i hear from one side that medicare is okay, then the other side says unless something is done, medicare is going to go bankrupt. which one is true? or is it in the middle? and the first lady, people forget that the insurance companies and doctors went to the white house and made deals with obamacare -- with obama. so that's why these insurance companies can jack up the prices, because obama's allowing them to do it. >> on the question of medicare, i do think in terms of whether the program is financially solvent or not, that depends which party you ask. it's not going bankrupt anytime soon, but republicans would point out that unless you make some structural changes, over the long term, it could start to run into financial problems. i don't think that there's been any indication that republicans are actually going to address medicare in the near term. the affordable care act is going to be a big enough problem and a big enough debate for them to try to get through over the next year or so. and to your point, i do think something to watch in the debate over the aca is how industry reacts

host: we have special phone medicare recipients. split them by e region and eastern or central 2027487000 and 2027488001. it -- to helpful explain how medicare drugs are by the federal government before we see how to change. the medicare prescription program is currently administered by private flames -- programs and they negotiate for the price,and there are built in rebates they have to pay to the government required by law. but the argument in favor of aving the whole program negotiate with drug companies is a much bigger baying block and -- buying block. whether it would drive prices lower and you would reinstructwilling it some that it covers and you can see for obvious reasons why that risky.e politically host: forth only talking -- not nly talking about it on campaign trail but the opening days of the administration. firsts sean spicer in the press conference on monday of last week we asked about prices.ption drug [video clip] >> you heard the president talk drugs and rice of need to get those prices down back in manufacturin

if that is the case, why that happen in medicare? what is this business about to ress not wanting negotiate the price? host: thanks for the question. yes, the your point, veterans affairs department has drug eeway to negotiate prices under current federal law. he reason that is has a long complicated history, but i think that one of the things that is mportant to remember is often veterans can get private insurance even if they can't get a benefit or a drug through the v.a. so we i talk it people they pointed out the distinction although democrats will make the you did we do there in one another. why not the other thing to keep in mind is the drug companies and i congressional republicans would argue the private market works and we plans and w private drug companies to negotiate amongst themselves and we don't the federal government involved. host: we have suzanne waiting in hudson, florida. medicare recipient. host: good morning. how are you? well.r: doing go ahead. caller: the reason i'm calling almost 50 and i have pain issues. ha

or increase the medicare -- medicare or increase the medicare eligibility standards. it would also prevent changes to medicaid that reduce state funding from current levels. passing this amendment would send a clear message to seniors and working families that congress is serious about protecting their access to quality, affordable health care. i urge all of my colleagues to support the hirono-donnelly amendment. i yield the floor to senator donnelly. mr. donnelly: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. donnelly: madam president, i rise today in support of the amendment senator hirono and i are offering to protect medicare and medicaid for the millions of americans who currently count on these programs for health coverage. this week some of our colleagues are beginning the process of repealing the health care law. i want to be clear. i don't think it's a perfect law. in fact, i've long agreed with many of my colleagues in saying it has work to do. the and for years we've put forward ideas on ways we can work together to improve it. the r

the affordable care act, medicare and medicaid. the republican plans to cut health care would make america great again. it would make america safe again. and lead to chaos instead of affordable care. republicans would create chaos in the health care system because they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. they have no idea what to put in place for the affordable care act. for years they talked about repeal, but for five years now they've had nothing to put in its place. it is all starts with the aca. as we all know, the aca is a delicate talent. president-elect trump even expresses support for the three most popular parts of the law preexisting conditions, allowing young people to stay on their parents insurance until age 26, equal treatment for women. republicans will soon learned that you can't keep the good parts of the aca and remove the rest of the lot and still have a work. that is what they are struggling with and why they are not getting anywhere. what they would do is throw the entire insurance marketplace and to cha

it is also having an impact on medicare. the affordable care act extended the solvency of medicare. it expanded medicaid. this is very important to america's families. in this case, all politics is personal. talks about the 75% of the people who get their benefits in the workplace -- that is so. they are affected. the increase in premiums is the lowest it has been in the 50-some years they happen tracking. it has contain costs. it has increased the best package in terms of pre-existing conditions. no lifetime limits, no annual limits. being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition. .he package is better the rate of growth of costs decreased. many more people in short. the 20 million people did not have access before. most every person in america has better health. the republicans say repeal and replace. the only thing that has going for it is alliteration. they don't have a replacement plan because they don't have the votes for a replacement plan. to repeal and then delay, that is cowardice. it recognizes that the consequences to them of just straight out repeal without some re

it extended the solvency of medicare. it expanded medicaid. it is very important to america's families. all politics is personal. schumer talked about the 75% of the people that get their benefits in the workplace, that is so. it is the lowest it's been in years. increased the benefit package. no lifetime limits, no and to limits. of being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition. in fact, many more people are who did not have access before. the most privileged person in america has better health. everyone needs health. everyone is in the loop. nearly thing it has going for it is alliteration. they have no replacement plan because they don't have the votes for a replacement plan. delay is and then act of cowardice. and it recognizes the consequences of just straight out repeal without some replacement. values debate and it is very personal. a friend of mine just told me his grandson was diagnosed with leukemia. that child will have a pre-existing condition for the rest of his life. repeal is a problem. lifetime limits is a problem. almost

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one is medicare for all. the other is the idea that every american has to be in the system and the idea based on personal responsibility which had its start was an republican idea when president obama adopted it, for many months some republican senators were willing to go along but then the politics overtook them. and since then we've had the republicans opposing their own proposed model for providing health care. so rather than repeal and replace, since there's no replace it is repeal and run. here's the problem for our colleagues politically but more important here's the problem for all americans and all our constituents. no one is going to be able to hide from the devastating consequences of undoing the affordable care act which is going to hurt not just the 30 million americans who are directly benefiting through the exchanges and the medicare expansion, medicaid expansion but also all the seniors on medicare and the others in the private -- getting health care through their private employers. now, as i s

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the affordable care act, medicare, and medicaid. the the republican plan to cut health care wouldn't make america great again, it would make america sick again and lead to chaos instead of affordable care. they have no idea what to put in place. for years they talked about repeal but for five years now they have had nothing to put in its place. it is all starts with the aca. as we all know the aca is a delicate balance. president-elect trump even expressed support for the three most important parts of the law, preexisting conditions, allowing children to stay on their parents' plan until age 26. but republicans will soon learn you can't keep the good parts and remove the rest of the law and still have it work. that is what they are struggling with and that is why they are not getting anywhere. what they would do is throw the entire insurance marketplace would increase costs. it would blow a $1 trillion hole in the deficit. and now i see the president-elect tweeting again this morning saying republicans shouldn't let the schumer clow

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trump supports medicare drug negotiation. will you work to repeal the prohibition on medicare in negotiating better drug prices on behalf of the american people if confirmed for this position? >> i understand that if i'm confirmed and if i have the privilege of serving as secretary, that the boss that i have will be the president of the united states. >> so you -- will you work to repeal the prohibition on medicare negotiating drug prices? >> following discussion and being informed by the individuals within the department and working with the president and then carrying out his wishes. >> was that a yes or a no? >> it depends on that tooit. >> he stated his position very recently, in fact, that he supports price negotiation, so that people on medicare can have the benefit of that. is that something that you would press congress to do? in other words, repeal the prohibition on that negotiation. >> i think we need to find solutions to the challenges of folks gaining access to medication, and it may be that one of those is chang

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ending medicare as we know it, converting medicare with government subsidies. correct or not crack. >> not cracked. >> we talked yesterday my office and by the end of the conversation, you admitted to me that your plan for medicare, in terms of people getting either tax credits or subsidies or however you're going to pay for the medicare recipients would be them having choices on a private market. you said yes it was pretty similar to obamacare with the exception of the mandate. didn't you say that to me yesterday. >> that's a fairly significant exception. >> these people are old. it's not like a 27-year-old who doesn't think he's going to get sick. you don't need a mandate for people who are elderly. they have to have insurance so the mandate is not as relevant. didn't you admit to me that obamacare and the private market is very similar to what you're envisioning for medicare? didn't you use the phrase, pretty similar. >> there are some similarities but i think what i said was that the mandate was significant. >> the mandate is significant in obama care, but

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choice -- medicare care choices. i believe it's very important that we don't go backwards on these issues, and as i think we talked about maybe the only industrial nation in the world that hasn't had this kind of adult conversation about this part of life, not limiting anyone's choices. if confirmed, would you continue to work with the senator and i and others on this very important issue? >> i look forward to doing so. >> and not be part of any effort to roll back any efforts that have already been taken? >> it's important to look at an array of issues and one of the issues is liability. the whole issue of liability surrounding this conversation is real, we need to talk about it openly and honestly and working together to try to find a solution to just that. >> i would condition cure with that but i think this is something more families need to take advantage of. on friday, january 20th, president trump issued an executive order that says federal agencies, especially hhs, should do everything they can to quote, elim

nearly one third of all medicare beneficiaries are on medicare advantage. wouldn't these cuts affect the coverage of medicare? >> yes. >> my point is that all of us republican or democrat alike are interested in saving social security, making medicare work and saving taxpayers money in the united states of america isn't that true? >> absolutely. >> any one of us can take a financial disclosure, something called desperate impact where you take two facts one over here and one over there to make a wrong. any one of us could do it to disrupt or misdirect people's thoughts. it has been happening to you because people have taken things you have disclosed and trying to extrapolate some evil that would keep you from being secretary of hhs when it fact it wouldn't be sure. for example, senator wyden owns an fun in which -- we are not accusing the ranking member of being raising pharmaceutical prices but you could take that extrapolation and indict them and accuse them of something isn't that true. >> i think that's correct, yes, sir. >> in the end we ought to be loo

if they go there and as long as they are medicare- >> they have to be medicare certified. there is no- >> the patient sends the bill then to you? >> the facility should bill united healthcare. >> that's it. >> any other questions? >> you mentioned there were a couple of personal care transition issues. i think you were going to monitor your ongoing discussions to make sure providers were urged to participate and i don't know if you have any broader feeling about that in the first couple weeks. y i don't. we have gotten a couple request sfr provider outreach. we have been able to reach out to them and they are willing to accept the plan. i just continue to urge members to contact customer service or health service system and we need to know who they are and can make the outreaches as necessary. >> again i think a concern was that a lot of the primary care providers probably do accept the plan, but the referral pattern may not know what they refer to a cardiologist or rheumtolgist so make sure the process is transparent. >> right. >> i want to take the moment to thank you on

one is medicare for all. the other is the idea that every american has to be in the system and the idea based on personal responsibility which had its start was an republican idea when president obama adopted it, for many months some republican senators were willing to go along but then the politics overtook them. and since then we've had the republicans opposing their own proposed model for providing health care. so rather than repeal and replace, since there's no replace it is repeal and run. here's the problem for our colleagues politically but more important here's the problem for all americans and all our constituents. no one is going to be able to hide from the devastating consequences of undoing the affordable care act which is going to hurt not just the 30 million americans who are directly benefiting through the exchanges and the medicare expansion, medicaid expansion but also all the seniors on medicare and the others in the private -- getting health care through their private employers. now, as i s

one is medicare for all. the other is the idea that every american has to be in the system and the idea based on personal responsibility, which historically was a republican obamahat when president adopted it, republican senators were willing to go along but then politics overtook them and since then we've had the republicans opposing their own proposed model for providing health care. so a lot of the repeal and replace, since there is no replace, it is repeal and run. here is the problem for our but warms politically currently, here is the problem for all americans and all of our constituents. no one is going to be able to hide from the devastating consequences of undoing the , which is care act going to hurt much as the 30 million americans who are directly benefiting through the exchanges and medicare expansion , medicaid expansion, but also all of those seniors on medicare getting private health care through private insurers. as i said at the outset, really truly sad to see this at this point in this stat

medicare is even worse. the average taxpayer pays about $100,000 over their lifetime in medicare taxes. the average recipient takes out $350,000. how big a problem is this? medicare is $35 trillion to $40 trillion in the hole. it is inexcusable that we're not talking about how we fix medicare. it is inexcusable that we're not talking about how to fix social security. if you don't fix them, there's going to be a cliff. within about a decade, the cliff is so severe, that everyone on social security will suffer a 20% decline in their monthly check. it'll happen all at once if you don't fix it. can you fix it? yes, you can't t -- you got to talk about it. but what we're doing today is i can canning the can down. we got our focus on obamacare but we're taking our focus on the debt. as much as it's destroyed and distorted the health care market, it may well be that the debt is a bigger problem. so i.t. not a popular stand that i take today. i will be the only republican to vote against the republican budget. that

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and medicare, other people have said, medicare's a big payer. if medicare doesn't push against its own comfort levels, which are far closer to the body than i think any employers are willing to take chances because there's money at stake. >> let's talk about bearing risk and why medicare's focus is so short. you know as well as i do it is because of the people we elect and the fact that they have to worry kind of a lot about getting elected kind of quickly. if you're a two-year congressman you can't be talking about a 20-year medicare horizon. you've got to be talking about what do i do today. you go back to this chronic care model, which that's incredibly long-term thinking. it's actually informed by evidence. what a concept, it can occur from time to time. you've got to encourage the congressman to think longer term. how do you do that, joe? you tell me. long-term contract? >> i'm sure there's some kind of a pharmaceutical that can -- >> okay. fine. >> long-term contracts aren't for everybody. but i think having the option of long-term contrac

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medicare is even worse. the average taxpayer pays about $100,000 over their lifetime in medicare taxes. the average recipient takes out $350,000. how big a problem is this? medicare is $35 trillion to $40 trillion in the hole. it is inexcusable that we're not talking about how we fix medicare. it is inexcusable that we're not talking about how to fix social security. if you don't fix them, there's going to be a cliff. within about a decade, the cliff is so severe, that everyone on social security will suffer a 20% decline in their monthly check. it'll happen all at once if you don't fix it. can you fix it? yes, you can't t -- you got to talk about it. but what we're doing today is i can canning the can down. we got our focus on obamacare but we're taking our focus on the debt. as much as it's destroyed and distorted the health care market, it may well be that the debt is a bigger problem. so i.t. not a popular stand that i take today. i will be the only republican to vote against the republican budget. that

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>> i don't have the numbers, i assume you are correct. >> 400 medicare, cut medicare by $449 billion. fy 17 budget proposal would cut medicaid funding that goes to the state government by more than $1 trillion. is that correct? >> the metrics we use for the success of these programs -- >> yes or no. >> what we believe -- >> do you want me to read a number out of his? >> i'm sure you are correct, what we believe is appropriate is to make sure individuals receiving the care are receiving care. >> i understand why you think you are right to cut it but i am asking the question do you propose a cut more than $1 trillion on medicaid? >> you have the numbers before you. >> is that a yes? >> you have the numbers before you. >> i will take it as a yes. >> i'm sure you are aware during his campaign for president president-elect trump was very clear about his views on medicare and medicaid as senator sanders has quoted extensively. president-elect trump said i am not going to cut medicare or medicaid. when president-elect trump says i'm not going to cut medicare or medicaid, do you believe he wa

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trusteest medicare have issued concerns about looming medicare insolvency if we stay at the same spending levels, will your it ministration actively champion the medicare integrity program so we can recover as much -- a much higher percentage of the billions of taxpayer dollars lost each year to billing mistakes and ensure that medicare will be in place for future american seniors? also as a former practicing experiencewho has with medicare and medicaid programs do you have any insights into steps you think should be addressed to -- to address the multi-million-dollar waste? representative price: nobody supports a bill that is not needed or has not been provided. this is one of those areas i think we need to focus on. i am certain that there are bad actors out there. i think they are a minority, but there are bad actors. i am certain if we were to focus specifically on those bad actors in real time, which is what happens in every other industry in the country. real-time information is available and acted upon. instead of trying to determine whether every single incident of care is necessa

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that bill includes all medicare payment stuff. and, of course, as congressman burr just laid out, macro pass with just about the largest bipartisan majority since i don't know, world war ii. it was pretty overwhelming. and so that is baked into the system and that's been very, very good, very, very good start. the i want to make is this public-private cooperation that has been waxing and waning and going on is a two-way street, and you think you can see a lot of good features that are coming out of that. the first and one of the things i like best about the way innovation center did its business pursuant to the aca was emphasizing multi-payer payment initiatives. the reason multi-payer payment initiatives matter is basically to try to get the incentives and reporting requirements and all the information flows aligned between payers so that clinicians can focus on what they went to medical school or nursing school four. i know of hospital systems and the commonwealth of virginia, i now have the privilege of living, that are partici