states achieving medicaid expansion. it's not mandatory, doesn't make the states achieve medicaid expansion. it doesn't make them do that but it gives them the same inning centives they had a -- incentives they had a number of years ago. in a state of alabama, some 300,000 people can get access to medicaid that do not have insurance right now, that can't get that and wondering in our rural communities and everywhere in the state of alabama what in the world am i going to do if i catch this virus? where am i going to go? ultimately our hospitals, our doctors, our safety nets that we're putting in part of this package, we're going to have to cover it anyway. we all know that. sooner or later we're going to have to cover it. so i would love to be able to see the same act, the states achieving medicaid expansion act get out there and be part of this package. let states have the opportunity. it's a state's right issue. not a single state would have to expand medicaid if we pass this bill. but we at least let those local leade

and he opposed full medicaid expansion. why would you be against full medicaid expansion?it moves too many people out of a market-based system into a government system. let me tell you about that government program. we have provider shortages. not everybody on that program can see the doctors they need to see. we also have problems with funding. every year we're up here saying do we have enough money to pay for that. sometimes we have to cut benefits. >> your citizens passed proposition 3. 53% or more of your district specifically. >> yes. >> yet you don't support that. subverting the will of the people, some would call that anti-democratic. >> i don't like that term. >> would you call it something else? >> here's the issue. we're doing a slow build. we're going to find the most vulnerable populations, people who needed the benefits the most and saying, can we afford that. not only can we afford that today but can we guarantee that we'd be able to afford that forever. when you start putting people on medicaid, this has to be a long-term commitment. >> under obamacare, if y

alabama is one of those he states, it did not expand medicaid. we are talking about increasing the federal government portion of that. adding additional medicaid funds for the state like alabama, we will get those extra benefits for short but we will get as much as we should have if we had an expanded medicaid pretty senator warner and i have a bi bill, states achieving medical expansion. it is not mandatory, does not make the states medicaid expansion, it does not make them do that. it gives them the same incentives they had a number of years ago. soso to stay like alabama, some 300,000 people, to get access to medicaid do not have insurance right now. it cannot get that and i'm wondering our rural communities everywhere in the state of i alabama, what in the world am i going? to do if i catch this virus. where am i going to go but ultimately, our hospitals, our doctors, our safety nets that we are putting in part of this package we will have to cover it anyway. we all know that. sooner or later weo will have to cover it. so i would love to be a

you may also be eligible for medicaid, you could get-- you might get coverage through medicaid. but if you go to that web site, you can find out what your options are. you might be eligible for a subsidy. your income probably dropped, is dropping a lot, anso you're-- you could be eligible for a subsidy to offset the cost of your premiums or be eligible for medicaid in yote. >> sreenivasan: does what we're living through now shine a fferent light on the conversation aut univers health care? >> i think it really does. there are about 30 million people that are still uninsured. a'rnd so, yseeing in congressional bills attempts to patch that up by vering the costs, requiring insurers to cover the costs of testing, for example. we're considering other options. 11 statesave new special nrollment periods for the marketplaces so that people can get enrollewho are uninsured. nationwide effort to open up the marketplaces for people. but i think that this should be a baseline feature of our healthcare system. we should know gog into a crisis like this that everyone has health insurance cov

health system or medicaid. i think it starts in public schools and even private schools that children are taught by teachers and professors who continually say capitalism is bad and socialism is good therefore we need more socialism they are being indoctrinated without ever hearing about free-market ideas there is an organization that is comparable to the federalist society for law students if i debate doctors on campus at medical schools they are all for government takeover the student has ever heard the alternatives they will be snickering and laughing because they think that is all they know it will be more efficient and cheaper but they have no clue what that does for their ability to practice medicine it is a huge problem with identity politics. somehow we have to take that back. >> with no easy undertaking. >> one last thing from personal experience people ask me how competition brings drug prices down we had a company come out with this idea that it was generic for four dollars i broke my back is that i

a state-passed medicaid redesign effort. why would you ever want to stop that? i don't know whose politics they are playing. year, why not take the money they are offering you now because you need it and redesign it next year? the $6 billion number, we cannot get to the $6 billion number no matter how u.s. tomatoes number. it is probably closer to $4 billion and that assumes that the emergency is in place for a year. there is nothing in that bill that says it will last for a year. in fact, it will and once the president declares the emergency is over. that can happen any time. that poor billion dollar number is reduced. if it is half a year, is to billion. then a significant portion does not go to the state. you are left with a number that is under $2 billion potentially. a oneyou are saying, take shot of these funds, don't reform the medicaid system, and spend that money inefficiently on a system that unanimously everyone understood was not working properly, we were wasting the money. the choice is, wasted the money, or do a bill that actually provides funding

and that your direction medicare and medicaid last week already made it clear to medicare and medicaid beneficiaries that coronavirus testing and treatment would be covered. these private insurance carriers have extended that as well. they also agreed to cover telemedicine so that anyone particularly among a vulnerable senior population would not feel it necessary to go to a hospital or go to the doctor. they will know that telemedicine is covered. these ceos have agreed no surprise billing. we want people to get tested. over 1 million tests are out angst of the diligent work of cdc and hhs, more than 4 million will go out this week. you worked with commercial labs to expand testing and i will continue increase either day but we want the american people to know that they are covered through private insurance. they are covered through medicare, medicaid and there will be no surprise billing. and finally mr. president, as you directed us yesterday we produced hopeful information for every american family, how they can keep their home, their school, their business, the establishment safer

provided by medicaid but expected medicaid usage would be included as a -- if you are expected to use medicaid for more than 12 months out of a 36-month period you would be considered a public charge and if you have used it in the past. i do also want to emphasize that this is a toe pallet of the circumstances test. in answer to your honor's question earlier about a small amount of benefits, in i adjudicator is going to have to rationally explain not based on speculation why they think this person is likely to become a public charge and the likelihood that they would find i think in six years you're going to be using a very small amount of snap benefits, it's hard to see as a practical matter what basis they would have for finding that and how that could be defended because, again, they're considering the totality of the circumstances. >> isn't the standard for who is a public charge someone who will have -- will take these benefits? >> i agree that that is a standard but it has to be established. >> how could the -- if the adjudicator or administrator, a bureaucrat, someone in the bo

i work in one of the poorest counties in michigan and my patients depend on expanded medicaid. how is that going to affect my patients? >> actually, when i was governor of indiana, we got a waiver from the obama administration that allowed us to expand medicaid coverage in the state. >> now they're talking about scaling back the medicaid expansion that we got with the affordable care act and that 680,000 in michigan, 680,000 in iowa, a lot of people got health care. >> expanded coverage in indiana. >> i'm talking about the president and your administration. >> did you ever get an answer from him about why they think it's okay to cut medicare and really destroy medicaid expansion by getting rid of the affordable care act in the midst of this crisis? >> no answer, just an agree to disagree at the end when he finally said four minutes was enough, but you know, on two fronts, this attempt to cut medicaid by block granting comes to light with this coronavirus impending outbreak. what happens with block grants, the state gets a set amount of money to manage their medicaid patient. it

we are going to put out some information about cost-sharing and medicaid programs. that should not be an issue there and medicaid and medicare programs will put out the information on what people should expect. that said the test is available free at the public health departments and that's always an option for people. c we are investigating. cms has jurisdiction over all the nursing homes and health care facilities. of the things i did yesterday is a call to action for all health care facilities to double down on their actions and policies and procedures. those are things that every health care facility should have been placed. we deal with the flu season every year for the situation and kurt and is very concerning and a that's why we have investigators on the ground to determine what happened there. this hearing will come to order. without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time to give money welcome to today's hearing on coronavirus, understanding the threat of infectious disease and mobilizing innovative solutions. i will recognize myself f

it was called the medicaid redesign team. announced it back in january, the second time that we did it and it takes waste and fraud and inefficiency out of the system. that was going on since january. the legislation that he passed said you cannot redesign medicaid for what reason i have no idea. so it disqualified the state from funding. and he knew that when he passed it. >> you had a choice, you could take the additional 6 billion or the mrt which is two and half billion. it sound like you're going to push ahead. >> i have no choice -- i will tell you. two and a half billion per year recurring is worth more than 6 billion one-shot. i would rather have 2.5, 2.5, 2.5 then 6 billion today. and i called every congressional representative and told them why would you want to stop a medicaid redesign that has been going on since january. i don't know what their political calculus was but that's all it was, political calculus. there was no good government reason to say why you would want to stop a medicaid redesign headed by denni

it was called the medicaid redesign team. i announced it back in january. it's the second time we did it. and it takes waste and fraud and inefficiency out of the system. and that was going on since january. the legislation he passed said, you can't redesign medicaid. for what reason, i have no idea. so it disqualified the state from funding. and he knew that when he passed it, because -- >> reporter: you have the choice, you could either take the additional $6 billion and pause the mrt, which is worth $2.5 billion. it sounds like you're not taking the $6 billion, you're going to push ahead with the mrt. >> i have no choice. let me just -- i'll tell you. $2.5 billion per year recurring is worth more than $6 billion one-shot. i would rather have 2.5, 2.5, 2.5, than $6 billion today. and i called every congressional representative and told them, why would you want to stop a medicaid redesign that's been going on since january? i don't know what their political calculus was. but that's all it was, was a political calculus. there's no good government reason to

and yet many parts of medicaid that have grown exponentially. frankly, there is gross waste, gross waste. and almost periodically, you have to go to any of these government programs and you have to question every premise. why are we doing this? why are we doing this? why are we doing this? you will find there are ways to save money. and that is what we're doing here. youave -- i want to show videos that the state is running to help communicate to new yorkers the need to stay home, the need to isolate because we are trying to get out the message. i have been saying it and everyone has been saying it, but we have to do a better job communicating so we are trying a number of other vehicles. so just show them -- oh, i have to do it. i have to do everything myself. hello, this is robert deniro. we all need to stay home. we need to stop the spread of this virus and we can only do it together. not just protect ourselves, but to protect others and all of the older people you love. please. i'm watching you. >> [laughter] >> this is dated to veto. i'm ask

the medicaid work part is an important part. why should people decline taking a promotion because they don't want to go off of medicaid, they are willing and able to work and they should be working their way up the ladder. people should be able to buy their health insurance across state lines. we need price transparency. i think that is a big issue and he realizes it is. people want to know what costs. american people like to compare. we need to get rid of it and this is an issue that keeps new hospitals off the market. we need to get rid of those what they did in florida so those are a few of the things that are part of my plan to keep america as the diamond club from health care system in the world people do come here all over the world not just from canada but people from the middle east come here and give tremendous treatments that they can't get in their own country. >> host: why is it that americans still don't trust the free market system? >> guest: we were talking about it this morning how is that socialism is expanding

a medicaid program. it should not be an issue. the medicare program, we are going to put out information about what people should expect. the test is available free at the public health department. >> are you investigating the kirkland nursing home. if so, what are you looking at? thee are investigating kirkland situation. cms has jurisdiction over the health care facilities. one of the things we did yesterday was a call to action on all health care facilities to double down on policies and procedures. those are things every health care facility should have in place. the situation in kirkland is concerning. that is why we have investigators to determine what happened. >> to follow the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak, go to c-span.org/coronavirus. coverageind all of our including hearings, briefings and review the latest events at c-span.org/coronavirus. surgeons general from the rv, -- from army, navy and air force were on capitol hill to testify on

at your direction, medicare and medicaid last week already made it clear that medicare and medicaid beneficiariesent virus testing and treatment would be covered. the private insurance carriers extended that as well. they've agreed to cover telemedicine so that anyone among a vulnerable senior population would not feel it necessary to go to a hospital or go to the doctor. they'll know that telemedicine is covered. the ceos have agreed that no surprise billing. we want people to get tested. over a million tests are out thanks to the diligent work of cdc. a million more will go out this week. you've worked with commercial labs to expand testing. that will continue to increase by the day. but we want the american people to know that they are covered through private insurance, they are covered through medicare, medicaid and there will be no surprise billing. finally, mr. president, we produced helpful information for every american family. how they keep their home, their school, their business, their establishment safer from the spread of the coronavirus. all of these major health insurance companies

by the way, you need changes to medicaid, because there's a lot of waste and inefficiency in medicaid in those long-term programs as we've been discussing for six months. they wrote a bill that if -- it's not really funny. it's, like, sad. but it's like either you cry or you laugh. they wrote a bill that said if you change any procedures on medicaid you don't qualify for the federal funding. i know but we've been changing procedures since january. >> the four field hospitals you're talking about what would those look like? >> the four field hospitals -- we have two types of -- i call them pop-up hospitals. they say don't say pop-up hospital, which only makes me say pop-up hospital more. the field hospitals are done by the fema. they are equipped hospitals that do 250 people each. they're basically a tent configuration, with beds, with medical equipment, with staff. they come in 250-bed capacities. we requested four to have those so a,000. the army corps of engineers they can do it in a convention center, outside, but then it needs a climate control system. that is more than just a ten

he cannot do a budget without changes to medicaid -- we cannot do a budget without changes to medicaid. we need changes to medicaid because there is a lot of waste. --y even wrote a bill, some it is sad, but you either cry or you laugh -- if you change any procedures on medicaid you do not qualify for federal funding but we were changing procedures since january. >> are those potentially outdoor mass units? what would those look like? gov. cuomo: you have two types of -- i called them pop up hospitals and they say "do not say pop up hospitals," which only makes me say pop up hospital more. field hospitals are done by fema. hospitals, 250ed people each, they are basically beds, configuration with with medical equipment, with staff. in 250 bed capacities. we requested four of those, so 1000. the army corps of engineers, they basically do a tent like facility. they can do it in a gymnasium, in the westchester convention center, they can do it outside, but then it needs a hva, climate control system. itselft structure without the beds were medical equipment and without the staff -- >> ther

medicaid assistance in this bill will provide help for them immediately. why wait? let's pass this and do it this morning. we also have free testing for coronavirus that is set up in the law whether you have insurance, covered by medicare, medicaid. you're going to be able to be tested when the tests are available, i might quickly add, without cost to you, and that's a weight should be. these are things that are basic. they work we do not just by nancy pelosi the speaker of the house but by the trump white house, mr. mnuchin, the secretary came forward and i negotiated all of the challenge which i b just described. so they are bipartisan in nature. there is no reason for us to delay this anyway. we should move on it quickly. putting this off for a day or two of whatever the plan is with the republican leadership is totally unnecessary and, unfortunately, requires staff to wait around here when the been advised they should be home, there should be social distance, they should be in circumstances where they are not endangering themselves in terms of their health or an

he also has two rounds of medicaid cuts. they're called the medicaid redesign teams. the second medicaid redesign team just made a rececommendatin fofor massive medicaid c cuts, including specific cuts to the city hospital system where we work, just in the last two weeks. so governor cucuomo is currently trying t to reduce medicacaid spending in the state e by almot $2.5 billion. during this pandemic. this will absolutely result in a decrease in health care capacity and keepp the state from getting matching fedederal dollars or medicaid spending. it is unfathomamae to someoeone lilike myself, someone who has worked in a public hospital for 12 years and h has seen these cuts, se t the resulting decrease in ststaffing, , seen e resulting decrease in services -- w we had to fight a a couplef years a ago just to keep our pediatric trauma center open in the bronx, t the only pediatric trauma center that serves the entire borough of the bronx in southern westchester county. we had to fight to keep it open because of these medicaid cuts. that fight,t,y won but t we have been

medicaid, snap, and housing vouchers. food, shelter, and medical care. further byrowed it saying -- proposition that supports the validity of this rule is that a person who needs public assistance, and i am quoting from this passage, a person who needs public assistance to provide these basic necessities of life and receive such benefits for longer periods of time is more likely to receive such benefits in the future. is that the justification? where do you get the proposition that the person in question needed those benefits? experience, people take what is available to them. i take tax to the actions. do i need them? no, i take them because they are available to me. a person who is eligible to or go toenefits receive medical care for free is likely to take it. it.er than pay for get the you justification that anyone who took something that was available to them for free needed it? >> a couple of points. , any public benefit would not count. you could use cash assistance. that is something that can be considered. >> isn't there a difference between ssi

in the medicaid program, it shouldn't be an issue there. in the medicare program we're going to put out that information of what people should expect. that being said, the test is available free at the public health departments so that's always an option for people. reporter: are you investigating the kirkland nursing home and if so what are you looking at specifically? >> we are vectoring the kirkland situation -- investigating the kirkland situation. c.m.s. has jurisdiction over the nursing homes and health care facilities. something we did yesterday was a call to action for all health care facilities to double down on their infection control policies and procedures. those are things that every health care facility should have in place because we deal with the flu season every year. the situation in kirkland is very concerning and that's why we have investigators on the ground to determine what happened there. reporter: the question i was asked whether -- >> the question i was asked is whether we learned anything new about these briefings

sick leave, food assistance for school kids and elderly and assistance to states over-burdened by medicaid expanded unemployment insurance. thisenate should take up bill and pass it immediately by consent today. we cannot wait. it was my preference to keep the thete in session over weekend so that we could have passed this bill already but mcconnell regrettably and almost unexplicably decided to everyone home and then called them back today. many members on my side of the aisle were extremely upset by leader mcconnell's decision. no further delay in passage of this legislation because surely we must move on to other necessary measures to itsess the coronavirus and widening impact on the medical, fabric ofand social this country. testing capacity and public health infrastructure, like hospital beds, masks, ventilators and more, remain a priority.t economic assistance for working families and small businesses must continue to be a focus of broaderrts, as well as macroeconomic policies. families will be without salaries. businesses without liquidity and they will need immediately. as early as

additional medicaid expenses. many kids in montana rely on lunch that they get at their school as a primary source of nutrition for that day. this bill will allow those kids to continue to get lunch even if the schools are closed. seniors who are homebound rely on meal services like meals on wheels. missoula aging services is just as an example of one is already preparing to use the allotment of millions of dollars in additional revenue for senior nutrition, for providing more meals for seniors who are following recommendations to stay home. this pandemic is already causing significant impacts to our economy. we know that all too well. this is why this bill addresses unexpected unemployment and helps small businesses cover paid sick leave for those who need it. under this bill, low-income pregnant women and others with young children could lose their jobs due to covid-19 will be able to access food assistance. all of these are commonsense bipartisan solutions that the senate has delayed for no good reason. on the

and by the way, you need changes to medicaid because there's a lot of waste and inefficiency on medicaid in those long term programs that we've been discussing for six months. it's not funny, it's sad but it's either you cry or you laugh. they wrote a bill saying if you change any procedures in medicaid you don't qualify for the funding. i know but we've done it since january. >> the field hospitals are those essentially outdoor hospitals like mash? >> i call them pop up hospitals, they say don't say pop-up hospital. which only makes me say pop-up hospital more. the field hospitals are done by the fema. they are equipped hospitals that do 250 people each. they're basically a tent configuration, with beds, with medical equipment, with staff. and they come 250-bed capacities. we requested four of those, so 1,000. the army corps of engineers they basically do a tent-like facility. they can do it in a gymnasium, they can do it in the convention center, outside, but then it needs an hvac system, climate control system. that is more like a tent structure itself without the beds, without the me

we added the head for the center of medicaid and medicare services, as well as robert wilkey with the va. first a few basic facts and reports and then we'll hear from other members of the task force about ongoing efforts. at the present moment we have 43 domestic cases of the coronavirus. 48 cases of individuals who have returned to the united states. of the domestic cases, 29 of the 43 are either in california or washington state. and we have communities that are facing -- facing what the experts tell us could potenti potentially be a cluster in those communities. sadly today there were four additional fatalities, raising the number that six americans have lost their life to the coronavirus. and on behalf of the president and all of the american people we extend our deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of those that were lost. despite today's sad news, let's be clear. the risk to the american people of the coronavirus remains low, according to all of the experts that we're working with across the government. this president has said we're ready for anything. but this is

it will include enhanced unemployment insurance and increased federal funds to medicaid to support health systems. the president supports the measure. here is the floor debate just before the vote starting with the appropriations committee chair. . lowey. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i ask i ask unanimous consent that all legislators have five consecutive days in which to revise and extend it marks -- remarks and include extraneous material currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. lowey: the families first coronavirus response act builds on the $8.3 billion supplemental enacted last week to meet the needs of the american people. by guaranteeing free coronavirus testing, providing paid leave, strengthening food security initiatives through additional investments in w.i.c., food banks and senior nutrition. the bill also makes sure that children who depend on free and reduced price meals have access to food during school and child care

we have 49% medicaid patients. 23% uninsured. we provide primary care to the communities that need it. host: for those uninsured, what happens with those folks? guest: we have a great relationship with the bureau of primary health care. they administer the public health grant which includes community health centers. it enables us to take care of people that have no health insurance. we have a sliding fee according annualr family size and income. for funding, we just saw the president and congress sign a $.3 billion in emergency supplemental. there is $100 million for emergency health centers. it will primarily be for supplies for personal protective equipment and to support centers. host: is that enough? guest: we can always use more. it is a start. we appreciate the bipartisan support. we have enjoyed that bipartisan support, and we need more. i think we have a lot of potential, which we will get to today. host: personal protective equipment, are there places where you are running out already in community health centers? guest:

sick leave, food assistance for school kids and to elderly, and assistance states overburdened by medicaid costs. the senate should take up this bill and passed it immediately by consent today. we cannot wait. it was my preference to keep the senate in session over the weekend so we could have passed this bill already, but leader mcconnell regrettably and almost inexplicable he decided to send everyone home and call them back today. many members on my side of the aisle were extremely upset by leader mcconnell's decision, there should be a further delay in passage of this legislation. because surely we must move on to necessary measures to address the coronavirus and its widening impact on the medical, economic, and social fabric of this country. and publicacity health infrastructure like hospital beds, masks, remain ans and more urgent priority. economic assistance for working families come a small businesses must continue to be a focus of our efforts, as well as broader macroeconomic policies. families will be without salaries, small businesses without the quiddity coming and they will ne

we added the head for the center of medicaid and medicare services seema verma to the task force today as well as robert wilkey with the va. first a few basic facts and reports and then we'll hear from other members of the task force about ongoing efforts. at the present moment we have 43 domestic cases of the coronavirus. 48 cases of individuals who have returned to the united states. of the domestic cases, 29 of the 43 are either in california or washington state. and we have communities that are facing what the experts tell us could potentially be a cluster in those communities. sadly today there were four additional fatalities, raising the number that six americans have lost their life to the coronavirus. and on behalf of the president and all of the american people we extend our deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of those that were lost. despite today's sad news, let's be clear. the risk to the american people of the coronavirus remains low, according to all of the experts that we're working with across the government. this president has said we're ready for anythi

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not much of a writer but i hope you like it to i am giving you 20 minutes of how medicaid works whichis fascinating but i want to talk about the themes is not all happy but you live in america and you already knew this there's a lot of tears in the book because to envision a better world with a crippling fear of the betrayal of our own body to stand free and frankly i believe in it. we have the tools and resources to build this freedom. you just have to demand it and the composition to the world we have now that is not natural but created by people if it is created it can be changed until we change it. ours is a birthright of continual exploitation. to be drained of cash and we suffer and then we are punished we are punished for being sick and punished for being hungry and punished for being disabled punished for being poor. punished for being black. or brown or queer, pregnant unlucky and just being. at the core of all that punishment and suffering in america sickness makes you poor important this makes you sick so stick with me the next half an hour i will talk about that relationsh

that changes procedures in the medicaid program.january. we can't do a budget without changes to medicaid. you need changes, because there's a lot of waste and inefficiency in medicaid on the long-terms problems. they even wrote a bill -- it's not really funny, but it's sad. you either cry or you laugh. if you change any procedures, you don't qualify, but we've been changing procedures since january. >> reporter: of the four field hochts, are those essential outdoor m.a.s.h. units? >> you have two types of what i call pop-up hospitals, and they say don't call pop-up hospitals. the field hospitals are done by the fema. they are equipped hospitals with 250 people eat, they're basically a tent configuration, with beds, medical equipment, staff. and they come with a 250-bed capacities. we requested four of those, so 1,000. the army corps of engineers, they basically do a tent-like facility, they can do it in a gymnasium, or westchester convention center, they can do it outside, but it needs a hvac system -- that is more a tent structure

but 37 states have the expanded medicaid program.hey should be saying, this will pay for all coronavirus. coronavirus is an emergency. we will pay for it. amy: i want to turn to new york state senator alessandra biaggi. you just introduced legislation called the healthy terminals act. for people who don't work in the airport but are concerned about going to the airport, i wonder how often they think about people who must be in the airport all the time? talk about what you have introduced. also, tell us what district you represent. >> i represent the 34th district which covers parts of their bronx and westchester counties. as we have read in the news recently, one of the children of a man who lives in new rochelle is currently quarantined. the child goes to sa's golden riverdale. r, amy: and the high school was closed. clubs and also the elementary school as well. think the healthy terminals act is an attempt to really make sure the people who are on the frontline of international travel, at our airports, jfk, laguardia stuart airport

led by texas, florida, georgia, north carolina. 14 states have refused to extend medicaid.ght they all would expand, because the bill is so generous in giving them money to expand medicaid. yet those states have millions of people who need coverage, who don't make as much as 100% of the poverty line, and are typically working hard at jobs that just don't provide health insurance. and they don't want to expand coverage for them. again, it's despite these hard working, poor people, that these states have not expanded medicaid. and again, we know that expanding medicaid has led to improvements in health, decrease in stress, better nutrition by people. there's just a myriad of benefits. again, it's not a perfect law but it's been a huge step forward for the american health care system. with this law we have -- we've had 10% uninsured as opposed to 16% before the law was enacted. >> dr. zeke emanuel, thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us tonight, we really appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence, for having me. i really appreciate it. >>> and when we come back, wo

it would give food assistant, medicaid reimbursement and expanded unemployment insurance. i understand that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle might want to amend the legislation or have it written differently if they were the ones putting it together. but i remind them that leader mcconnell said that he would defer to the agreement between the speaker of the house and secretary mnuchin. the president has said he will sign this bill if the senate passes it. so if we change the bill, it will go backye to the house, be delayed, and delayed the aid it contains forpi american families coping with the impact of the virus. so please, my colleagues, we will have other opportunities to legislate, and the would be a great need for them, let's move this now. let's move this now. i believe our site of the island will t clear this. i hope the other side will -- side of the aisle. and it will be on the president's desk today. let us hope and let us not delete any longer. but there's much more to be done. once this legislation is sent to the president's desk, covert tw

the vice president also reported that medicare, medicaid and i think all private insurers have agreed to cover the cost of tests and also to cover the cost of deductibles if it relates to the coronavirus. so those are all big and reassuring steps to people who have any hesitation about getting this checked because they might not be able to afford what happens next if. if they have medicare or medicaid or private insurance, the administration's working vigorously to be sure that all of those costs and particularly initially all the testing costs are met by somebody other than the person who's covered by any of those big areas that cover most americans now. >> i'm very grateful that we were able to act so quickly on a package that will support the resources necessary to combat the coronavirus. it was a bipartisan measure and very thankful that the president had that signed as quickly as he did. i hope that we're able to continue working in a bipartisan way to work on our way through the coronavirus and all of the following issues. back home in iowa we have a great partnership between go

the vice president also reported that medicare, medicaid, and i think all private insurers have agreed to cover the cost of tests and also to cover the cost of deductibles if it relates to the coronavirus. so those are all big and reassuring steps to people who have any hesitation about getting this checked. because they might not be able to afford what happens next if they have medicare or medicaid, or if they have private insurance, the administration is working vigorously to be sure all of those costs, and particularly initial testing costs are met by somebody other than the person who is covered by any of those big areas that cover most americans now. >> i am very grateful that we were able to act so quickly on a package that will support the resources necessary to combat the coronavirus. again, it was a bipartisan measure and very thankful that the president had that signed as quickly as he did. i hope that we are able to continue working in a bipartisan way to work our way through the coronavirus and all of the following issues. back home in iowa, we do have a great partnership b

was on the floor of the senate talking about the need to not only cut social security to medicare, medicaid. how does that happen why would a democrat talk about cutting social security medicaid medicare and veterans programs. we have a different opinion with regarding healthcare. joe essentially wants to maintain what i consider to be a dysfunctional and cruel welfare system in which we are spending twice as much per person as the people in any other country and if wyet we have 87 million amers who are uninsured 30,000 are dying in the 500,000 who go bankrupt every year and we pay the highest prices from the industry which is involved in collusion and price-fixing suit the american people have got to understand that this is a conflict about ideas, about a record where we go forward and i do not want this campaign to degenerate. his vision for the future i look forward to a serious debate on the issues facing this country and i would hope the media will help us do that and allows that kind of debate to take place and by the way i would also because i know the issue of health care it's such