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medicaid rates vary widely. in some states they come closer to paying for the cost of the services. in a lot of states we actually have to raise private donations to supplement what it costs for -- >> so you may make money on some medicaid reimbursement services, correct? >> i don't know that anyone does but i'd be happy to find out. >> i'm sure you're well aware it is against the law to use federal money on abortions. >> i am well aware. >> are you saying today with 100% surety that not one money of taxpayer money is used to pay for abortions? yes or no, 100% surety. because that is against the law. >> the federal law allows for federal dollars to pay for abortion services in very rare instances, rape, increest and t life of the mother. we don't use federal money except for those that are permitted by law. sorry, we were talking over ourselves. i didn't hear you. >> the profits generated from taxpayer funded sources such as medicaid reimbursements are any of those profits used to help cover the costs of abortions? >> and i don't believe there tax i will absolutely -- we can go throu

medicaid rates vary widely. in some states they come closer to paying for the cost of the services. in a lot of states we actually have to raise private donations to supplement what it costs for -- >> so you may make money on some medicaid reimbursement services, correct? >> i don't know that anyone does but i'd be happy to find out. >> i'm sure you're well aware it is against the law to use federal money on abortions. >> i am well aware. >> are you saying today with 100% surety that not one money of taxpayer money is used to pay for abortions? yes or no, 100% surety. because that is against the law. >> the federal law allows for federal dollars to pay for abortion services in very rare instances, rape, increest and t life of the mother. we don't use federal money except for those that are permitted by law. sorry, we were talking over ourselves. i didn't hear you. >> the profits generated from taxpayer funded sources such as medicaid reimbursements are any of those profits used to help cover the costs of abortions? >> and i don't believe there tax i will absolutely -- we can go throu

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experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> historic divine loraine hotel one of the most recognizable buildings but fallen into disrepair. now a multimillion dollar makeover. officials broke ground on north broad street. the vacant building will be transformed into a residential and retail space, more than 100 apartments and 4 restaurants. >>> change of rules for drones at high school sporting events in new jersey. the state athletic association voted to ban drones and that means games and practices cannot be filmed using drones. fans have to keep drones grounded. >>> flying a drone around the beacon or its home at cape may state park is against the rules as well. looking live at the jersey shore's most popular landmarks, cape may lighthouse. ted greenberg found out, some d

the medicaid reimbursement -- if they are going up, that's because more services are being provided and many women now because of the affordable care act and medicaid expansion, there are more patients on medicaid coming to us for health care. all the reimbursements are directly related to health care delivery services. earlier --t here planned parenthood is like any other hospital or health care provider -- mrs. love: you've also made it very clear that planned if planned-- parenthood wasn't around, it would be difficult for low income families so what's the responsibility of hospitals and other clinics that people can actually go to? place thats: it's a two point 7 million patients choose voluntarily to come to every year. what's important is in a lot of areas of the country, they won't take more medicaid. mrs. love: what is our job here? to provide as many options as possible. ms. richards: i would agree. mrs. love: there's no reason we cannot provide those options elsewhere where people can have their choice to wear they go. ms. richards: i think this may be an area where you and i

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the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern. >>> as we have been reporting for months they are expecting millions on the parkway for the papal visit and many of are you watching from home. >> pope francis arrives at philadelphia international airport on saturday morning, this will be the first of his appearances in philadelphia and "action news" will be there and on the air bringing it to you live on 6 abc. >> our live coverage continues throughout the weekend but you don't have to be in front of a television to see it, make sure you have the 6 abc news app, because that is where we'll be streaming every event as they take place. >> it's important to be live and present, this is one of the biggest stories this see will see in a decade. >> the large of the crowds turn out saturday and sunday on the parkway, we have it covered. monica malpass, rick williams and cecily tynan will be in a special

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the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. t fewer than 10% received 5 stars. r among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern. >>> september is now here and this month will include a historic visit to new york city by pope francis. the final preparations coming together. cardinal dolan will unveil the pay papal chair tomorrow. last month, we showed you the work that goes into building it. the chair is simple and built by a group of immigrants and day laborers. at news 4, we're preparing for the pope's visit to new york. look for complete coverage here. >>> an alarming study tonight on americans and heart health. turns out we weren't so young at heart after all. three out of four americans have hearts older than their age, putting them at higher risk for heart attacks and stroke. the average heart age for adult men is eight years older than their age compared to five years older for women. >>> we take a look back at new york city's checkered past. >>> lynda bay -- baquer

the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern. >>> the dea has tallied the numbers and says its prescription drug take back efforts were a big success, people could dispose of their prescription drugs at various locates in delaware over the weekend, nearly 16,000 pounds of prescriptions were collected in pennsylvania and more than 7,000 pounds in delaware, it's important to get the unused prescriptions out of medicine cabinets because they become gateway drugs for young people. >>> the housing authority cut a ribbon for a brand new development in strawberry mansion, it's 23 efficient units build on vacant lan. they are trying to revitalize the area and create job opportunity. >>> mayor michael nutter spoke at a housing facility in center city, the next phase of the you city square building it calls for a farmers market and an outdoorent tamt area. >>> ducis here with sports, last night's game di

. >>> we'll be right back with the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. t fewer than 10% received 5 stars. r among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. >>> remember all that drama surrounding the jets and geno smith? seems like a distant thing of the past right now. at 2-0, began to start the season. marshall plays big boy football. marshall carried two colt defenders last night into the end zone and iced the game. how is that for big boy football? the story of the game, the defense, they hassled and battered superstar andrew luck all night long. they forced five colts' turnovers. the jets now have 10 takeaways in the first two weeks. that's music to coach bowles' ears. >> great quarterbacks have bad games, but defensively i thought they came out and stuck to the game plan and did a good job. they got fortunate and had some breaks. the guys made plays. >> tom bowles says he'll stick with ryan fitzpatrick even when geno smith is healthy. ryan decker went day to day with a sprained knee.

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on the flip side, college the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. >>> more trouble for the rutgers university -- . >> resolution. suspended three games, fined $50,000. that is coach kyle flood's punishment from the president after contacting a faculty member to discuss the academic of a at let. flood gets the punishment what the school calls severe and justified and has been in contact with the ncaa to see if any of its rules apply. rutgers football had what number of players kicked off after arrests unrecollected -- unrelated to this discipline for flood but part of evening going on on campus. part of flood's statement, we adhere to a higher standard, one that i am responsible to be aware of. i take full responsibility and accept the consequences of my actions. wilson will step in for flood. >>> on the nfl, no -- big blue making one thing clear. they are moving full steam ahead to the falcons, putting the embarra

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services. in short, current federal law was designated to guarantee that state medicaid programs provide beneficiaries with the same basic opportunity and rights to choose and receive covered health care services from any qualified provider in the same way as any member of the general population seeking health care services. the legislative language of this bill is so broad that if enacted it has the potential to have a devastating impact on patient access by giving states the ability to kick any provider out of medicaid, including entire hospital systems, if that provider has even an attenuated connection to an abortion service. for example, it is entirely possible that under this bill a hospital could be excluded from providing any and all services in medicaid if an obstetrician with admitting privileges at the same hospital provides or even provided in the past abortions as a separate part of his or her practice. the american congress of obstetricians and gynecologists, an organization composed of over 57,000 physicians and partners in women's health, have come out publicly against this legislation

the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. >>> a long island man with his two-year-old son in the car has been arrested in a brutal road rage attack. rouson hinston is accused of attacking a driver on the meadowbrook parkway on sunday leaving the scene. the assault leaving the victim unconscious with a brokennen jaw and other broken bones. witnesses say he was weaving and speeding, apparently upset the slowly. >> the operator was in the driver 'seat. the window open, attempting to apologize when mr. hinton got out of his vehicle and punched him numerous times. >> in court hinton's family denied he left the scene. their lawyer believes he was the victim. hinton is being held on $25,000 bond. he pleaded not guilty. >>> new tonight two men under arrest accused of selling untraceable firearms known as ghost guns to undercover investigators on long island. prosecutors say antonia himinitis and thomas weber ordered unfinis

the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. >> a stunning shake up on capital hill and the pope may have played a role. john boehner abruptly announced he'll quit congress at the end of next month. boehner was facing the threat on a floor vote on whether to remain speaker. the pope made his historic speech to congress at his invitation. when he woke up this morning he prayed and decided to announce >>> an amazing story of survival on the seas. a woman gives birth 4 months early. her baby is doing well. emily morgan on a cruise when she gave birth to her son hayden. we're told he's now growing stronger every day of his very young and premature life. amazing. rob powers up next with sports. >> heading into the weekend and time for football. sunday's game day in the nfl no prognosis earlier today, you get it tonight. the baseball races go down to the wire. the mets are so close. we'll see if they get closer on the road t

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the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern. >>> next at 11, surprising injury news for the jets. >> and stephen has the dead weather tonight with emily blunt. >>> otis is impressed with the mets. >> they are red hot and never out of a baseball game. the g.m. has to be sticking his chest out a little bit. his acquisition of cespedes may prove to be the move that puts them over the top in the division and gives them the legit shot, and he has paid sandy back already. the national player of the week. and how does he celebrate? yeah a little card york. the solo crank, his 17th homer since joining the mets 41 games ago. they are down 3-1 in the 6th to the marlins before d'arnaud does the yard work of his own. tied at 3, and then the mets keep doing their thing. this time the captain gets involved, and david wright's second double of the night putting them up for good. that's 8 wins in a row, inchi

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experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid servicesfewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >>> you're looking at a new tool that takes police ticketing into the 21st century. one montgomery county community has started issuing e-tickets instead of the paper ones you're used to. the goal is to make traffic stops faster and easier as deanna durante reports, it's something that's set to expand to the entire state of pennsylvania. >> we have an overview of the county. >> reporter: it's the newest tool for police. >> i'm not typing anything. >> reporter: it's called track, and police say it will drastically cut the time they need to spend on dangerous roads, because it scans everything and immediately prints a ticket in a patrol car. >> as soon as the officer's done entering the information into the system, the ticket is immediately printed out and the ha

experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> tabernacle road in metro burlington county still shut down at this hour after this trash truck fire today. it exploded into flames next to shani high school's athletic fields. the driver got out just in time. the fire forced the lockdown of the high school because gas cylinders on the truck were exploding. dozens of residents in area don't have electricity and could be tomorrow before they repair the burned lines and reopen the road. tomorrow morning is the hope. >>> preparing for the pope. what happens if someone has a medical emergency during the pope's visit, before yet, what happens if the pope needs a doctor? well, today we learned new information about the medical plans. nbc 10's deanna durante tells us a medical tent city wi

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experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >>> 4:25. the atlantic city air show takes off today. thunder over the boardwalk is what they call it. it's free and it starts at 11:00 a.m. nbc 10 was there for yesterday's practice runs, including, look at that, the blue amplgles. if you go, expect to see several military and civilian acts with the blue angels closing out the show around 3:00 this afternoon. always fun to see. >>> speaking of high-flying things, the eagles preseason is winding down but for those players still fighting for a roster spot, the most important game of their careers is right in front of them, that includes the battle for the third quarterback spot between matt barclay and tim tebow. tebow is expected to play most of the second half. teams will have to shave rosters from 75 to 53 p

experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid serviceswer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >>> wow, what a reunion at chicago's midway airport today. a navy veteran was reunited with his former k-9 partner after nearly five years apart. chris spears worked with the german shepherd named rossi for about five years. they served in iraq today. the bomb-sniffing dog just retired, and spears adopted him. spears works as a police officer now. he says rossi will be getting some well earned rest. >> he is going to lay on the couch. i worked third shift a lot. so he'll probably go to the police department and hang out and be a mascot. >> yeah, a bomb-sniffing dog? i don't see him laying on the couch do, you? spears says rossi saved his life in iraq by waking him up in the middle of the night just moments before a nearby tent was bombed. ♪ >> steve: from studio

experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid servicesfewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >>> there is troubling news tonight about the long-term dangers of head injuries while playing football. pbs frontline is reporting that new numbers from boston university showed the brains of 87 out of 91 former deceased nfl players tested positive for cte in the latest study of traumatic brain injuries. that is 96% of deceased nfl players examibbed. and they've founded cte in the brains of 79% of all deceased football players tested, including those who played in high school and college. the nfl said it is dedicated to making the sport safer. >>> nasa has released remarkable new images of pluto that have come from the new horizon spacecraft. it sheds new light on the mountains, glaciers and plains. can you see why the top scientists say the new pictures make