look for ways to continue to strengthen medicare for the future and as has been discussed, medicare advantage program plays a critical role in the medicare system. almost a third of beneficiaries around the country are enrolled in a medicare advantage plan. those numbers will only continue to grow. i know in minnesota our seniors are interested in enrolling. 55% of minnesota seniors were enrolled in the maa plan which was the highest in the country and that is why i remain focused on ensuring high-quality. the report you released in march highlights the growing trend of seniors in fee-for-service plans choosing to enroll in medicare part a only. given medicare advantage enrollees must enroll in both parts a and b can you discuss the impact of more beneficiaries, in the program. >> ticking up on something we said, we talked about in the report, getting more of this phenomenon of beneficiaries, a only or be only but the be only is a small phenomenon. what happens in that circumstance if you are in a only beneficiary your expenditures are below average. if you think of the way the payment system

there's still fee for service and there's also medicare advantage, accountable care organizations, and a host of innovations being tested across the country. because medicare is a guarantee, a promise of defying benefits, it's pastime to update this promise so as to deliver to patients with chronic conditions the best possible care in the most efficient manner. so as the chairman touched on, the legislation today begins this transformation. older people will get more care at home, less in institutions. there will be expanded use of life-saving technology, that's why it's so good to see senator schatz and senator wicker here to talk specifics. there will be a stronger focus on primary car and expanded use of nonphysician providers. now, in my view, still to come is ensuring that each senior with multiple chronic conditions has an advocate to guide them through what can be a teeth gnashing experience of trying to navigate american healthcare. two final points. one, picking up on the debate about the affordable care act, i would just say, colleagues, this is the way to do it right. doors

there is still fee-four-service and there is also medicare advantage, other organizations and a host of programs bring tested across the country. because medicare is a guarantee, a promise of an offense, it is passed time to update this promise so as to deliver to patients with chronic conditions the best possible care in the most efficient manner. as the chairman touched on, the legislation today begins this transformation. older people will get more care at home. there will be expanded use of life-saving technology. that is white is so good to talk specifics. there will be a stronger focus on primary care and expanded use of non-physician providers. in my view, still to come is an shoring that each senior with multiple chronic conditions has and advocate to guide them through what can be a teeth-gnashing experience trying to navigate american health care. two final points, one picking up debate about the affordable care act. i would say, colleagues, this is the way to do it right. doors will open here. not close. there is bipartisan participation. the public was asked to shape grant

17 million people in this country get their health care under the medicare program through medicare advantage. it's for others as well. so that says to me that this is a systemic problem within the system that needs to be fixed because they are defrauding the american people and the medicare program. number one. of united c.e.o. was h care in 2014 compensated $66 million. one person. onalry. one year. -- one salary. one year. the republican health care bill onsed by this house included age 67 a $15.5 million tax cut to united health care's c.e.o. and their top executives. $15.5 million. in total, the other companies that are being questioned for overbilling, defrauding the medicare program, that bill provided their top executives ith a $78 million tax cut. at the same time that that company and four others are under investigation for defrauding the medicare program. you can paragraphs it any -- parse it any way you want. to me it's a blatant violation of the trust that every member of this congress took an oath to phold and to froket. chairman tiberi: the gentleman's time has expired. thank y

and as has been discussed, the medicare advantage program played a pretty critical role within the medicare system. almost a third of all beneficiaries around the country are now enrolled in a medicare advantage plan, and those numbers are only going to continue to grow. they're projected to also continue to grow. i know in minnesota, our seniors are particularly interested in enrolling in programs, i think 5 55% of minnesota seniors were enrolled, it's the highest in the country. and that's why i'm focused on continuing to make sure this delivers high quality benefits for seniors. and the report that you released in march, it highlights the growing tend of seniors in the free for service, choosing to enroll in medicare part a only. and given that medicare advantage enrollees must enroll in parts both a and b, can you briefly discuss the impact of more beneficiaries of rolling in part a, what effect that's had on the m.a. program. >> and you picked up on something we talked about in the report. you are getting more of this phenomenon of beneficiaries being enrolled in a only or b only. but

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why do so many seniors choose medicare advantage? maybe because with age comes wisdom.vantage. leading the way. >>> welcome back. "snl" went live coast to coast last night. as you might expect with they poked some fun at president trump. >> it all started with the open of alec baldwin calling into msnbc's morning joe as john miller. >> after congress voted, we had a party. it was beer. a disaster that was obamacare has finally been repealed. >> well, hold on, sir. it's not repealed yet. the bill still has to pass the senate. >> what now? >> the bill goes through the senate. they might even rewrite the entire thing, if they pass it at all. >> but there was beer. they spoofed the 90s cbs show, "where in the world is carmen san diego" with where in the world is kellyanne conway. >> now, are you guys ready to help us find kellyanne conway? >> well, we don't want to find her. >> okay. i guess that's our show. >> within the last hour, kellyanne conway tweeted calling the weekend a big one for president trump. so she is -- >> uh-huh. and she had a whole weekend update on the a

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that would improve care for the chronically ill through increased use of telehealth by giving medicare advantage plans to certain accountable care organizations, enhanced flexibility to services to medicare patients with chronic conditions. senators schatz and wicker have been instruments in this particular effort, and i'm pleased to have them here with us to talk about how the chronic care act advances their policy goals. i would be remiss if i did not also recognize the finance committee members who have joined senators schatz and efforts toker's promote increased use of telehealth services. in that regard, we appreciate the leadership of senators thu ne, cardin, and warner on these matters. while many stakeholders offer key advice on telehealth policy, i want to thank the fine institutions in utah, "telestroke" on the policy. , the doctors of the university of utah as well as the doctor within about health care. i appreciate your willingness to share their experience and expertise on technology to properly diagnose individuals presenting stroke symptoms. i look forward to hearing more on this

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they do exist in medicare advantage. when medicare advantage first started, it had its own problems too. now it is a mature market. the reason private insurers like it is because it's a growing market. people are getting older. people are signing up for medicaid advantage quite frequently. the other reason is why these two markets are different, which is how payment actually happened. with medicare advantage, insurance companies get paid from the federal government based on their risk of their member. the risk coding is a big issue there. if you code your members correctly, the federal government will tell you, this is how much i'm willing to pay for it, then you have to figure things out. because the payment structure is very different, it doesn't work the same with the risk adjustment program in the individual market, which is a closed program, whereas the risk adjustment, effectively asking the federal government to pay you for the risk you are taking, is an open program. the fundamental structures of those programs a

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you lock at the individual market both on and off marketplace, it's actually bigger than the medicare advantage enrollment and by just definition, the population is older. now maybe they are the healthier of the medicare population, but they are presumably going to be older and probably sicker and have higher health care needs. so that is a market that's highly sought after. so what are some lessons and things you have talked about that apply in ma that e we should be thinking about bringing into the individual market and one factor that i would like to hear some comment on is the role of the states. because one of the things we have heard up here is how much variation there is in performance somewhat or to a large extent based on policies that have states have adopted. whether it's allowing those to continue to keep healthy working population from the market. all of these things that state decisions are making and states have a very small role in oversight of the program and no role in setting policy. i'm just curious if you can take some lessons and see if there's any application for the indi

former united health care executive said his old firm made a practice of inflating medicare patient diagnosis to take advantagerules. shares of the humana under pressure facing similar suits, also unsealed in february, and last year, the dental accounting office identified more than 14 billion dollars in medicaid overbilling by the industry in 2013 alone, and some estimates put the long-term dollar amount in the tens of billions of dollars. now, united, for its part, actually sued the center for medicare and medicaid, alleging the rules are not clear here, and, today, a spokesperson telling cnbc that the company is confident they have complied with medicare advantage, in fact, calling them policies mur murky, adding they will contest the charges vigorously and expect to win in this case. kelly, this is something that the industry is dealing with and everyone is dealing with, just exactly how do you uphold things and whether, you know, you're trying to eke out a little extra too much payment for a service that should perhaps be reimbu e reimbursed at a lower rate. >> stay right there, bertha. mike, you know, if

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>> well, medicare advantage, which is a federal program, is a great example of that.am physicians are paid or health care systems, including physicians, are paid on a single premium based on the age of the patient, and the severity of the problems that they have. the medicare advantage program also has the opportunity to be able to pay integrated delivery systems, large medical groups, based upon the excellence and the quality that's produced. it's a five-star rating. and the five-star programs are paid at a higher level than at the one, two and three which are not paid any of the additional dollars. the fee for service system is simply broken. i talk in the book about the last days of my father. my father, after his preventable medical error, ended up with a bleed into mice brain. my brother and i fly out there from california. he is in florida, in a hospital. we arrive. there's a line of doctors out the door. there's the emt doctor with the trach yostmy, the gi doctor, the neurosurgeon to take a piece of his bone. we explain that my dad does not want to go on and li

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if you look at the individual market, it's bigger than the medicare advantage enrollment. by definition, the ma population is older. maybe -- healthier medicare population. they're presumably going to be sicker,roup -- probably but that's a market highly sought after by commercial insurers. what are some lessons you've talked about that apply in ma that we should be thinking about bringing into the individual market? one factor i would like to hear some comments on is the role of the state. one of the things we have heard of. how much variation there is an performance, to a large extent based on policies. whether it's alluring the continuation of grandfather grandmother health plans. whether it's extending medicaid or not, allowing entities that aren't traditional insurers to keep back -- a healthy working population from within the market. -- and have aes very small role in oversight of the ma program. no role as cutting policy. just curious if you can take lessons learned from the ma world and see if there's an application for the individual market. >> great question. a l

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people are getting older and signing up for medicare advantage quite frequently. another reason these two markets thingsference is how happen. medicare advantage, the bill is based on the risk of the members. issueuoting is a big there. the federal government will tiny this is how much we are going to pay for, then you have to figure things out. said the payment structure is different and does not work a risk adjustment works. it is a closed program. the risk adjustment effectively asks the federal government to pay for the risk you're taking is a whole different thing, so the fundamental structures are different. so, let me -- we will wrap up. >> they can choose where they want to operate within a state and if they do not operate statewide there is something traditional.re, so they can find areas that are more profitable, which we are trying to keep the private entrance market from doing that and have them go statewide in all decisions. as far as state decisions, estate decisions will always affect how contracting is done and all of those well all have impact and

. >> the following is an important a program about humana medicare advantage prescription drug plan.r medicare, your decision, the program that guides you through the medicare options available from humana. there are many different medicare choices available today. are you sure you have the right medicare plan?

what real adjustment means, market base real adjustment is what we do in medicare advantage.ws the patient regardless of what happens to the profits of the insurance company. >> kevin does anything this n this bill, hr-286 do anything to bring down the cost of healthcare as oppose to figuring out how to pay for healthcare, why isn't anybody talking about how to bring -- why are we so sick? why are medical medical-practice driving doctors out of business? does any of this do anything to address that? >> i think you've underscored an issue i tried to raise earlier, which is this the not just going back to the past, providing any med-plans again, increasing the people having more bankruptcy, it's really not address i think core issues. some combs in our country is just to high. this is not becoming a issue for individuals, small companies and we can't keep kick g this can down the road. >> i take that you do not see anything in the kreuz market of obamacare which is that. it did nothing, it increased access to insurance but didn't do anything to governor rising healthcare cost?

we have children's health insurance program and medicare advantage, the most popular plan of medicare driven by the same free-market possibles of choice and competition that we are offering here. so i am convinced that we bring these principles, not big government directed out of washington and high prices, that is what obamacare is, but choices driven from states, patients, focused on them with lower costs. i am confident we can deliver for the american people. >> jenna: interesting to hear that and also hear from you at the same time that there seems to be some undecided among conservatives and republicans that make stand for the same principles but feel some uncertainty about the amendment. we are waiting to hear from some of them, congressmen, but because you are so instrumental, i want to ask about that. how does healthcare in your ability to pass or not pass an amendment to the healthcare law impact your ability to do major tax reform? >> it has an impact. one, obviously the momentum gets lost because of us not moving forward on healthcare. secondly, you have left a trillion dol

change things which hospics care is covered and kathleen will talk about the medicare advantage and then of course you're not going to get those kind of coverage. also, that in fact there is a policy of coordinated care and care team for the patient particularly where they enter the area of serious illness and coordinated patient care setting. increasingly you hear about bundled care, we want to make sure it's part of those things because you want to be sure there's care for hospice and others. finally, there are communities doing it right and models beginning to happen. we see and look at cultural health and how our community is getting together to solve the problem. we need to support those initiatives and find ways to get resources and use them as models where other people can also follow. those are the five big ideas. now, so, secretary sebelius talking about medicare, i want to ask her as we did before, if we believe all of those things, how can we make things happen? right? some are policy issues and some have to go all the way to congress because after all, social services medicar

we prohibited private medicare advantage plans and medicare part d prescription drug plans from using the social security numbers on their enrollees insurance card. many wonder why cns has used an identifier based on the social security number in the first place. >> when medicare program was established in 1965 it was the social security administration will administer the program. >> while cms is now responsible for management of medicare, the social security administration still enrolls beneficiaries and both cms and the social security administration rely on interrelated systems to coordinate eligibility for medicare benefits and social security benefits. currently, healthcare providers use the info when they submit claims in order to receive payment for healthcare services. and also for supplies. and cms and its contractors use the hicken to process those claims authorized payments and issue some beneficiary communications. we are in the process of making changes to over 75 of our affected systems to replace those systems indicators with the nbi over the hicken. and we've developed

york times" reports on a whistleblower claim that big insurance companies have been bilking medicare advantagenited health group alleges the companies made patients look sicker. the goal was to reap bigger payments. the justice department says it plans to sue united health group. a spokesman for united health said the company complied with program rules and had been transparent with the government. it rejects the claims and will contest them vigorously. >>> "fortune" reports a judge ordered uber to return was stolen from waymo. they're battling each other for dominance in self-driving cars. uber was ordered to return all stolen materials to waymo by may 31st. >>> "vanity fair" says conan o'brien must face joke staealin accusations in court. a flee lance writer claims staff writers lifted gags from his online post. >>> "usa today" says families who fled flint's water crisis are losing out on benefits. michigan allotted $7 million to improve the nutrition of kids exposed to lead. eligibility is limited to about 16,000 children in the city, but families who moved out say their kids also need help

helping time warner to profitability and higher profits of humana and actually haded members in medicare-advantage flat. i want you to stay right there. we are not done yet . . charles: check the big board. free fall of as fbi director comey is talking. starting to come back. health care might play a big role here. we heard from members of the moderate side of congress say they liked the new bill. we just had a freedom caucus member say he is on board as well. i got to tell you it looks pretty interesting. stock market still guarded optimistically guarded but the market is coming back. neil, looking pretty good. neil: looking pretty good. thank you for peter, lizzie, deal with metallurgical coal issue. i might worry i have to explain it. charles: elitists like you look down on the coal stuff. neil: make america coal again. my thanks to all of you. we are following, my friend. only kidding you there. markets down about 13 1/2 point as charles pointed out, a lot might have to do with growing optimism, at least malcontent, not really keen on the latest rework of health care are more inclined to suppo

the beat came on the strength of member additions to its medicare advantage business.r, came in below forecast. and time warner, $1.66 a share during the first quarter tfs 21 cents above estimates. revenue exceeded analyst forecasts and the company says it remains on track to complete the merger with at&t by the end of the year. i like jeff. he made a lot of scratch last year. did you see that number? >> yeah. >> it was a nice number. like 70 million or something. wasn't it? >> i believe so. just announced, right? >> just announced. a couple people made a lot of money recently. >> i know who you're talking about. someone who deserved it a hell of a lot more than jeff bucas. >> who are you think about? >> steve -- >> must be an internal. >> always. you can't even -- it's like that ad where, you know, what sit, master card? it's -- >> no i know what i was thinking about. i was thinking about -- >> why are you laughing? >> you're a contributor. you better get on board. >> i think steve burke is an amazing -- >> he deserves every cent. >> in this case this has nothing to d

medicare part d, which we opposed and it passed. they had the majority and it passed. we immediately enabled it to be implemented. our offices were resources to the community to seniors who were taking advantage of it, even though we thought it was not a good bill because it gave the store and increased the deficit. but nonetheless, it was the law of the land. they don't want to fund navigateors, undermining the good health of the american people. you know what? they have been whining for seven years and now let them defend what they did today. we welcome that discussion. reporter: you touched on it briefly, would you mind to respond to the members going to the white house now and the president tweeted about victorious -- ms. pelosi: remember what i said about the republican members either not knowing or not caring about it? whatever they don't know is only matched by the president of the united states. some of his statements about the affordable care act, you say what are you talking about? do you have a staff that can have you make an informed statement. but know what you are talking about, reported today about the pre-existing conditions. that's more money than we need. and over fiveance y

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there are people taking advantage of social security and when they get caught, they will be sent to federal prison. utts people work their b off pay for social security and medicare. republicans love to do that. cuts to social security and medicaid and all that stuff. the 1%, they don't pay taxes. host: thank you, tony. you made that point already. this one from "the washington post" when it looks at a new memo from the justice department, which clarifies what it means to be effectuated city. sanctuary city. it was attorney general jeff sessions who said that section where cities are those that violate a federal law that require local and state governments to share federation and anymation town that violates that statute could lose funding this year. the memo also goes on to say from a warning from jeff sessions that the administration and the congress may seek to future grants or award grants to other factors, including whether local law enforcement officials comply with federal immigration efforts or refuse to detain immigration for deportation." the trump administration will continue to publicly criticize non-cooperative cities, states, and towns that threaten

medicare part d which we all oppose but it passed. they have the majority. it passed. we immediately enabled it to be implemented. our offices were resources to seniors who to were taken advantage of. but even though we thought it was not a good bill because it gave away the store and increased the deficit by so much, nonetheless it was the law. they said we who were taken advantage of. but even though we thought it was not a don't want to fund the ability to take advantage, undermining the good health of the american people. but they've been whining for seven years about the affordable care act. now let them defend what they did today. we welcome that discussion. any other comments? >> you touched on it briefly. would you respond to the members going to the white house now. the president tweeted. >> remember i said about the republican members either not oing or not caring about it. whatever they don't know is only matched by the president of the united states. some of his statements about the affordable care act are like what are you talking about? do you have a staff that can at least make you make an informed statement. even if it's negative. know what you're talking about.