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if you're eligible for medicare, take a look at the plan that offers you more than original medicare and is rated 4.5 out of 5 stars for quality and performance. senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar monthly premium. i'm just so happy with my doctors. senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar copay for primary care doctor visits. i wanted a plan that's been here as long as we have. senior dimensions is one of the longest-standing local medicare advantage plans in nevada,celebrating its 30th year of caring for medicare eligibles right here where you live, and includes emergency coverage nation-wide when you travel. senior dimensions covers my medications and that keeps me moving. our plan offers many tier one preferred generic drugs for a zero dollar copay at most local neighborhood pharmacies. specialists to choose from. senior dimensions offers a broad network of local providers including southwest medical associates, one of the largest and fastest growing multi- specialty groups in nevada. and our transportation benefit offers you up to 24 one-way rides a year. senior dimen

plus, a look at the pros and cons of choosing original medicare versus a medicare advantage plan. all that and more is on our website. pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm hari sreenivasan. join us online, and again here tomorrow evening. we have an interview with peter navarro, a strong opponent to trade with china and president elect donald trump's pick to run the new white house national trade council. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the well-being of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. more at rockefellerfoundation.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers lik

you're eligible for medicare, you need to take a look at the plan that offers you more than original medicare. senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar monthly premium. senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar copay for primary care doctor visits. and, our members pay a zero dollar copay for specialist visits and a zero dollar copay for hospital stays as well. local medicare advantage plans in nevada, and our plan offers many tier one preferred generic drugs for a zero dollar copay at most local neighborhood pharmacies. i like that i have plenty of doctors and specialists to choose from. senior dimensions offers a broad network of local providers including southwest medical associates, one of the largest and fastest growing multi- specialty groups in nevada. it's what i want. and she gets what she wants! >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it's thursday, december 1st, 2016. welcome back to our show. the it's called cbs this morning. more world news ahead including new evidence that an aspirin is dr. david who led is research, yoins joins us and not getting sleep. but firks toda

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really impact ifym you're going forwar where hospitals how they were defined when the medicare benefit was originally what a hospital : will look like in the future can be entirely different. the system hasn't kept up with the practice of medicine. and that may orzv may not be an opportunity that the congress takes up in the next four years but it's certainly -- that will be something that will beym focused on whether -- >> do you want a little example, to a hospital, so when senator finance committee, it was -- and i was paying that, the hospital jordan valley hospital. i think cms regional investigator, i don't know, not many. wanted to shutdown and keep thaú hospital open and said we're going to shutdown the hospital. here is the deal, shutdown the hospital, i'm going to shut this down. my poin(5 is, you know, democratic and care a lot about their hospital and d8cms is als going to care about it. so i will -- no, i'm not not a administrator and asking -- i agree with tom that, you know, there's going to have to be some sort of consideration for loss of, you know, how÷ú systems are going to potenti

extending deadline for enrolling in obamacare and this comes from centers of medicare and medicaid. originallyhe 15th. coverage january 1. you can continue signing up through the end of january but if you want it right away, you have to do it by tonight. why is this happening? here is what the government says, an extraordinary volume of customers, end quote, the reason for extending it. they want to give everybody in the front door as they can. 70,000 people signed on december just two days. total of 4 million as of wednesday and to break that down, 2.9 of the million of those were reenrolling an that's what's going on there. health and human services has been predicting all along that will would be 11 million people for 2017 this past year it was 10 million. now, this is coming against the backdrop of president-elect trump saying he's going to end obamacare and we know that enrollments reflect the public feeling about this program whether they like it or don't like it, it's completely unclear if people are enrolling more because they want to get it before it goes or they want to send a signal

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hospitals traditionally when benefit originally passed in 1965 and what a hospital looks like today and will look like in the future can be entirely different yet medicare payment systems haven't kept up with the practice of medicine. and that may or may not be an opportunity that congress takes up in the next four years but it certainly, i suspect, will be something that we'll be focused on whether cmmi or congress. >> let's give you one little example of sensitivity of cms administrators to hospitals. when senator bacas was chairman of the finance committee, he at a hospital, jordan valley hospital, i think this three beds, cms administrator, not many, wanted to shut down. i talked nonstop got to keep that hospital open, shut down the hospital. here is the deal, shut down hospital, i'll shut down the regional office. my point is members of congress, democratic finance committee care a lot about hospitals that's not going to change. cms is going to care a lot about hospitals. >> so i'm not a former administrator, no one asked me about the question. i agree with tom that there's doing to have to be some sort of consideration for loss of -- hospitals goo