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

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

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

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

another candidate has been on the floor of the senate calling for cuts to social security, medicare, medicaidand veterans' programs. one of us led the opposition to disastrous trade agreements, which cost millions of good paying jobs. [cheers and applause] and that is me. [laughter] and another candidate voted for disastrous trade agreements. one of us stood up for consumers and said we will not support a disastrous bankruptcy bill. [cheers and applause] and another candidate represented the credit card companies and voted for that disastrous bill. [booing ] so here we are, we have two major goals in front of us, and they are directly related. first, we must beat a president who has apparently never ready the constitution of the united states. [cheers and applause] a president who thinks we should be an autocracy, not a democracy. [booing] but second of all, we need a movement, and are developing a movement of black, white, latino, native american, asian american, gay and straight. [cheers and applause] of people who are making it clear every day, they will not tolerate the grotesque level of

how does that happen why would a democrat talk about cutting social security medicaid medicare and veterans programs. we have a different opinion with regarding healthcare. joe essentially wants to maintain what i consider to be a dysfunctional and cruel welfare system in which we are spending twice as much per person as the people in any other country and if wyet we have 87 million amers who are uninsured 30,000 are dying in the 500,000 who go bankrupt every year and we pay the highest prices from the industry which is involved in collusion and price-fixing suit the american people have got to understand that this is a conflict about ideas, about a record where we go forward and i do not want this campaign to degenerate. his vision for the future i look forward to a serious debate on the issues facing this country and i would hope the media will help us do that and allows that kind of debate to take place and by the way i would also because i know the issue of health care it's such an enormously important issue and i would hope that instead of having a debate for me to spend 28 seconds try

the authority under that section to temporarily waive or modify certain requirements of the medicare, medicaid and state children's health insurance programs of the health insurance portability and accountability act privacy rule throughout the duration of the public health emergency declared in response to the covid-19 outbreak. i'm enclosing a copy of the proclamation i have issued. signed, donald j. trump, the white house, march 13, 2020. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committees on energy and commerce and ways and means and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 6201, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6201. a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the ge

reporter: how will you make sure this vaccine is covered by medicare and medicaid? >> it is covered in medicare and medicaid. people in those programs can get tests. this is a common type of test. you get a swab for strep throat or for the flu test. these are the kinds of things that are covered. private insurance companies, it does depend on coverage. this is something that is commonly covered. reporter: you cannot mandate this be an essential health benefit for private insurers. >> the essential health benefits are defined in law cared it is not enough i laboratory tests. exchanges andual the products being offered, this is a covered service. that is provided. >> for private insurance, however many americans are not -- are covered, they cannot be certain this test will be covered by their insurance. >> people should check with their insurance company. this is a common type of test. a laboratory test. this like would cover they cover a flu test or strep throat. it is a commonly covered service. >> do you all not moved by executive and -- executive action to mandate

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

inaudible] does that only apply to private plans or how do we make sure people are covered by medicare and medicaid? >> it is covered on medicare and medicaid it and those people can get tested the individual exchanges. this is a common type of test just like you get a swab for strep throat or a flu test. these are the kinds of things that are typically covered anything private insurance companies don't have the coverage but this is something that is commonly, common service. >> he cannot mandate that this would be a help edit the for private insurers? essential health benefits are defined in the law and in that particular section of a law doesn't identify laboratory test but that being said in the individual exchanges and the products that are being offered there this is a covered service. >> for private insurance 60 million americans are covered there they cannot be certain that this test will be covered by their insurers? people should check with their insurance company but like you said this is a common type of test, laboratory tests. most plans would cover those just like they would cover a fl

he would not cut medicaid, medicare or social security. he lied. his budget calls for massive cuts to medicaid, medicare and social security. now let me tell you why we are going to win the democratic nomination. [applause] sen. sanders: why we are going to win here in california. [applause] sen. sanders: and why we are going to defeat and defeat badly donald trump. [applause] sen. sanders: we are going to win because we have the strongest grassroots movement, multiracial, multigenerational -- [applause] sen. sanders: in the history of this country. [applause] sen. sanders: right here in california, our volunteers have knocked on more than one million doors. [applause] sen. sanders: and they have done the same in iowa, in new hampshire, in nevada, in south carolina. our campaign does not have a super pac. [applause] sen. sanders: we do not wondered a super pac. we do not want a super pac. we do not need a super pac because this campaign gets its financial support from the working families of this country. [applause] sen. sanders: this campaign has r

you know your benefit plan and your direction medicare medicaid last week already made clear to medicare medicaid beneficiaries the coronavirus testing and treatment would be covered these private carriers extended as well. currently the us reported 761 cases the death toll now at 27 but the number is expected to skyrocket as close to 1000000 testing kits will be administered across the u.s. by the end of this week. and a day after all had its worst day in nearly 30 years markets are on the rebound on tuesday the international oil benchmark brant crude in the united states west texas intermediate jumped by at least 10 percent each at times throughout the day now the movement ease concerns of oil traders who saw a 24 percent drop on monday following news of a breakdown of talks between key opec player saudi arabia and russia on lookers were hoping for a deal to cut production in order to stabilize oil markets ravaged by the coronaviruses effect on travel russian energy minister alexander novak said the country has not ruled out further talks with opec and announced the ministry will meet

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

why would a democrat talk about cutting social security, medicare, medicaid and veterans' programs? joe and i have a very different opinion regarding health care. joe essentially wants to intain what i consider to be a dysfunctional and cruel health care system in which we are spending twice as much per person on health care as any other country, yet we have 87 million americans who are uninsured, underinsured, 30,000 people who are dying and 500,000 people go bankrupt every single year because of medically related bills and on top of that we pay, by far, not even close, highest prices in the world for prescription drugs from an industry which is involved in collusion and price fixing. so the american people have got understand that this is a conflict about ideas, about a record, about a vision for where we go forward. and i like joe. joe is a decent guy and i do not want this campaign to degenerate into a trump-type epic where we're day aye tacking each other, personal attacks. that's the last thing this country wants. joe has his ideas, his record. his vision for the future. i hav

those are the same zero-cost measures that would apply to those covered by medicare, medicaid and tricare. it also requires the national disaster medical system to reimburse the costs of testing for patients who are uninsured. in short, no one will have to pay to be tested for the coronavirus. period. the legislation includes a range of provisions to provide financial security for those unable to work, and that is because they are protecting the public health. it will create a new federal emergency paid sick leave program for those impacted by the coronavirus. any means that any texan, american who is diagnosed, quarantining or caring for a dependent impacted by this virus, will be able to take 14 and of paid sick leave, many texas workers will be able to access 12 weeks of paid leave for virus-related long-term absences. these protections include workers who stay home to care for loved ones, including staying home with their kids due to school closures. bill also makes changes to unemployment insurance. it will temporarily waive requirements for workers to prove they are actively searchi

confidence they need, we have included a provision that ensures free coronavirus testing and medicare, medicaid, as well as for people enrolled in private ensures -- insurance, the uninsured, and our military families. second, we are making an historic emergency commitment to paid leave for the american family members affected by coronavirus. one of our top priorities was to give affected americans paid leave so that they can pay their bills. negotiation, we have agreed that this is an emergency. we require employers to reimburse them for the full cost by a tax credit. self-employed workers will be eligible for a tax credit. in the long run, we have a comprehensive program like the one in the family act. be in ad that, we would far better place as workers confront these challenges. finally, we are implementing measures to stabilize the unemployment insurance system and make sure that workers access their benefits. these provisions will immediately help states deal with spikes in unemployment and prepare them for recessions. these provisions gives states necessary flexibility to provide unemploy

i meant medicare and medicaid. i meant veterans benefits. i meant every solitary thing. >> dana: so that ad is running in the states voting the next couple weeks. first, i wondered if you're planning to punch back. bernie sanders has a long record as well. will you expose that? >> senator sanders does have a long record. we've been talking about it on the campaign trail as relates to guns, him protecting the gun manufacturers. as relates to senator sanders wanting to primary president obama in 2012. suggesting he should have an oppone opponent. there's differences with vice president biden and senator sanders. we're going to draw the differences about the policy on the campaign and debate stage. we're never going to do any personal attacks. i don't know what the sanders strategy is. apparently joe is rea >> dana: check this out. desk c state of maine for joe biden. this is according to the associated press. we'll pin it on them. this is one we've been waiting for all night. at one point i think there was an exact tie between biden and bernie

confidence to seek testing we have included a provision that ensures free coronavirus testing in medicare, medicaid and chip as well as for people enrolled in private insurance, the uninsured, tribal communities receiving care outside of indian health facileties and our military families. second, we are making a historic emergency commitment to paid leave for the american family members affected by coronavirus. one of our top priorities was to get americans affected by coronavirus emergency paid leave so that they get paid their -- so that they can pay their bills. after intense negotiation with treasury we have agreed that this is an emergency. we will require employers to provide the leave and reimburse them for the full cost via tax credit. affected self-employed workers would be eligible for refundable tax credits. in the long run we need a comprehensive paid leave program like the one in the family act. if we had that now we would be in a far beater place with the options available us to as workers confront these challenges. finally, we are implementing measures to stabilize the unemployment i

free testing for coronavirus that is set up in the law whether you have insurance, covered by medicare, medicaid. you're going to be able to be tested when the tests are available, i might quickly add, without cost to you, and that's a weight should be. these are things that are basic. they work we do not just by nancy pelosi the speaker of the house but by the trump white house, mr. mnuchin, the secretary came forward and i negotiated all of the challenge which i b just described. so they are bipartisan in nature. there is no reason for us to delay this anyway. we should move on it quickly. putting this off for a day or two of whatever the plan is with the republican leadership is totally unnecessary and, unfortunately, requires staff to wait around here when the been advised they should be home, there should be social distance, they should be in circumstances where they are not endangering themselves in terms of their health or anyone else. let's get this done. the third-ish i want to to raise is one which is critically important, but i believe is timely. went to think i knew about the way the

another candidate has been on the floor of the senate calling for cuts to social security, medicare, medicaidd veterans benefits. opposition tothe disastrous trade agreements which cost us millions of good paying jobs. me.that is voted forr candidate disastrous trade agreements. consumersstood up for and said we will not support a disastrous bankruptcy bill. and another candidate represented the credit card companies and voted for that disastrous bill. are.re we we have two major goals in front of us, and they are directly related. first, we must beat a president who apparently has never read the constitution of the united states. a president who thinks we should be an autocracy, not a democracy. but, second of all, we need a movement and a developing movement of black, white, latino, native american, asian american, gay, and straight. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: of people who are making it clear every day they will not tolerate the test level inequalitynd wealth we are experiencing. not give tax breaks to billionaires when a half million americans sleep out on the streets. allow 49%

what the secretary said, we are the largest insurer, covering 130 million americans between medicare, medicaid and the individual insurance market. some of these our our nation's most vulnerable populations, the elderly, those in poverty and children. we have a regulatory responsibility for pretty much every health care institution in america. this includes hospitals, critical access hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis facilities, surgery centers, the list goes on. that gives us a critical role in addressing the coronavirus. we are responsible for enforcing quality guidelines based on information from partner agencies like the cdc. let me stress cms has long-standing infectious disease policies in place that we have used effectively for other outbreaks such as influenza. health care facilities already have these procedures in place and should be prepared for what they may see. we will continue to proactively update our regulations. we will be working with the cdc. those are already in place and it is our job to make sure health care facilities are effectively implementing those guidelines. we w

your direction, medicare and medicaid already made it clear that the medicare and medicaid beneficiariest coronavirus treatment would be covered. these private carriers extended that as well. they have also agreed to cover telemedicine, so anyone among the vulnerable senior population would not feel it necessary to go to a hospital. they will know that telemedicine is covered. the ceos have also agreed to no surprise billing. we want people to get tested. over one million tests are out thanks to the diligent work of the cdc and hhs. more than 4 million will go out this week. you work with commercial labs to expand testing and that will continue to increase by the day. we want the american people to know they are covered through private insurance. they are covered through medicare and medicaid and there'll be no surprise billing. finally, as you directed us yesterday, we produced helpful information for every american family on how they can keep their home, their school, their business, their establishment safer from the spread of the coronavirus. all of these major health insurance compa

and also ensuring that payroll taxes and continue to fund and portable programs like medicare, medicaid printed social security. i want you to think about this. what we are talking about doing is not just a one-time 1000 own check, or to time 1000 go to, it's literally finding the payroll with the way it exists. maybe only 75 percent of it, the people who are used to getting those payroll checks, through ctyroll processor, how their taxes are deducted, they have the social security detected in the medicaid and medicare expenses deducted, those things was still coming. it is just that we have created a fund from the federal government to do that printed so it goes straight back to the federal government. i think is part of this, we would also like to offer assistance who are some point, who they are micro businesses and according to the irs debt in 2017, there were some 26 million sole proprietorship's in the united states. that is a lot of folks who are out there working hard, hustling everyday to make their businesses, their little piece of the american dream, successful pretty but the

so now testing will be free for every american and those who have insurance, medicare, medicaid, otherinsured. legislation also establishes tax credits and the secretary of the treasury will provide paid sick and family medical leave for coronavirus-related employment interruptions. i expect dr. burks and dr. fauci will reiterate this. if you are sick, now you need not be concerned. if you're an hourly wage earner in america, you need not be concerned about staying home. if you're sick, stay home. you're not going to miss a paycheck because of this legislation that's moving through the congress. we'll make sure bunesses,av abity toaidlso psuna nse t sio children, ainme f hav states to ease access to employment benefits. the president and i are profoundly grateful for the bipartisan spirit that drove this legislation and let me also say how grateful we are for the secretary of the treasury and the long hours that he put in negotiating this measure. let me say also last night at midnight, the department of homeland security implemented the president's -- >> all right. that is vice presid

. >> without medicare, period. or medicaid.those were the foundational stones put in place during fdr, in two years we transformed the economy. what sanders is doing is improving upon those institutional structures that already exist. if you have minimum wage, it has to be living wage. but for the unemployed person, minimum wage is zero. the job guarantee is that first component of the economic bill of rights of fdr, if you want to work, is there really a good reason we cannot provide you employment opportunity, help you transition to better paid employment opportunity? that is what the job guarantee attempts to do. >> chris, to that point, there was a time in the not so distant history when medicare, medicaid didn't exist, even social security. can you look at sanders' proposals and say they're radical? >> i don't think they're truly radical. we also understand how change gets done. i was with president obama in 2009 when he got the affordable care act passed, every president since lbj and medicare and medicaid tried to get th

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

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

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

biden has been on the floor of the senate in years past calling for cuts to social security, medicare, medicaid and veterans' programs. >> reporter: sanders made similar comments last night prompting this fiery response from biden, the only person who is going to cut social security if he's elected is donald trump. biden has denied he ever supported cuts to social security though at one point he did favor trimming the deficit, which could have frozen some spending for the program. the bitter back and forth comes as both candidates are trying to win elizabeth warren's support warren told rachel maddow she's not ready to endorse anyone yet but sharply criticizing some sanders' supporters for online attacks >> we are responsible for the people who claim to be our supporters, and do really threatening ugly, dangerous things. >> reporter: for sanders who is trailing biden, michigan is critical in fact, he cancelled an event in mississippi to get to michigan sooner, a sign of a shifting strategy really focussing on the midwest after a poor showing in the south lester >> kristen welker, thanks. >>> up

discussions yesterday, i believe that that is being considered, that both medicaid and medicare would increase the d.r.g.'s, for example, which is the reimbursement mechanism for those treating covid-19 patients. their concern and they told me this over and over again is that at a moment when we need our hospitals more than ever, many of the hospitals are facing closure because they just don't have the funds necessary to keep the doors open. the ordinary sources of revenue and profit have been pushed back and reduced. there are a variety of proposals that came to us in terms of making these federal funds available, but they urged me over and over again to do this as quickly as possible and not to establish some long, involved bureaucratic process for applying for these funds. we also talked about the money flowing directly to the hospitals rather than through state governments or through some federal agencies. i know that this is risky business when it comes to accounting, but at a time of a national economic and public health crisis, i personally agree with them. i think we have no c