee begins at 2:30 eastern on c-span 3. you can also watch on our free mobile video app. c-span now. or online at c-span.org. lawrence yun. >> -- . . ,, -- what is the state of the u.s. housing industry? >> good morning greta. thank you for having me. the housing shortage is less of the case now given that buyers have retreated. somewhat high mortgage rates, the fastest rise in mortgage rates for 40 years has led to much fewer buying activity. but we still are short on in the tory. inventory of homes,. on the ma

it's now my great pleasure to introduce the doctor who is the robert wood johnson foundation population health and health equity professor emeritus. she is a world renowned expert in health policy and geriatric medicine and was also the president of the foundation, i'll add a personal note, when when i was a health policy fellow, thank you very much for that. so please join us and please welcome the doctor. [applause] >> well, good morning. it's a joy to look out and see people who share the purpose of bringing health to those who have been denied care, circumstances, and services that we know will afford them the opportunity for good health. now, i'm going to keep my remarks and comments brief in part because the secretary and rich have already given us such a great charge, but also, because i want us to get to work. now, it's been my privilege to work with brian and the urban institute and the advisory committee over the past few months to put this exciting symposium, and set of papers together and i know that brian is going to thank the committee members, but i want to express my own

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also the robert wood johnson foundation policy vice president avenel joseph talks about the end of the pandemic era coverage requirement for medicaid participants. "washington journal" is next. host: it is tuesday, march 20 first, 2023. today donald trump said he expects to be arrested over the new york city investigation into hush money payments made to a born start. we wait to see if indictments and arrest happened today. we will begin by hearing from you about what such a move by the manhattan district attorney would mean for the former president, if it would help or hurt donald trump in his bid to retake the white house in 2024. food lines are open. democrats, call (202) 748-8000. blicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can also send as a text. (202) 748-8003. please include your name on where you are from. catch up with those on social media. good tuesday morning to you. you can start calling you now. we will begin with two opinion pieces from the conservative opinion pages of the washington times. they appear two pages apart. the first, he says alvin braggs, th

let me begin with thanks, director leary has thanked the robert wood johnson foundation and the fund, and i want to thank them again. their support is why we're hear and commission papers, we're delighted to have additional support from the california health and episcopal foundation of health to support commission papers and allows us to work in states where we make a difference. i i want to thank our urban institute team and delighted to come and work here with a talented and dedicated team of individuals. too many to name and undoubtedly i'll forgot a name and hopefully colleagues correct me, start ava, sar, tara, georgia. events team. and jenna, chris, thank you for all of your work and i particularly want to thank my partner in crime here, dr. taylor, for your ideas, your inspiration, it has been such a joy to work on this, i'm really looking forward to getting into some trouble together going forward. i also want to thank our advisory committee and let me just pull up their names. this wonderful advisory committee chaired by dr. moury. would you stand and be recognized and who th

robert wood johnson foundation. what have you found about how aware medicaid recipients are about these changes that are coming up and about this program in general? >> guest: unfortunately survey said shown people not very aware. people are currently enrolled in medicaid lesson .5% know that changes are coming. even fewer than that are getting help to figure what the options are. the redetermination process of re-enrolling in medicaid can be very complicated, very overly burdensome for individuals and families. requires information that can be difficult to find, that takes a long time to receive yourself. not to mention some states are requiring eligibility redetermination happens electronically which for many can be convenient, for lots who don't trust the internet, don't not a use internet, don't have access to the internet can be an additional barrier. >> host: was this all happening before the continuous enrollment, this yearly look at the roles, was this process you described as onerous, is that fair? >> guest

the money raised for the record attempt is going to johnson's foundation, which addresses youth mentalrd, he simply posted on social media, i did it! congratulations. >>> thanks for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. smerconish starts right now. >>> former president trump says he's about to be arrested and calls for protests. i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. in a post on his truth social account this morning, former president trump announced that he expects to be indicted by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg in the investigation examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with him. he wrote in all caps, the far and away leading republican candidate and former president of the united states of america will be arrested on tuesday of next week, protest, take our nation back. his legal team has been anticipating this and preparing behind the scenes. trump is expected to present himself in manhattan following the formal charges and has expressed interest in making a speech afterwards. a source familiar with the situation says trump has complained privatel

first lady tammy murphy, we will move on to the president and ceo of the robert johnson foundation. our honored guest, and the young person who will help us get our mind right about what the young people are experiencing one of , the single most important voices we can hear are people like miss james. were so glad to have her. [applause] and of course not but not -- of course, last but not least, our beloved surgeon general. we are so thankful to have our panel, thank you all for being here. because we know we -- because we know you have to leave we want , to start with you. i would love to ask you, i am really excited about the advisory you released, i can't tell you how much it meant to me after spending my life doing this work. in 2021 he released the advisory on protecting mental health. can you tell us about how your advisory relates to the priorities that the governor shared with us and follow that up with what results have you seen on the federal and state level that you've been most impressed with? governor murphy what a wonderful : experience to be here with all of you. it'

rich besser, president and ceo of the robert wood johnson foundation.you on this morning, dr. besser. it is hard to believe it's been three years. obviously we've come a long way, but give us your assessment about where we are at this point. >> yeah, you know, martha, it's absolutely impossible for me to believe it's been three years. time feels compressed. at the beginning of this pandemic when you talked to infectious disease experts, a lot of predictions were it would take three years to have a safe and effective vaccine, yet the scientific community delivered one within one year, and while we lost more than 1 million people in the united states, millions more around the world from this pandemic, estimates are that over 3 million lives pwere saved in the united state alone from that vaccine. so as we are starting to emerge from this pandemic, there are things that we will never recover from, and there are things that we need to learn from. >> and the administration has announced that the public health emergency will be lifted on may 11th. what does t

people like the carnegie corporation and the johnson foundation respectable, large foundations that supportlike bpc all across the country. in terms of connections between campaign donors and members, i think this new system cuts out a lot of the ability for campaign donors to try to carry influence and receive an earmark or directed spending. no for-profit entities can be recipients of the fun. there is on -- fund. in terms of the transparency that we now see, it would be very hard i think to connect or to not connect the dots in terms of a member making a request. hoping maybe to receive a campaign donation or the other way. i understand viewers are skeptical of this. there has been instances in the past where this did happen. and that is why we told them to fix the system. we really think they did we think there is more they can do but they've come a long way. host: when a legislator makes a request how much information do they have to give whoever is responsible for it to justify their request? guest: they submitted a request to the help appropriations committee -- house appropriations

were fortunate to get 25 million dollars donation this issor cornerstone donation from the johnson foundation that helped us kickoff this momentum that again reinvests in our community. open up opportunity for our municipality top have space in artic litting when we want approximate need. so i'm proud to be on this project and i'm prud to serve my community and make sure that we are continuing to provide opportunity and path ways for young men and women this are growing up in this neighborhood. and i'm appreciate itch of everyone that has come out to support our park project and more appreciative that you guys are coming out and meeting us where we are. it is important to see your face and hear your voices. because we than the goal is not just to build a park this it is to transfurthermore a space for all of us to enjoy. lastly i want to thank my son for coming out. he was up the street. so like literally 2 minutes away. my parents were pushing mow in front of podiums to stand up for my community i want to pass the torch to my sonfulipment to thank you for your time. [applause]. thank you. we

and the robert wood johnson foundation is the nation's largest philanthropy dedicated to health. along with others to recognize health is about the conditions of where we live work and play. we work to eliminate, address structural barriers to health including racism and other forms of -- and with partners we fund research to develop data and analysis to help reform systems and policy changes and work individually and the cross sector to draw health equity. our mission is that everyone in america has a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being no matter where they live work or play. >> medicaid certainly fits into that mission. we are talking about central changes to the medicaid program and a writer for viewers and enrollment in this country 48 million adults on medicaid, 35 million children. remind viewers who qualifies for the program. >> medicaid is the nation's largest public health insurance program for low and no income americans. average ability for who is enrolled in medicaid varies from state to state. generally low income children, seniors, pregnant women and

>> first and foremost, we just listened to the testimony of cliff johnson today of the macarthur justice foundationtual true data d comparison of the backlogs in comparison to other counties in mississippi. you find there isn't a significant backlog in comparison to other places. trey lamar, when asked why he felt that judges needed to be appointed rather than elected, he said, well, we simply want the best of the best. that feeds into the notion of inferiority. that feeds into the notion that this largely majority black city is not smart enough or equipped enough to know who best represents them and there is no evidence based rationale for the create of this district. if you take the first version, we would need to ask from trey lamar, while his version of the bill selected the most densely populated white portion of the city. jackson is 85% black, but that encompasses 86% of the white population of jackson. was that mere happenstance? there are no state facilities within that district. he is using the trojan horse that has been used historically on a number of occasions in order to disenfranchise

foundation. pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. woman: and now, "bbc world news". >> welcome, you are watching outside source. boris johnsonies lying to parliament over downing street parties during lockdown as he fights for his political career. >> i'm here to say to you that i did not lie to the house when those statements were made, they were made in good faith, and on the basis of what i knew and believed at the time. >> the former british prime minister faced tough questions, but was he convincing his fellow mps? also coming up, rishi sunak's new brexit deal has been passed, despite rebellion from his backbenchers the u.n. warns of a looming global water crisis. the culprit, climate change and overconsumption. we start in the u.k. with the former prime minister, boris johnson, who has denied lying to parliament. he's been given evidence to a parliamentary committee to determine whether he deliberately misled mps about attending parties during covid lockdown. he acknowledged he had misled parliament, but said it was inadvertent, and he apologized. let's hear from mr. johnson's opening statement. >> the purpose of this

paul johnson got a lot of the story right in modern times, of course, culminating amity spectacular biography. and this foundation, of course i when i was college back around the time of the boer war, i think my contemporary history professor going through, you know, the run up to the depression, set up calvin coolidge, and this is all he said of calvin coolidge as well. if took the washington monument and dug a commensurate in the ground, that would be a fitting monument for calvin coolidge is to america. and that was it. no argument, no specifics. nothing to go to substantiate this view. there giggles from the students and of course, sat back and thought, my professor saying that surely coolidge is probably an interesting guy. the opposite must surely be true because. that's usually a safe guide for a lot of college professors, right? and then greg said something, important. he has that reputation of silent cal. and you make a very important point. he was not silent at all the historians and their superficial approaches love to treat his sort of tacit nature that's legendary and it makes for fun reading. i've a

energy, angered security subcommittee, and bill johnson, who will chair the environment, manufacturing, and critical committee -- energy is foundational to every aspect of our lives. whether it's making energy more affordable, and reliable, securing our supply chains, meeting china, protecting the environment, addressing climate change, or putting energy security back in the center of policy making. these should be bipartisan goals, and we've already proven they can be over the last few weeks. one of our actions on the floor was passing hr 22, the protecting americas strategic petroleum reserve from china act. it passed with 113 democrats voting for it. last week, hr 21, the strategic production response act, and another bipartisan vote, to help ensure a vital energy assets -- for nonemergency political purposes. these are just the beginning of a robust agenda to restore american energy dominance. we need to be doing more to secure, and unleashed american energy. rush to green policies that have a devastating effect in europe. companies are rationing energy, switching back to coal fired plants. people are dying due to a lack of heat,