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a lot of this back and just to give you an idea of some of those the center for medicaid and medicare services they expanded tele health benefits to medicare beneficiaries so that obviously opens things up the u.s. drug enforcement agency the da they temporarily lifted a provision in something called the ryan white act which required an in person exam before provider could electronically prescribe controlled substances and then a couple of other things here the department health and human services says that non hipaa compliant communication tools so in the past face time and skype would it would be considered a violation of hipaa laws in order to use them and now that's no longer the case so essentially what's happened is a lot of red tape has been cut that has allowed doctors to be able to do that do this in patients to be seen this way well a solution or at least temporary as they say for now dr dombrowski what are some of the drawbacks that spoke of a feel but if any of this this kind of health care. well i think the 1st thing is that you know the red tape was tremendous and i'm glad that t
a lot of this back and just to give you an idea of some of those the center for medicaid and medicare services they expanded tele health benefits to medicare beneficiaries so that obviously opens things up the u.s. drug enforcement agency the da they temporarily lifted a provision in something called the ryan white act which required an in person exam before provider could electronically prescribe controlled substances and then a couple of other things here the department health and human...
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. >> this is a facility that has a five-star rating from the center for medicare services. if this is one of the better facilities, a five-star facility, imagine what's happening in some of the other facilities. >> reporter: excel health care center is joining a number of care homes here in alameda county where coronavirus complications have caused death. at least 13 people have died at gateway rehabilitation and care center in hayward, and nationwide the numbers are grim. so far there have been 9,000 deaths and more than 4,500 facilities. >> the reason for this, of course, is that they are unprepared. they're understaffed,nough staf training. that orter: mcginnis says those need to change in order to stop the coronavirus spread in nursing homes nationwide. in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> governor newsom announced new efforts to relieve financial stress on californians. he said that most private student loan companies have now agreed to relief measures. this includes giving borrowers the option to delay payments for 90 days, late payment fees and fines will
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former head of medicare and medicaid services under president obama.new podcast in the bubble. that three-part strategy is incredibly practical and both ambitious and overdue and necessary. i hope a lot of people are listening to you, to that, tonight. to give us hope about this crisis. but, also, i hope people who can do something like this are listening to you, too. if they won't do it at the federal government, every state should start doing this themselves. thank you so much. >> thank you, rachel. >> much more to get to tonight. stay with us. [ flatulence ] happy birthday? if we don't stop her, who will? we need to go undercover. hey, only rock trolls are allowed here. barracuda! cool. who wants to party? without smiling. you should be mad they gave this guy a promotion. you should be mad at forced camaraderie. and you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade, who's tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad.
former head of medicare and medicaid services under president obama.new podcast in the bubble. that three-part strategy is incredibly practical and both ambitious and overdue and necessary. i hope a lot of people are listening to you, to that, tonight. to give us hope about this crisis. but, also, i hope people who can do something like this are listening to you, too. if they won't do it at the federal government, every state should start doing this themselves. thank you so much. >> thank...
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joining us now is the former acting administrator for the center for medicare and medicaid services, andy slavitt. always good to see you. these numbers are probably a lot higher than we're even reporting, because the tracking of this has been inconsistent and not all of these patients have been able to get tested for covid. there are a lot of nursing home patients who have died, who they believe were positive, but never got that test. >> right. well, thanks for calling attention to this and for all of us who have loved ones in nursing homes, this is incredibly important. you think about, who's in nursing homes today, we've got about 1.5 million people in nursing homes around the country. these are people that were born right around and after the depression. many of them are veterans of foreign wars. they were part of the people that built this country. and we are -- we owe them a -- to their last day, a debt in this country. and in 2017, to great fan fair, i might add, the trump administration decided that they were -- announced that they were going to not enforce the regulations th
joining us now is the former acting administrator for the center for medicare and medicaid services, andy slavitt. always good to see you. these numbers are probably a lot higher than we're even reporting, because the tracking of this has been inconsistent and not all of these patients have been able to get tested for covid. there are a lot of nursing home patients who have died, who they believe were positive, but never got that test. >> right. well, thanks for calling attention to this...
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medicare. medicaid. services someday and. after 4 days of agony both mother and baby are in serious danger from the little bit of medical center. that just. popped up. and there have been. 3 hours after leaving the hospital mariyam can finally attend to the patient. the baby is poorly position and the 18 year old girl is in urgent need of a says area. in rural villages grandmother zite has midwives assisting women with childbirth. first at the box help or get out of. the back up that was about get the fuck up for the. but then my husband tries to comfort her as best he can there's no stretcher and she lies on the top flowing out of. the book we're going to walk out of the home but a lot of this is. one of the you know oh my. gosh i'm. i'm. not i'm not saying. it's not anxious about you got the picked up. what. the hospital has no running water and the operating room has only one set of surgical clamps but there is and then the statistic a month is soon asleep. this is airy and goes well but the baby isn't breathing. without t
medicare. medicaid. services someday and. after 4 days of agony both mother and baby are in serious danger from the little bit of medical center. that just. popped up. and there have been. 3 hours after leaving the hospital mariyam can finally attend to the patient. the baby is poorly position and the 18 year old girl is in urgent need of a says area. in rural villages grandmother zite has midwives assisting women with childbirth. first at the box help or get out of. the back up that was about...
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. >> at the center for medicaid and medicare services, we will discuss what we have done in hospitals to help support health care workers. we will be sure the institutions are providing the environment for care are well-financed and she has a couple of funding streams and help is on the way. >> thank you mr. vice president. let me start with echoing the president and vice president's comments about our condolences to all the people out there that have lost somebody to the coronavirus. and also a sincere appreciation and thanks to all our health care workers that are on the front lines. we know the impact on the health care system isn't just those front care and frontline workers. health care organizations across the nation are having increased expenses and having to spend more on supplies. you are seeing all of the supplies that are being sent to them, and many of them are having increased expenses because they are taking advantage of some of the flexibilities that we've given them. hospitals without walls, and we are doing testing and screening. we are doing a lot of increased expens
. >> at the center for medicaid and medicare services, we will discuss what we have done in hospitals to help support health care workers. we will be sure the institutions are providing the environment for care are well-financed and she has a couple of funding streams and help is on the way. >> thank you mr. vice president. let me start with echoing the president and vice president's comments about our condolences to all the people out there that have lost somebody to the...
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the foremost leaders, precisely how to implement that in ihi, and the center for medicaid and medicare services. thank you, don really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> up next, why the government rescue of america's businesses should never be a jump ball between your local dry cleaner and the l.a. lakers, the way to fix the ppe program, next. ay to fix the ppe program, next. >>> do you remember the food stamp surfer dude who ate lobster. in 2013, fox news tried to make him a government grifting star. >> we have ahi, salmon, eel, yellowtail with rice and avocado, and then they had lobster on special, $200 a month, and you just go boom. just like that. all paid for by our wonderful tax dollars. >> that was part of a whole gross war that fox waged against food stamps and food stamp recipients and motivated by the idea that someone somewhere was getting over and buying food they shouldn't be. that's one of the most animating reactionary forces in all of american life regarding the welfare state, that when we try to have the government do something, in this case, feed people, someone must be takin
the foremost leaders, precisely how to implement that in ihi, and the center for medicaid and medicare services. thank you, don really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> up next, why the government rescue of america's businesses should never be a jump ball between your local dry cleaner and the l.a. lakers, the way to fix the ppe program, next. ay to fix the ppe program, next. >>> do you remember the food stamp surfer dude who ate lobster. in 2013, fox news tried to make...
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services. there's now, just today, new guidance from the center medicare and medicaid service about patients with nursing homes. we're also looking to contract with a company that will help us and serve as almost like a nursing home s.w.a.t. team to go out and help a nursing home that might be having difficulty and helping them with their infection control. we'll do everything we can to protect the health and safety of nursing home staff and nursing home residents. >> secretary, from wnep and wbre, questions about the increase of cases in the hazelton area. in terms of outreach, how do you plan to continue to reach the hispanic community and then also in terms, are you looking at potentially temporary field hospitals or mass testing sites? >> all of our materials have been translated into spanish. we have a publicity campaign about the things we've been talking about. about staying home, about the importance of hand washing, we'll put the information on mac about that. we'll be reaching out to hispanic community to try to protect really everyone in pennsylvania against this deadly virus. >> as a
services. there's now, just today, new guidance from the center medicare and medicaid service about patients with nursing homes. we're also looking to contract with a company that will help us and serve as almost like a nursing home s.w.a.t. team to go out and help a nursing home that might be having difficulty and helping them with their infection control. we'll do everything we can to protect the health and safety of nursing home staff and nursing home residents. >> secretary, from wnep...
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services. we know that in particular through the isolation issues that many of us are aware of. medicare does not cover marriage and family therapists, and licensed mental health care counselors. this is a case even though they are included in the public health service act and may be called into service by the national health service corps. we be called into service by the national health service corps. medicare should step up and cover these providers. we have more recommendations in this area that i encourage you to review. but for my last duty come i reflect on the past. 30 years ago to this year i had the privilege of staffing the so-called pepper commission. congressman tom cocky was even then a compelling advocate to addressing the unique challenges of rural health care in new and innovative ways. it is my pleasure to turn it over to the congressman to discuss our recommendations on telehealth. >> thank you very much. great toit has been work again with you and all the members of the task force. some 30 years ago when and issman mike steinert cofounded the rural health caucus in th
services. we know that in particular through the isolation issues that many of us are aware of. medicare does not cover marriage and family therapists, and licensed mental health care counselors. this is a case even though they are included in the public health service act and may be called into service by the national health service corps. we be called into service by the national health service corps. medicare should step up and cover these providers. we have more recommendations in this area...
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a 2017 report from the center for medicare and medicaid services shows that the average american paidore than twice the per capita average for health care than any other developed nation. >> there are a lot of problems in the health care system. it is way too expensive. part of the problem is prescription drugs are way too expensive, the cost of health care generally is a problem. >> according to a recent report from the organization for economic cooperation, development, americans on average spend about $1200 on prescription drugs in a single year, which is more than what is spent in any other developed nation. >> so why are these drugs so expensive? a big factor in the cost of these drugs is the arduous task of experimentation as well as clinical trials. >> well, when you think about why drugs cost so much and why innovative drugs cost that much, it really is the fact that the drug development cost is so expensive and so risky and unpredictable. the question about how drug prices are set is an interesting one in the united states. much of drug development is about failure. in other
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. >>> i want to bring in don burwick, the former administrator at medicaid and medicare services healthy, and you heard what margot said there, that some people are probably going to be able to get on to medicaid in these states, it is going to depend on what sort of qualifying income is, but i look at this, and i think to myself, the medicaid system is going to be overwhelmed right now, i mean there's real worry, right about, whether medicaid can handle the influx of patients and the states can afford what's about to happen. >> absolutely. first, for what margot was talking about, in terms of those who have employer-based insurance and lose their jobs, there is still a bit of a procedure to go through if the enrollment period is open, it gets a lot easier and those people will find it easier to get insurance, but you're absolutely right, medicaid, for people who haven't in that position and this administration has steadily weakened medicaid. in their 2020 budget they proposed to take away $200 billion for medicaid support for state programs and put in work requirements and new enrollme
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joining us, former head of the centers for medicare and medication service, the host of the new podcast "in the bubble" thanks for taking the time to be here tonight. thank you for your expertise. >> thank you, rachel. thank you for your focus on this really incredible important story. >> well, let me ask you if there is anything that i have said about, you can probably tell i feel emotional about it, i'm head up about it, and it literally has been keeping me up. in the way that i have been talking about it, just as a layman observing these things, am i saying anything that strikes you as wrong, or that it feels like the wrong approach to this, as a problem? >> the only thing strange is that you're almost the only one saying it. let's step back a second. there's a million and a half americans living in nursing homes today, there's about 15,000 nursing homes in the country, and many of them are quite small, and think about who these folks are, people over 80 today, were born at or around the great depression, many of them served in the korean war, and they have lived through so much in t
joining us, former head of the centers for medicare and medication service, the host of the new podcast "in the bubble" thanks for taking the time to be here tonight. thank you for your expertise. >> thank you, rachel. thank you for your focus on this really incredible important story. >> well, let me ask you if there is anything that i have said about, you can probably tell i feel emotional about it, i'm head up about it, and it literally has been keeping me up. in the...
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the center for medicaid/medicare service as given an expansive waiver to expand coverage for coronavirusesting and treatment. we've also extended waivers for medicare administration make sure people have access to that coverage. we're going to continue to bring opportunities to the president. the traditional systems of medicaid in particular, the uninsured in america -- >> can you extend that to cover middle class people? >> well, the -- i think what we're seeing health insurance companies is inspiring -- one of the -- >> i'm sorry. >> the president's approach here -- >> already have insurance. >> one thing that has an mated and characterized the president's approach is the way he's engaged american businesses to step up and do their part. as has been said many times, we're inspired by the spirit of american businessings. i was at a distribution center for walmart today in southern virginia and i saw how they've hired thousands of people. the workers are coming to work, truck drivers are driving trucks, they made a commitment that no grocery store in america would close down. the food su
the center for medicaid/medicare service as given an expansive waiver to expand coverage for coronavirusesting and treatment. we've also extended waivers for medicare administration make sure people have access to that coverage. we're going to continue to bring opportunities to the president. the traditional systems of medicaid in particular, the uninsured in america -- >> can you extend that to cover middle class people? >> well, the -- i think what we're seeing health insurance...
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i wanted to ask about an action at the centers for medicare and thecaid services, about medicare reimbursement rate for covid testing. do you think this is adequate to encourage more labs to get off the sidelines and increase testing? and a second question -- do you see it being necessary for cdc to alter the clinical criteria for who is eligible to be tested and who should be prioritized? >> patty, do you want to take that? >> i would just respond this way -- that is one principle that may or may not have a huge impact, but if it is not part of , and we aread plan just doing this while shot process, we are not going to get where we need to be. that is why our plan requires the administration to have a comprehensive plan with goals at the end of it. there's lots of ways to do that but you cannot just do one thing today, one thing tomorrow, hope that it works. that is what has been happening and it has not. >> i want to underscore what patty said. we need a comprehensive plan that deals with all aspects. the administration seems to every so often focus on one issue and then move on to the next
i wanted to ask about an action at the centers for medicare and thecaid services, about medicare reimbursement rate for covid testing. do you think this is adequate to encourage more labs to get off the sidelines and increase testing? and a second question -- do you see it being necessary for cdc to alter the clinical criteria for who is eligible to be tested and who should be prioritized? >> patty, do you want to take that? >> i would just respond this way -- that is one principle...
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. >> and we have the center for medicaid and medicare services to support hospitals, as we support health care workers, we have to make sure the institutions that are providing the environment for care are well financed and she's got a couple of funding streams and help is on the way. >> thank you, mr. vice president. and let me just start with echoing the president and the vice president's comments about our condolences to all the people out there that have lost somebody to the coronavirus. and also, you know, sincere approaeciation and thanks to al of health care workers that are on the front lines. but we know that the impact on the health care system isn't just those front care, front line workers. health care organizations across the nation are having increased expenses, they're having to send more on supplies. you're seeing all the supplies that are being sent to them, and that's having a direct impact on their bottom line. many of them are also having increased expenses because they're taking advantage of some of the flexibilities that we've given them, hospitals without walls, the
. >> and we have the center for medicaid and medicare services to support hospitals, as we support health care workers, we have to make sure the institutions that are providing the environment for care are well financed and she's got a couple of funding streams and help is on the way. >> thank you, mr. vice president. and let me just start with echoing the president and the vice president's comments about our condolences to all the people out there that have lost somebody to the...
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i'm joined by the former acting administrator for the centers of medicare and medicare services, andy slavik, a gnaw podcast called "in the bubble" designed to help families through the covid-19 crisis. let's start on the times report on antibody testing. i was struck this week when a person i know texted me a link to antibody tests available on amazon. and i thought well, wow, that's fast, i didn't know these were happening and now it seems that there is a very wide variety of quality in the antibody test tass are out there. >> let me start with antibody tests. the fda did an interesting, is in an interesting spot, because they have, they have been asked to let their standard goes a little bit lower, approve a lot of emergency authorization tests and get a lot of things in the market and there is a lot of buyer beware, there are a lot of antibody tests that are only 50% accurate on telling you whether or not you have the antibody. and 50% just doesn't do us any good. so i think they're going to have to find a right balance. to the point of the regular testing, the diagnostic testing,
i'm joined by the former acting administrator for the centers of medicare and medicare services, andy slavik, a gnaw podcast called "in the bubble" designed to help families through the covid-19 crisis. let's start on the times report on antibody testing. i was struck this week when a person i know texted me a link to antibody tests available on amazon. and i thought well, wow, that's fast, i didn't know these were happening and now it seems that there is a very wide variety of...
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former head of medicare and medicaid services under president obama.mentioned host of the new podcast "in the bubble." that three-part strategy is incredibly practical and both ambitious and overdue and necessary. i hope a lot of people are listening to you, to that, tonight. to give us hope about this crisis. but, also, i hope people who can do something like this are listening to you, too. if they won't do it at the federal government, every state should start doing this themselves. thank you so much. >> thank you, rachel. >> much more to get to tonight. stay with us. these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. that's a d
former head of medicare and medicaid services under president obama.mentioned host of the new podcast "in the bubble." that three-part strategy is incredibly practical and both ambitious and overdue and necessary. i hope a lot of people are listening to you, to that, tonight. to give us hope about this crisis. but, also, i hope people who can do something like this are listening to you, too. if they won't do it at the federal government, every state should start doing this themselves....
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don't go to the centers for medicare and medicare services which are responsible for overseeing long term care facilities in this country. they're just not doing it. they're not working on this at all. so it's find your local paper. browse around. see what you can figure out in terms of the numbers. see if you can figure out in terms of who might need help. that's all we've got. but like i said, this is a bad, this has been a particularly bad day in terms of the american coronavirus epidemic. i will tell you in terms of the bad political response here, while what i was just describing is unfolding in western pennsylvania today, and the local paper there, is demanding answers from the trump administration and not getting them, well, that's happening in pennsylvania today, today in the state capital in pennsylvania, republican state legislators were angling to try to overturn the stay-at-home order put in place in pennsylvania by democratic governor tom wolf. because sure, seems like things are going great in pennsylvania. did i mention that they are re-freezing the local ice arena, be
don't go to the centers for medicare and medicare services which are responsible for overseeing long term care facilities in this country. they're just not doing it. they're not working on this at all. so it's find your local paper. browse around. see what you can figure out in terms of the numbers. see if you can figure out in terms of who might need help. that's all we've got. but like i said, this is a bad, this has been a particularly bad day in terms of the american coronavirus epidemic. i...
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for underprivileged americans and at the president's direction, the center for medicaid and medicare services given unprecedented waivers for states to expand coverage for coronavirus testing and treatment. we've also extended waivers for medicare administration making sure that people have access to that coverage. but we'll continue to bring opportunities to the president. traditional systems of medicaid in particular for uninsured in reporter: would you expand that could cover middle class people? >> what we're seeing health insurance companies do today, john is really inspiring that is the president approach here. reporter: for people already who have insurance. >> one thing animated and characterized the president's approach is the way he is encaged american businesses to step up and do their part. and as the president said many times, we're, we're inspired by the spirit of american businesses. i was at a distribution center for walmart today in southern virginia. and i saw the way this company that literally already hired thousands of people, these workers are coming to work, truck drive
for underprivileged americans and at the president's direction, the center for medicaid and medicare services given unprecedented waivers for states to expand coverage for coronavirus testing and treatment. we've also extended waivers for medicare administration making sure that people have access to that coverage. but we'll continue to bring opportunities to the president. traditional systems of medicaid in particular for uninsured in reporter: would you expand that could cover middle class...
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and the center for medicaid and medicare services has given unprecedented waivers for states to expand coverage for coronavirus testing and treatment. we've also extended waivers for medicare administration to make sure that people have access to that coverage. but we're going to continue to bring opportunities to the president. the traditional systems of medicaid in particular, for the uninsured in america -- >> could you expand that to cover middle class people? >> well, the -- i think what we're seeing health insurance companies do today, john, is really inspiring. >> mr. vice president, i'm sorry -- that's for people who already have insurance. >> well, one of the things that has animated and characterized the president's approach is the wail he way he's engaged american businesses to step up and do their paurt. as the president said many times, we're inspired by the spirit of american businesses. i was at a distribution center for walmart today in southern virginia and i saw the way this company that literally has already hired thousands of people, these workers are coming to work
and the center for medicaid and medicare services has given unprecedented waivers for states to expand coverage for coronavirus testing and treatment. we've also extended waivers for medicare administration to make sure that people have access to that coverage. but we're going to continue to bring opportunities to the president. the traditional systems of medicaid in particular, for the uninsured in america -- >> could you expand that to cover middle class people? >> well, the -- i...
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at the president's direction, the center for medicaid and medicare services has given unprecedented services for states to expand coverage for coronavirus testing and treatment. we have extended waivers for medicare administration to make sure people have access to that coverage. we are going to continue to bring opportunities to the president. the traditional systems of medicaid in particular. for the uninsured in america. i think what we are seeing health insurance companies doing is really inspiring. for people who already have insurance. thatnce: one of the things has animated and characterized the presidents approach is the way he has engaged american businesses to step up and do their part. as the president said many times, we are inspired by the spirit of american businesses. i was at a distribution center for walmart today in southern virginia. i saw the way this company literally has already hired thousands of people. these workers are coming to work. truck drivers are coming to work. grocery stores made a commitment to the president that no grocery store in america would close down
at the president's direction, the center for medicaid and medicare services has given unprecedented services for states to expand coverage for coronavirus testing and treatment. we have extended waivers for medicare administration to make sure people have access to that coverage. we are going to continue to bring opportunities to the president. the traditional systems of medicaid in particular. for the uninsured in america. i think what we are seeing health insurance companies doing is really...
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to help answer that question i'm joined by former head of the centers for medicare and medicaid servicessenior fellow of the institute for health care improvement who knows this field as well as anyone. let's just start with the basics here. i talked to someone i know at a new york city hospital that's been doing a ton of covid patients that talked about them losing half a billion dollars a month and this is hospitals all over the country hemorrhaging money. why are they losing so much money? >> they are getting squeezed two ways. their costs have gone up. they have to invest capital. hire more staff. they are converting bed spaces that have not been beds before. that takes a lot of money and revenues are down because the normal businesses they depend on for revenue, the elective surgeries, the work of the emergency rooms for non-covid conditions is how hospitals get by financially and that revenue is gone. the other part of the problem is under insurance. we have a frail and chaotic insurance system in this country. we're trying to put patches on it in the covid epidemic but it's coming
to help answer that question i'm joined by former head of the centers for medicare and medicaid servicessenior fellow of the institute for health care improvement who knows this field as well as anyone. let's just start with the basics here. i talked to someone i know at a new york city hospital that's been doing a ton of covid patients that talked about them losing half a billion dollars a month and this is hospitals all over the country hemorrhaging money. why are they losing so much money?...
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during the obama administration, andy slavitt served as the head of the centers for medicare and medicaid servicesas overseeing the type of health care coverage that most people use to pay for their stays in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. president obama picked mr. slavitt for the job after he helped repair the broken rollout of the obamacare website. andy slavitt knows what it means to approach the seemingly impossible and try to fix it anyway. so we called him tonight because he is the person i decided i would like to talk to first about what i find to be a middle of the night sit up and worry about it issue. joining us now, andy slavitt. mr. slavitt, thanks for making time to be here tonight. thanks for your expertise. >> thank you, rachel. thank you for your focus on this really incredible, important story. >> let me ask you if there's anything that i have said about it -- you can probably tell i feel emotional about it. it has literally been keeping me up. in the way i have been talking about it as a layman observing these things, am i saying anything that strikes you as wrong o
during the obama administration, andy slavitt served as the head of the centers for medicare and medicaid servicesas overseeing the type of health care coverage that most people use to pay for their stays in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. president obama picked mr. slavitt for the job after he helped repair the broken rollout of the obamacare website. andy slavitt knows what it means to approach the seemingly impossible and try to fix it anyway. so we called him tonight because he...
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the person who runs the center for medicaid and medicare services will join us at the top of the next hour. a long ordeal may be coming to an end for passengers on board two cruise ships stuck at sea off the coast of florida. we will have a live report on that coming up. >> clearly we're going to be willing to accept any floridians who are on board. my understanding is that most of the passengers are foreign nationals. i think that they are working on ways to deal with that. >> my concern is simply that we have worked so hard to make sure we have adequate hospital space in the event of a covid-19 surge that we wouldn't want those valuable beds to be taken because of the cruise ship. >> sandra: governor ron desantis has been reluctant to allow passengers of the zaandam and rotterdam cruise ships to disembark in south florida. now he says he is open to a safe plan. over the past two weeks nearly 200 passengers got sick, many have improved but four people have died. phil keating has more from port everglades in florida on that. >> the two cruise ships have finally made it off the east co
the person who runs the center for medicaid and medicare services will join us at the top of the next hour. a long ordeal may be coming to an end for passengers on board two cruise ships stuck at sea off the coast of florida. we will have a live report on that coming up. >> clearly we're going to be willing to accept any floridians who are on board. my understanding is that most of the passengers are foreign nationals. i think that they are working on ways to deal with that. >> my...
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she heads the center for medicare and medicaid services and is part of the coronavirus task force.hank you so much for joining us, very grateful for your time. do you think your agency is doing enough, did enough in assisting seniors during the crisis? >> well, first of all, let me just say that our hearts and minds go out to the nursing home patients and their families. this has been an enormously difficult time. and nursing home residents were amongst the most vulnerable to the coronavirus. that's why we took early action, putting out infection control policies, reminding nursing homes of those long-standing guidelines. and we've continued to update that information based on the latest science and information. >> i'd like to take you back to early march. you received a letter from congress raising concerns that nursing homes were especially at risk from covid-19 outbreaks. the letter from senator ron weiden and richard neil accused the administration of previously weakening safety standards to put nursing homes at greater risk to outbreaks. what's your response to that? >> everyt
she heads the center for medicare and medicaid services and is part of the coronavirus task force.hank you so much for joining us, very grateful for your time. do you think your agency is doing enough, did enough in assisting seniors during the crisis? >> well, first of all, let me just say that our hearts and minds go out to the nursing home patients and their families. this has been an enormously difficult time. and nursing home residents were amongst the most vulnerable to the...
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have medicaid for underprivileged americans, and at the president's direction, the medicaid and medicare services has gin unprecedented to expand states testing for coronavirus and treatment. we've also extended waivers for medicare administration to make access to eople have that coverage, but we're going to continue to bring opportunities to the president. systems of nal medicaid in particular for the uninsured in america -- >> would you like that to cover middle class? think what we're seeing health insurance could today, john, is really inspiring. one of the things -- >> i'm sorry. are people that already have insurance >> one of the things that has characterized the president's approach is the way e has engaged american businesses to step up and do their part. s the president said many times, we're inspired by the spirit of american businesses. center a distribution for walmart today in southern virginia, and i saw the way this literally has already hired thousands of people. these workers are coming to work. are coming to rs work. farmers are working in the field. grocery stores made a comm
have medicaid for underprivileged americans, and at the president's direction, the medicaid and medicare services has gin unprecedented to expand states testing for coronavirus and treatment. we've also extended waivers for medicare administration to make access to eople have that coverage, but we're going to continue to bring opportunities to the president. systems of nal medicaid in particular for the uninsured in america -- >> would you like that to cover middle class? think what we're...
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services. another thing to remember is there is no co-pay associated so there's no barrier for the medicare recipientshe service. >> ed: we certainly appreciate your time, thank you for coming in. >> sandra: now to capitol hill as the push to help small businesses continues. right now mitch mcconnell as you saw a short time ago trying to quickly approve that additional $251 billion to the paycheck protection program. senator john kennedy saying it can't come a moment too soon. >> the small business program we know is working and that's where we ought to concentrate our firepower. we have waterboarded the american economy and we have to stand it back up. until we can do that, we have got to get some money to the american people and as to the business community. >> sandra: senator kennedy on that. chad pergram is tracking them for us this morning. hey, chad. >> hey there. this was supposed to be up what's called a pro forma session with us senate gavels in and gavels out and what mitch mcconnell is trying to do is get unanimous consent where all senators are in agreement and push through this additional
services. another thing to remember is there is no co-pay associated so there's no barrier for the medicare recipientshe service. >> ed: we certainly appreciate your time, thank you for coming in. >> sandra: now to capitol hill as the push to help small businesses continues. right now mitch mcconnell as you saw a short time ago trying to quickly approve that additional $251 billion to the paycheck protection program. senator john kennedy saying it can't come a moment too soon....
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we're going to have to be very very careful you were saying seated at the center for medicare and medicaid services by seam of arma and she's a member of trump's coronavirus task force you talk to her i do and how is she comfortable how she doing. well look everybody is working incredibly incredibly hard you know this is a crisis that i'd like to think you know doesn't separate us as republicans and democrats the virus spreads equally between democrat and republican as it does in a party so it should be a moment that people work together on the best ideas. and i think that's happening in a lot of ways i i'm not going to be pollyannish and tell you that there's no politics or no differences there are of course but. i think that you know people want to save the largest number of lives possible then they're working and the right thing in the right direction and i don't envy the task of anybody in the administration right now and that's why i'm even though i'm of a different political party i pledge to do everything i can to help them. you recently launched a podcast call in the bubble with the help of
we're going to have to be very very careful you were saying seated at the center for medicare and medicaid services by seam of arma and she's a member of trump's coronavirus task force you talk to her i do and how is she comfortable how she doing. well look everybody is working incredibly incredibly hard you know this is a crisis that i'd like to think you know doesn't separate us as republicans and democrats the virus spreads equally between democrat and republican as it does in a party so it...
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has this pandemic and the circumstances caused you to more strongly consider expanding medicare and medicaid services? you previously said all options are on the table. are you changing because of what happened here. gov. ivey: we are concerned about the health of all her citizens, wherever they may live. at the same time, it would be irresponsible to think about expanding medicaid just for the sake of expanding medicaid, without having a complete and honest discussion about the source of stable funding to pay, etc. it is an option. i'm aware the interest is there. there is a lot of exploring that has to be done on how you pay for it. reporter: are you exploring finding a stable source of funding? gov. ivey: we are trying to make a plan when we can get our people back to work. yes, sir. reporter: around the world -- in yourtions -- i plans to restart the economy, what is the factor of -- [inaudible] gov. ivey: that is the reason we want to be sure we are working as soon as we can come about as smart as we can, to reopen the economy, because we could have a resurgence of this virus even this fall we h
has this pandemic and the circumstances caused you to more strongly consider expanding medicare and medicaid services? you previously said all options are on the table. are you changing because of what happened here. gov. ivey: we are concerned about the health of all her citizens, wherever they may live. at the same time, it would be irresponsible to think about expanding medicaid just for the sake of expanding medicaid, without having a complete and honest discussion about the source of...
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continuing to give an infected patients thcare they need and allows hospitals to provide services off site centers for medicare and medicaid services administrator seema vema says the agency is chging the rules to pay for patient's treatment outside of hospitals and clinics fema isalready helping expand hospital space in states across thcountry. us as this initiative adds to the work they have done and allows re involvement the local level we want to do is empower ocal communities to start thinking out this d already have in their hat they community the sienna swimmers will allow hospitals to transfer an infected patients to these sites making room for those testing positi for the coronavirus as far as filling these new spaces with supplies. berman says they want tomake su alth care workers have the tools they need to save lives team has t a very special for some people that are working to fid supplies and then we've also se a great response from the private sector in the hearing every day about e're companies that are stepping forward to produce ventilators we heard that from ge from us as new efrts are being
continuing to give an infected patients thcare they need and allows hospitals to provide services off site centers for medicare and medicaid services administrator seema vema says the agency is chging the rules to pay for patient's treatment outside of hospitals and clinics fema isalready helping expand hospital space in states across thcountry. us as this initiative adds to the work they have done and allows re involvement the local level we want to do is empower ocal communities to start...