host: chris pope, kaiser health news tells us there was a hearing taking a look at something known as junk insurance plans. what are they and tell us about the nature of these hearings? guest: this relates to the affordable care act. the trump administration made restoring plans, plans that existed prior to the affordable care act. they were essentially about half the cost of the plans that you can get through obamacare. president obama famously said if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. that rule was restoring the choice of plans the people previously had. host: as far as the plans themselves, are you and advocate for them, and opponent? guest: i am very much in advocate of these plans. what the affordable care act did was it said that insurance has to be priced the same for people who sign up before they get sick as people who sign up after they get sick. what we saw happen a couple years after was that people started waiting to get sick before they purchased insurance. that means that the premium started spiraling upwards because the only people buying insurance had s

medical devices like pacemakers that expression couldn't be further from the truth it's why a kaiser health news investigation forced the food and drug administration to end a decade long program that let medical device manufacturers privately submit injuries and malfunctions that the f.d.a. instead of sharing that info with the public for more on this we go to our senior malfunctioning correspondent natalie mcneal. readily so exactly how many injuries are we talking about here we're talking about at least 1100000 incidents that have flowed into f t a's internal alternatives summary reporting repository instead of being described individually in the public database known as smog but i think the m.t.a. saw a little value in making them public considering that as americans we don't really care about what goes into our bodies. if we if we did than eating at any state fair in the midwest would be a jailable offense and. burger king wouldn't use ads like this to target depressed americans just go sit. pretty sure there's no bill. that's the real thing. seasons i know i was always sad at burger king b

john hilkirk, senior editor for independent kaiser health news. lori russo, president at stanford communication and co-lead. giving over the podium, we have a senior reporter at med tech insight and a member of the board of governors of the national press club. he's actually the vice chair. skipping over our speaker for a moment, we have anna edny. she is a health policy reporter at bloomberg news. william pierce, bill pierce, he's the senior director and headline team member who organized today's event. next to bill is steve usdon. he's a washington editor at bio sentry. and we have joyce freedman at med page today. thank you, everybody, for being here. [ applause [ applause ] >> i also want to take a moment to acknowledge the additional members of our headliners team for organizing today's event. that's diane, the co-leader of the team. thank you, everybody, for your help. when dr. scott gottlieb addressed the press club in 2017, his introduction began like this. being a successful commissioner of the u.s. food and drug administration requires a

federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst and julie robe ner, chief washington correspondent for kaiser health news had an evolution in public opinion, it was controversial, then it went into effect and slowly but surely it is gaining in popularity. if it were to disappear from a judge's ruling, what would be lost? >> well, basically everything that people like, the requirement for people to have health insurance was the only really unpopular piece of the affordable care act, things like protecting people with preexisting conditions, expanding the medicaid program, letting adult kids stay on their parents' health plans, menu calorie labeling, allowing for generic biologic drugs, all of those things are quite popular and they would all go away if this law is struck down. >> elie honig, again, my clunky introduction, the reason i corrected myself about the individual mandate being unconstitutional is because the strekt didn't decide that. what happened from a legal standpoint was when congress passed the tax bill in 2017 they removed the penalty for the individual mandate and a texas judge has decide

host: chris pope, kaiser health news tells us there was a hearing taking a look at something known ask insurance plans. what are they and tell us about the nature of these hearings? guest: this relates to the affordable care act. the trump administration made restoring plans, plans that existed prior to the affordable care act. they were essentially about half the cost of the plans that you can get through obamacare. president obama famously said if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. that rule was restoring the choice of plans the people previously had. host: as far as the plans themselves, are you and advocate for them, and opponent? guest: i am very much in advocate of these plans. what the affordable care act did was it said that insurance has to be priced the same for people who sign up before they get sick as people who sign up after they get sick. what we saw happen a couple years after was that people started waiting to get sick before they purchased insurance. that means that the premium started spiraling upwards because the only people buying insurance had serio

the national union of health care workers is working with kaiser to secure a new contract for the 4,000 employees. along with better pay, the union wants an agreement ensuring that patients get help with mental and behavioral health issues in a timely fashion. >> if you're feeling a little more tired than usual this morning, your smartphone may be to plame. a new eye-opening study is showing how attached we are to our cell phones and other devices all while we sleep. "today in the bay" ali wolf this morning. we're all a little guilty of this. >> reporter: oh, yes, laura, we certainly are. i know i am. probably a lot of people at home as well. but now we're getting a closer look. it's probably not a surprise that parents and also their teenage children are bringing their cell phones into bed with them and probably checking notifications overnight while they wake up in the middle of the night. now we know a new study from the nonprofit common sense shows one-third of teenagers are actually taking their cell phones into bed with them overnight. let's take a closer look at some of these num

the national union of health care workers is working with kaiser to secure a new contract for the 4,000 employees. along with better pay, the union wants an agreement ensuring that patients get help with mental and behavioral health issues in a timely fashion. >>> a follow-up to a story we covered yesterday on "today in the bay". decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms and natural hallucinogens is moving forward. a committee voted for more discussion next week. people need access to the plants for medical reasons. opponents are concerned about safety. denver voters decriminalized mushrooms. >>> if you're feeling a little more tired than usual, your smartphone may be to blame. a new eye-opening study is showing how attached we are to our cell phones and other devices all while we sleep. "today in the bay" ali wolf this morning. we're all a little guilty of this. >> reporter: oh, yes, laura, we certainly are. i know i am. probably a lot of people at home as well. but now we're getting a closer look. it's probably not a surprise that parents and also their teenage children are bringing their

kaiser permanente have announced a new partnership. the 11-acre plaza will be named rise city after the kaiser permanente health and wellness logan. it is under construction and will include restaurants, retailer and exhibits. >> it is the four city block area surrounding chase center. it will be, more than anything else, a community gathering place. certainly the events that will take place there will be health and wellness events that you can hear more about as the program goes on. but everything from a skating rink at the holiday time and movie night -- >> kaiser will always back the warrior's team physician replacing stanford in providing medical care for the players. kevin durant will not be playing in game one of the finals. head coach steve kerr confirmed durant will mississippi at least one game. and center demarcus cousins is listed as questionable but could play at some point during the finals. he has been out since the first round of the play-offs with a quad injury. right now ticket prices in the retailer market cost more than games in toronto and oracle arena in oakland. most districts are around $500. one fan paid $5

it's a nod to the kaiser's thrive health and wellness slogan. it will feature office space for uber's news, several new retail spaces including a warriors store and a public area for seasonal events. >> for all the bay area to come and see activities going on there every day of the year, whether or not we're playing a basketball game or having a concert. >> we've been talking about the chase center for years. the first event scheduled at the chas featuring metallica on september 6. and then the warriors' first game, a preseason game, october 5th against the lakers at the chase center. >>> the triple a fresno grizzlies made a blunder by not previewing a memorial yesterday. it featured ronald reagan's first noggal speech accompanied by iconic images. nobody knew it would have alex d alexandrea yoe cause yeahumme i relaxing. it is expected to cause a lot of stress. 257 million people will be flying from the beginning of june through the end of august, nearly 3 million passengers per day, packing into airports and carrying that record number of passengers, fewer planes than expected through t

> the golden state warriors and kaiser person permanente announced a partnership surrounding the new chase center, the plaza will be named tri-city after the thrive health and wellness slogan. it's currently under construction and will include restaurants and art exhibits.>>> the warriors are in toronto and both the giants and the a's in action today. >>> millions of dollars for pothole repairs and why this might just be the beginning. it's time for our memorial day sale on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it's the final days to save $1000 on the new queen sleep number 360 special edition smart bed, only $1,799. ends sunday. >>> the oakland mayor is hoping to make huge potholes a thing of the past. >> the merlots workers to launch the latest road repair.>> reporter: how does the mayor describe the residential neighborhood streets? >> the worst possible problem i have ever seen in my entire life living here.>> reporter: started just this morning and the summer long $7 million pothole repair will begin to address the half billion dollars of deferred maintenance aggregated by da

warriors announced their teaming up with kaiser permanente to name the plaza surrounding the new chase center. the plaza will be named drive city after their healths slogan. >> drive city is the area surrounding chase center, it's will be more than anything else a community gathering place. certainly the events that will take place there will be health and wellness events that you will hear more about. but everything from a skating rink at holiday time to movie nights. >>> drug company johnson and johnson is at the center of the countries first trial over the opioid crisis. we have details on opening statements coming up.>>> the search is underway for a missing man from the sacramento area after his eight-month-old daughter was found dead in a dumpster in southern california.>>> steps to become the second city in the country to decriminalize psychedelic plants. man, that's a cool looking hot tub. we should check on the baby. he's so sweet. maybe too sweet? internet's down. go! your home is only as smart as your internet. get reliable at&t fiber and get speeds up to 300 megabits per second and directv. bundle for 75 dollars a month for 12 months.

kaiser pearl plenty, with the new chasten ter in san francisco. an 11-acre plaza will be named. they hope to make that a community gathering space focused on health programs like fitness clinics, yoga sections, a steriler's market and ice- skating. the plaza is still under construction. the sports medicine center will open in lateall or early august. >>> it is 5:47. if you're just joining us, you need to know a big problem at the bay bridge and it is causing other smaller accidents, but the commute into the city is rough. >> anyway yeah slice it, if you are heading into san francisco and you're driving it will be a difficult commute for you, and this is because three lanes of the bay bridge, eastern span, so the emoryville side, they are closed, because of a fatal crash that happened around 4:30 this morning. you can see the emergency lights there and a few cars on the on the side of the lights getting through. only two lanes open. chp doesn't have an estimated time to reopen all the lanes. this was with a golden gate transit bus, three passengers on board hurt and one person killed. we don't believe it was a bus passenger. it may be one of the o