about half of new medicare enrollees are enrolled in medicare part c. we need to move in that direction and maintain employer-based health insurance to the extent those plans are willing to take in people who are not employees. gm has a plan. they would be offering a medicare part c plan like everybody else to their employees. but if i don't work for gm, i should be able to join it. that is part of what would be a feature of the system. that is what we need. highly competitive. if you look at france, germany, switzerland, japan, israel, they have a version of medicare part c for all at play. they are getting better health outcomes for 12% of gdp. we are getting terrible health care outcomes for 18% of gdp, and we are going broke in the process. host: gerrit in virginia, go ahead. caller: glad to have supporters of medicaid and medicare on the show. i want to making comments. -- i want to make a comment. i think president truman should have done all he could to pass whole medicare and not just for adults 65 and over. i have medicare and it works. i have

it would put a $2000 hard limit on the medicare part d limit.his would have huge implications for those with expensive drugs. this is a major, major improvement over today's benefit, and i am very happy to have seen it as part of this about. lisa: stacie dusetzina of vanderbilt school of medicine, thank you so much. stacie: thank you. lisa: in ukraine today, four new merchant ships left black sea ports carrying corn and other food products. they are part of a wartime deal with russia which is temporary lifting its blockade to allow critical worldwide food deliveries. the ships depart from three ports in ukraine, through treacherous black sea waters, and on to destations around the globe, including volatile markets had inflation. as those first ships leave the black sea, another one that was set to arrive in lebanon today but is experiencing delays. ali rogin reports on the complicated choreography and delicate diplomacy of these voyages. ali: bound for lebanon, the ship razoni carried a small fraction of ukraine's stockpile of grains. but the st

what they are in medicare. we can see that gap. >> i think that is a good point to point out, it difference in talking about price is what we are report on we talk about changes year versus price level. the level of private prices double or even greater depending on the markets and providers who are talking about. >> one thing i agree on, there is going to be some divergence but one thing we have learned from the stateside is from a medicaid perspective, it has been stable. they have a lot of funds. in terms of price decreases and those kinds of things, it could affect hospitals. if we are heading into a recession, a real recession, we expect that to change. that is good for medicaid. >> give a sense with the potential end of the public health emergency, how that may affect hospitals, medicaid we have seen a tremendous increase in medicaid enrollment with continuous covert requirements and would end with as a public health emergency. we estimated between five-15 million will lose coverage. >> that depends, as o

inflation caps can apply to medicare and the commercial market. this is expected to dampen prescription drug price growth. we are seeing a major effort in this reconciliation bill to address the growth in drug prices people are experiencing, both through out-of-pocket costs with respect to drug cost, but also in premiums they pay. >>for those of you in the eastern and central time zones (202) 748-8000, if you live in the mountain pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001. if you get insurance under the aca, (202) 748-8002. holly in michigan. hello. >>my question is right along the lines of the other caller working on getting the down for people. i currently reduced my job from full-time to part-time to an early retirement so i could afford health insurance as my premium was my employer was well over $1000 a month. working for health care myself, i am pretty well aware of insurance incentives to providers. thousands of dollars of year to drum up business, keep your patience in, meet a quota, and get an incentive. to me that is a way of reducing costs to u

if you get a prescription they are paid for by medicare. what the new law says is that for 20 of those drugs, the most expensive to the medicare program, to the taxpayers and seniors who pray premiums the top 20 drugs will be ones where the government, after a. of time, 12 years of them being on the market will try to negotiate the prices down and try to get a better deal for taxpayers. it is a modest bill but because the drugs, each of those drugs can be tens of billions of dollars in spending the impact fiscally is pretty significant. host: if i am a pharmaceutical manufacturer i am looking at the perspective what is the general consensus? guest: what you hear the pharmaceutical lobby say p hrama as it is caused they will make less money and if they make less money they will invest less money in research and development and if they invest less money in research and development that means fewer, new treatments and cures for patients. that is their argument. as i mentioned, part of our mission is to use innovation. we are very much in favor

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this is a war on medicare. you look at this, this is a $280 billion cut in medicare. so what's going to happen is, medicare is going to be cut, and there's going to be seniors that don't get lifesaving drugs -- >> reducing medicare costs is not the same as reducing benefits, though. you know that. >> margaret, it's $280 billion that would have been spent, that was anticipated to be spent, that's not going to be spent now. and the drug companies that would be doing more research are not going to be able to spend the money on research. there will be lifesaving drugs that seniors will not get. on top of that, they're going to raise taxes by over $700 billion. let's remember, companies don't end up paying the taxes. shareholders are paying the taxes, less investment pays the taxes. so this $700 billion is actually going to hurt the economy. and then while gas prices are $2 more than they were when joe biden took office, there's an excise tax on gas. so why would you -- we're in a recession. why would you be increasing the cost of government, increasing taxes? >> so the co

house's legal authority is primarily involves government programs like medicare. the negotiation or the idea that the trump administration advance as a way of tackling high prescription drugs was to say that you are negotiating with france and germany and the u.k. and these other countries out there and we want the best price that you are giving everyone else because we are the biggest arc it. in any normal market, where you actually have a free market for pricing, the biggest purchaser who has the best purchasing power gets the best deal. if you think about anything in life, you get the best discount. if you buy 10 or 100, we all see. the more you buy, the more discount you earn because the seller and manufacturer of the products makes more money if you buy more of the products because of the way manufacturing works. all of that to say that with the u.s., trump's instinct was the u.s. should get the best price of any country because we are the biggest market and purchaser. that is a technique a lot of other countries use. if you look around the world, even in can

and then they increase the benefit for medicare. after the deduction for the medicare premium, it is 16 something dollars. i would like to mention that a lot of people that come to this country from other countries, if they are over 65, they start collecting benefits even though they never worked in this country. they never contributed. i would like to mention that also. host: could you respond to that? guest: as long as you are working your benefit will go up. at some point, you're working will improve your benefit. when it comes to undocumented workers, they are not covered by social security. some of them are paying in and they will never get a benefit because they will not qualify. social security will not prevent undocumented people to receive benefits. host: when i was forced to retire, as i understand it, i get a check for life? guest: disability is something you have to certified. once you get to retirement age or converts to a retirement benefit. when you revert to it, there were rallies where someone were saying to keep th

it empowers medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs. millions of seniors and disabled people will benefit from this provision alone not to mention the cap on insulin price will do. this bill will cut the deficit and lower inflation and will not cost the average taxpayer one additional encent unless they earn $400,000 onlily or more. one feature of this bill i'm proud of is the enhanced tax credit to bring solar and wind energy to low-income communities. this tax credit will assist. it's a great bill. i urge its passage and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. braid p braid i ask to enter congressionalbudget office report from this morning which confirms i.r.s. audits will again rate tens of millions of dollars from families earning $400,000. i yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kelly: i thank my friend from texas and hate to see him leave because he has been so producti

i care about medicare benefits and social security benefits.not let them go bankrupt. fixinging them now so they get the benefits they deserve will preserve them. >> senator rick scott, thank you so much for joining us. ? thanks, wolf, have a great day. >> coming up, federal charges filed against four louisville police officers charged in the death of breonna taylor. outcast, living in p ain. you can reach outt and change the life of a suffering child right now. a surgery that takes as little as 45 minutes and your act of love can change a child's life forever. please call or visit operationsmile.org now. thousands of children are waiting. my active psoriatic arthritis can slow me down. now, skyrizi helps me get going by treating my skin and joints. along with significantly clearer skin, skyrizi helps me move with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue. and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year after two starter doses. skyrizi attaches to and reduces a source of excess inflammation that can lead to skin and joint symptoms. with skyrizi, 90%

seniors, the medicare beneficiaries, their prescription drug prices we are changing today because medicare will be able to directly negotiate and bring the prices down. cap insulin at $35 a month. the senate republicans sabotaged that cap on insulin for all americans. i don't know how any politician can go home and brag about that. the out-of-pocket costs for medicare beneficiaries will not exceed $2,000 a year. we're investing in the i.r.s. my constituents have been waiting for too long for their refunds. added staff is going to expedite the services that the i.r.s. and the american people need from the i.r.s. and finally, deficit reduction. yes, america, this is paid for. so this is truly an hallelujah day. this is a red, white and blue bill. it's good for all americans and it will advance our collective future of america. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. guthrie: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone

some say that the measures are good for medicare beneficiaries and taxpayers who fund the medicare benefit. but some are disappointed because they say that this provisions apply only into medicare about the measures, despite their limitations could change or the way of the people are paying for drugs and sophistic say that even the up to 48000000 people could have a better life and a better way of painter medicines with this charlene and she way in washington forest. thank you very much. south of lucas and the other business news. housing prices in the u. s. hit record high is during the 2nd quarter with most of the country experiencing double digit price rises compared to earlier in the year. ex 1st play may surgeon mortgage interest rates rising, raising monthly payments for prospective home buyers, which then have a knock on effect on prices. german gas storage facilities are almost 75 percent for and on track to beat target set by the government. despite reduced russian gas deliveries for weeks. germany has been buying gas on the global market, well conserving energy in an effort to fi

the inflation reduction acts means for medicare beneficiaries in our city. cap the drug cost to 2 thousand dollars. this is a rable achievement. we have been trying to do this for arc while. we kept the copay so what people don't have to -- insulin. 35 dollars a month. that is like 110th or 120th of where it is. and i have to say, we did that without one republican vote. sad to say. without one republican vote. we have been drug members from pred tori price hikes they have been engaged in and finally empowered medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices. that is the big triumph. this is historic we have been trying to do this for dekdzs big pharma weigh in the and weighed in and strangle hold on our ability to loose it free congress from that. we want to do more. but this opens the door on and we are proud. it is historic without one republican vote. and big pharma says the democrats will pay for this. can you imagine mag they say a thing to threaten us for lowering costs for prescription drugs for america's family. san francisco the provisions

seniors, the medicare beneficiaries, their prescription drug prices we are changing today because medicare will be able to directly negotiate and bring the prices down. cap insulin at $35 a month. the senate republicans sabotaged that cap on insulin for all americans. i don't know how any politician can go home and brag about that. the out-of-pocket costs for medicare beneficiaries will not exceed $2,000 a year. we're investing in the i.r.s. my constituents have been waiting for too long for their refunds. added staff is going to expedite the services that the i.r.s. and the american people need from the i.r.s. and finally, deficit reduction. yes, america, this is paid for. so this is truly an hallelujah day. this is a red, white and blue bill. it's good for all americans and it will advance our collective future of america. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. guthrie: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone

everyone in the medicare part c?everyone in the medicare program, that's right it also the inflation rebate meaning they can't rate prices more than inflation. rep. raskin: the $35 a month? >> yes, $35 per month cap on insulin. mr. raskin, i think the danger came because we as democrats wanted to apply these things to the private sector, the commercial market. what happened is the parliamentarian, because it is a reconciliation process, says they could not be applied to the commercial market, so the $35 cap, those are only within medicare, not the commercial market. i will say this. i believe very strongly by doing this in medicare, because most of the insurance industry looks at the medicare price, whether it is insulin, the drugs being negotiated, i think you will end up applying in the marketplace because the insurance industry will say if the government is only paying that much for a drug, you only have 35 for insulin, we are not going to do it easier -- either. this will leach into the commercial market, but we

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that includes medicare, veterans benefits and everything else.nd then along comes senator ron johnson of wisconsin. this is their plan. he thinks five years is too long. i'm not joking. you think i'm making this up? he wants to put social security and medicare on the chopping block every single year. this is the same guy who said if republicans get control of the united states congress, they're coming after the affordable care act. denying health insurance to anyone with a pre-existing condition because if you don't have thing affordable care act, people with a pre-existing condition cannot get insurance again. just think of it as a parent or a brother or sister. looking at a brother, sister, son, daughter and you can't take care of them because they have a pre-existing condition. these guys never stop and we're never gonna stop either. my friends, we offer a starkly different version and vision of this country, a vision of a better america that's within our reach, that's within our hands. if we just vote. if we elect two more senators, we are go

medicare negotiation phasing in between 2026 to '29. how does this help americans in the immediate future? >> that's a great question and one of the important things about the way this bill was designed was to provide both immediate relief and also address long-standing challenges. for example, on immediate relief, this fall, 13 million americans will see lower health care premiums as a result of this bill. about $800 in savings. those benefits will go beyond those 13 million americans because it will mean more affordable health care coverage. people going into fall and winter can rest easier knowing they have access to health care. it takes on long-standing challenges of allowing medicare to negotiate for prescription drug prices, which will take some time. we've been waiting decades to put this reform into place and we're going to do it right to make sure those benefits are felt for the long term. >> starting next year, those drug companies that raise prices of drugs faster than inflation, which happens quite a lot are going to have t

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on the topic of medicare patients, sometimes the patients with medicare are the most difficult ones to get medications for. because if they don't qualify for low income subsidy or if they don't have a secondary medicare insurance, then even drugs considered covered could be $300, $400, $500 co-pay. every copd and asthma inhalers, all of those things are greatly expensive. and we're talking sometimes 10 or 15% of a person'sal yearly income that they're having to spend on health care costs and the elderly are the most vulnerable when it comes to trying to afford drugs that are supposedly covered but they still have to stretch in order to be able to actually obtain them. >> so i could hear that you see that they'll be tremendous relief, it sounds like your telling me, your patients will love it too. now how do you anticipate insurance companies might feel about these -- this potential passage of this measure? >> so, as it pertains to the low income subsidy, which is going to be extended by this legislation, the unfortunately -- the insurance companies are already preparing to increase pre

we seem to not be eligible for medicare under the affordable care act. he needs medical insurance and i'm trying to find out what options that we have. guest: income fluctuation is always a struggle. both in medicaid and also in the marketplace. what is important to do is to go to healthcare.gov and enter your income into the website and it will help you understand where you can get coverage, whether it's through the marketplaces, what subsidies you might be eligible for, or through medicaid. but that would be a good first step to figure out whether or not you are eligible at the moment for subsidies. the other thing in the marketplaces if your income does fluctuate during the year, if it goes down for example, you might need to the subsidies are done through the tech system so you might be eligible, you might some of get that that she might get some of that money back or you might have to pay more at the end of the year. but fluctuation is handled through the tax system. what is really important is to first look at what, go to healthcare.gov and find ou

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. >>> still ahead, sweeping changes are on the way for medicare.'ll have a look at what is in the landmark bill now headed for president biden's desk. stay with us. millions have made the switch from the big three to xfinity mobile. that means millions are saving hundreds a year on their wireless bill. and all of those millions are on the nation's most reliable 5g network and most recommended wireless carrier. that's a whole lot of happy campers out there. and it's never too late to join them. get $450 off any new purchase of an eligible samsung device with xfinity mobile. or add a line to your plan today at xfinitymobile.com >>> the zu.s. is just a pen stroke away from some of the biggest changes to medicare in nearly two decades. >>s motion is adopted. >> changes are part of the landmark climate tax and health care bill that the house of representatives passed on friday that is headed for joe biden's desk. health provisions will allow medicare to negotiate the price of certain prescription drugs for the first time. it also limits the growth of dr

we are giving medicare the power to negotiate those prices now on some drugs.s means seniors will be paying less for prescription drugs while we are putting a cap of a maximum of $2000 a year on prescription drug costs, know what the matter the reason for those prescriptions are. that means if you are on medicare, you will never have to pay more than $2000 a year no matter how me prescriptions you have, whether for cancer or any other disease -- no more than $2000 a year. and you will all know it because a lot of you come from families that need this. this is a godsend. this is a godsend to many families, and so long overdue. the inflation reduction act locks in place lower health care premiums for millions of families to get their coverage under the affordable care act. last year, a family of four saved an average 2400 dollars through the american rescue plan that i signed into law, that congress voted into place. in the years ahead thanks to the inflation reduction act, 13 million people are going to continue to save an average $800 a year on health insurance

of the progressive wing really thinks medicare for all is the way. in your discussion, it becomes, you say they are spreading lies about medicare for all, i got an impression that i get this impression elsewhere in discussions, internal discussions of the democratic party that supporters of medicare for all, i spent a lot of time defending medicare for all because we use it and lots of other countries use it. it's hardly a radical exotic idea. i did since a change in tonality when talking about medicare for all. is that because this is such a critical issue in which we fall short of where we are or you're more of an expert on healthcare than i am, really that is the system that works for the united states? >> guest: it is two things, i do believe it is a system that should work and by that i am not saying everything that is in my bill 1384 is the only way. people would say how come you have a 2-year transition, you should have a four year transition as i say everything in politics you put the legislation forward and there has got to be changes. if we

on medicare -- if medicare took over as a primary payer, again it will cost money, but that would make older workers more attractive to employers, it would make work more attractive for seniors because it would raise their wages. evening it out as a tricky part, you want to think about it in the context of more comprehensive reform. i would scale that down for high earners. these are folks whose retirement savings are through the roof. they can more save were -- i think there are ways we can make these packages work but we have to not be afraid of reforming the plans stuff we need to think creatively about it. sen. beyer: medicare it self does have some income adjustment . would you steep in that curve and use some of those resources to help finance the incentives to stay in labor force or some of the lower quartiles of income? dr. biggs: i would. medicare has more effective means testing that social security does. i am not primarily a health care guy also -- focused on your lifetime earnings to encourage people to save or work more. it is really thinking about how you want to -- sen.

the annual cap on out-of-pocket costs for medicare patients. she would also rejoice in the three year extension for our affordable care act subsidies and your authorization of medicare to negotiate some drug prices. [applause] emily had adequate health insurance, but many of our neighbors and her friends did not. mr. president, you took office at a time where we were in dire need of a statesman. willing to put people over politics. many seem surprised that your -- i do your successes. i am not. i know you, more importantly, you know and respect the american people. i am pleased to introduce chuck schumer. [applause] >> thank you representative clyde burn for that -- representative james clyburn and thank you for inviting us to the white house today. this has been one of the most productive stretches in senate history from the first gun safety bill in decades to strengthening nato, to competing the chinese communist party, do taking care of our veterans. to top it all off, we celebrate a groundbreaking achievement, the most important bill we hav

the greatest choices medicare. now nobody's making argument as 45 million americans that filed jobless claims in 27 million lost their healthcare because they lost their job. >> that is the frustration that i have, somehow we are naÏve and idealistic in the cost discussion drives me absolutely crazy because they do have a very sensitive cost and economic and i can tell you we keep going with the system and were good to be paying $50 trillion over the next five years. nobody wants to talk about that. >> everybody wants to talk about the cost of medicare for all. it's less than that. that is the reason the frustration and i feel like people in our own party for whatever reason will attribute and i have my thoughts about it. whatever reason they refuse to acknowledge that our system of healthcare and we are seeing that right now. with looking with the pandemic. african-americans four times as likely to die as white americans. nine times as likely to be hospitalized as white americans. partly because they never had hea

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