and that is whether or not with the plans, the health alliances, the national board, we simply will be adding new layers of bureaucracy that might restrict individual choice or doctor choice or what not in the process, when clearly one of your goals and the president's is simplification. could you comment on that? >> yes, congressman. of course, we think this will simplify and debureaucratize, if that such a word, the system. because we are doing two things. we are eliminating a lot of the micro management and overregulation that comes from both the public and the private insurance systems right now. the health alliances, as we envision them, are to be the conduits for premiums that will be paid into them, and then health plans will bid for the business by putting out their services and each of us individually will choose. so that the way it would work is, under our plan, most americans, as they are now, would have their premiums paid from their employment. the employer's contribution and the employee's contribution would go into the health alliance. and then accountable health plans w

the administration's new health care law. both ramstad and kennedy retired from congress. mr. ramstad continues to work on mental health issues and is a board member on the national center on addiction and drug abuse at columbia university. mr. kennedy is currently living in new jersey and is recently married and expecting a child. congratulations. >> thank you very much for that kind introduction. i didn't know you were a democrat, kennedy. i want to thank all of you for being here own behalf of the parity coalition. and especially thanks to all of you who have worked so hard, some of you since 1996 in the very begin on the mental health and chemical addiction treatment parity act. i want to point out one individual. if i started thanking individuals for their contributions, we would be here all week. but i want to point out one national hero who has helped so much in this effort, who has helped so many people in so many ways. he's one of patrick's best friends, one of my best friends, one of america's best friends, max cleeland. max, thank you. [ applause ] the reality of this effort is we're not there yet. we're not there for millions of americans suffering th

the last 15 years air quality has become devastating in terms of what it's doing to people's health. man: ...delhi and the delhi metropolitan area are down... narrator: the national capital region plan boardattempting to solve some of these problems. it has formulated a comprehensive plan for the entire capital region. in order to provide a congenial living environment, delhi cannot be planned in isolation, individually. it has to be planned in the context of a much larger area, which is the national capital region. narrator: the plan will work to extend the capital region to 20 times the current size of metropolitan delhi. within the new capital region, it is hoped that newly created satellite cities might help delhi's overburdened infrastructure. new arrivals could settle in these cities rather than add to the squatter camps on delhi's outskirts. these satellite cities are supposed to be connected by an expanded rail and highway system, but so far there's been little progress. daniere: most places in the world have been extremely unsuccessful at diverting growth from the main urban centers because they don't accompany or are not able to accompany those attempts with the same kinds of op

right before we passed the bill, we had eight major insurance companies, major health plans nationally supporting the bill. came up and testified. the first one to come on board was way back in the '90s, kaiser permanente. and i don't want to get into which insurance company is helping and which is not, but we need them to understand that this is not only the right thing to do, to enact parity, but it's the cost-effective thing to do. for every dollar we spend in treatment from people who are suffering from mental disorders or addiction disorders, we save $12. we save $12 in health care costs and not having to build new jails and new prisons and social service costs. as my good friend dr. ron smith always points out, who is chief psychiatry for the navy, is not having to buy ritalin for the children, for families that are dysfunctional and so forth. so we need to do a better job of educating as well as enforcing the new law. >> have the fears of the insurance companies been lessened or increased since the bill passed? >> well, at the end of the day, we need to work with the insurance community, because if atday, they're structuring the benefit plan, we need t

the measure establishes the safe board of midwives within the health department. >> the training process, testing process is a national standard. the organization is accredited by the same organization. >> the bill had bipartisan support. the state health department favors the measure, but believes there should be a study done. >> motivations around in the choice between a hospital and a hong. the panel will conduct a review of current legislation in the other states. the worker board review available evidence regarding the safety and outcome of births attended by certified professional midwives. " we probably turn away as many women as we serve. >> there is nothing illegal about having the baby at town. this is about safety. -- a baby at home. this is about safety. >> interesting debate. here is a look at some of our other top stories. the senate has passed a balanced state budget and sent it over to the house this morning. the spending plan includes income tax increases. it also extends the sales tax to internet purchases. the plant closes loopholes that governments have used to pay education. traffic is moving agai

the university of pennsylvania. in addition to being a doctor, i'm a board certified practicing pediatrician and public health researcher. the children's hospital of philadelphia is the nation's largest pediatric health care network and home to one of the largest pediatric research programs in the u.s. i am humbled by the commitment and skill the hospital brings to pediatric injury, much of which is enabled by investment from the federal government. i came to care about tbi early in my training when i would hear trauma transport helicopter, i felt a sense of dread for the family whose lives would be changed by their child's tbi. every day more than 125 of our nation's children are hospitalized or die from tbi. car crashes, sports, falls and child abuse are the likely causes largely preventible events at great cost to families and society. annually estimated tbi costs are more than $29 billion for children who die and $53 billion for those who are hospitalized. therefore, as a nation, i propose that our primary success metric should be annual reductions in pediatric traumatic brain injury. to reduce tbi burden, i propose three priority areas. one, prevention. two, timely state

health insurance. >> precisely. there is a tremendous cost shift borne by everyone. and that's where interstate commerce and the cost of insurance going across the nation. it's interesting, on tuesday, congress voted to repeal a boardhat was in the law. before they did that, they took out language in their own bill that specifically made this rationale that health care costs can be regulated in the interstate commerce clause, the commerce clause in the constitution. they took it out, they thought this might be giving too much to defenders of the law. everyone admits health care costs are a problem and the fact that people are unsuinsured shis those costs all over and the government has to find a way to control spending. >> the big debate, and you're a doctor, i don't need to tell you this. will this bring down medical costs or make them skyrocket? everyone has a different world view? maybe we won't know until it's enacted in 2014. as an opponent. some is constitutional, some is not, would you be happy with a severing of the law? some in, some out? >> i don't think the rest loft works if you don't have the individual mandate, and the individual mandate is unconstitutional. the flaw in the argument is that at this is

the independent payment advisory board. plain and simple, ipab is going to cut health care that our nation's seniors can receive. medicare rationing board which is what this is, will decide the value of medical services impose price controls that will slash senior access to doctors and other health care providers. we see this happening already. the center for medicare and medicaid savings actually confirm that large reductions in medicare payment rates would likely have serious, serious implications for beneficiary access to care. utilization, intensity, and the quality of that care. and as president obama's appointee as the medicare administrator said, the decision is not whether or not we will ration care, the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open. h.r. 5 takes that choice away from the administrator, from ipab, from president obama. h.r. sets forth a new way forward. h.r. 5 sets forth a new way forward. a way that says we don't need washington bureaucrats who haven't even practiced medicine telling us what's best for us. we need to sit down with our doctors and come up with individual treatment

recent research by the national association of boards of pharmacy found that more than 96% of sites offering prescription drugs for sale are doing so illegally, creating a significant health risk for all americans. criminal activity doesn't end there, unfortunately. these rogue sites often look just like legitimate websites that use valid methods of payment which means many people use them unintentionally without realizing they are criminal sites. when they enter their credit card information they are extremely vulnerable to identity theft, which is a growing problem in our country. these cyber criminals also are becoming increasingly sophisticated in selling their products to popular unline search engines. and advertising services that make their products appear to be legitimate. and the process, some american companies are wreaking huge profits from this illegal activity by selling the advertising linked to these counterfeit products, simply put, they are taking money from illegal companies in exchange for the prime space advertising in america -- to american consumers. in the past year, according to the pier media technology, there were more than 690 million uploads an

the health care bill, the ipad reveal, independent repayment advisory board. they can conduct it without congressional approval. many want the issue repealed completely. the national journal writing many conservative groups like club for growth and the family research council, critical of house speaker john boehner and the house republican leader, eric cantor for peace reveal votes. you can read more by logging onto national journal. it is the center e piece focusing on the economy. today the issue coming up, will the president commemorate this anniversary? >> the idea he may not speak about this on the anniversary seems odd. with the poll out today, we added up 67% of republicans tlourt the bill or throughout the mandate, not the whole bill. the white house has been talking for two years about educating the public, talking about the benefits of this. doesn't this polling data suggest that people are not buying it. >> polling data suggests in part hundreds of millions of dollars spent attacking it, and what we're focusing on is implementing it so that more and more americans see the benefits that it brings. i didn't make any announcement whatsoever. we are focused

the independent payment advisory board. plain and simple, ipab is going to cut health care tt our nation's seniors can recve. dicare rationing board which is what this is, will decide the value of medical services impose price controls that will slash senior access to doctors and other health care providers. we see this happening already. the center for medicare and medicaid savings actually confirm that large reductions in medicare payment rates would likely have serious, serious implications for beneficiary access to care. utilization, intensity, and the quality of thacare. and as president obama's appointee as the medicare administrator said, the decision is not whether or not we will ration care, the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open. h.r. 5 takes that choice away from the administrator, from ipab, from president obama. h.r. sets forth a new way forward. h.r. 5 sets forth a new way forward. a way that says we don't need washington bureaucrats who haven't even practiced medicine telling us what's best for us. we need to sit down with our doctors and come up with individual treatment pla

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the criminal justice system. not all these trangential things. he was killed in cold blood. >>> distracted drivers can be hazardous to your health. national transportation safety boardys to help keep your eyes on the road. >>> college is say they are hurting for cash. what are they doing to raise money? how about selling naming rights to the campus bathroom? [ female announcer ] here in california, our schools need help. the largest class size in the nation. 47th out of 50 in per-student funding. but right now, we can make history with a ballot measure to send every k-through-12 dollar straight to our schools. to every school and every child. not to sacramento. it's the only initiative that can say all that. check out our online calculator and find out how your school would benefit. visit ourchildrenourfuture2012.com today. >>> we've all done it, eat, text, check our e-mail, talk on the phone. program your gps for directions while driving. distracted drivers kill about 5,000 people every year. they injure thousands more. the national transportation safety board is trying to figure out a way to keep us from being a dangerous driver. liz o'leary joins us live from was

health care system. madam chair, the president and his party wanted a centralized board of bureaucrats to control decisions about how health care's allocated to our nation's seniors. he proposes to restrict health care choices in order to lower costs. madam chair, our american system of free enterprise and innovation and ingenuity has made our health care center the best in the world. our doctors transform dire health care conditions into promising outcomes and healthier lives. we produce the world's life-saving drugs, disease prevention regiments, biologics and devices, but ipab hamstrings the best available care for our seniors by imposes artificial constraints, arbitrary constraints on costs. neither the president nor congressional democrats have proposed a solution to strengthen medicare. instead, the president gives 15 bureaucrats the power to make fundamental decisions about the care that seniors will have access to. not to be deterred, the president has proposed expanding this board numerous times over the past year, vastly growing the board's scope and ability to fix prices and ultimately ration care for our nation's seniors. madam chair, the pres

the president's new health care law, the establishment of the independent payment advisory board, this 15-member board of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats who will soon have the authority now to dictate our nation's medicare policy by effectively deciding what health care seniors can receive. and since its inception, ipab has been the basis of vocal opposition between doctors and patients because it does threaten reduce beneficiaries' access to programs. repeal of ipab has strong bipartisan support. given the widespread concern about the impact that ipab will have to deny quality health care services, it's no wonder about 350 organizations that represent veterans, seniors, employers, small and large, as well as doctors and physicians and consumers and all 50 states support its repeal. although a majority now in congress of us support -- know our concerns and support repeal of ipab, it's the american public, including many folks from my community who remain the most vocal about ending this program before it's implemented. and the american people have every reason to be worried about this ipab board. the unchecked powers of ipab have been explained by my colleagues already at length and simply put,

the university of pennsylvania. in addition to be a doctor trained bioengineer, i am a board-certified practicing pediatrician and a public health researcher. the children's hospital of philadelphia is the nationslargest pediatric research programs in the u.s. i am humbled by the commitment and skill the hospital brings to pediatric injury, much of which has been enabled by investments by the federal government. i came to care about tbi early in my training. when i would hear the transport helicopter, i felt a sense of dread for the family whose life would be changed by their child's tbi. everyday, more than 125 of our nations children are hospitalized or die for tbi. car crashes, sports, and other causes cause tbi. anyway, tbi costs more than $29 billion for children who died, and $53 billion for those who are hospitalized. therefore, the nation, i propose that our primary success metric should be annual reduction in genetic brain injury. to reduce the tbi burden, i propose three priority areas. one, prevention, to, timely state-of-the-art acute care. and three, optimal recovery. i hope to demonstrate the importance in research, professional training, and coordinated effort. together we can ad

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recent research by the national association of boards of pharmacy found that more than 96% of sites offering prescription drugs for sale are doing so illegally. creating a significant health risk for all americans. criminal activity doesn't end there, unfortunately. these rogue sites often look just like legitimate websites that use valid methods of payment, which means many people use them and intentionally without realizing they are criminal site. when they enter their credit card information, they are extremely vulnerable to identity theft which is a growing problem in our country. these cyber criminals also are becoming increasingly sophisticated in selling their products to popular online search engines and advertising services that make their products appear to be legitimate. some american companies are reaping huge profits from this illegal activity by selling the advertising linked to these counterfeit products. simply put, they're taking money from the illegal companies in exchange for the prime space advertising in america, to american consumers. in the past year according to technology, there were more than 690 million uploads and downloads of unauthorized copi

have -- 20 years from now, no one should have the power to create a board with this much control over health care. doctors provide critical care to our nation's seniors but they also run a business. they have to receive proper reimbursement to keep their doors open or they will lose their ability to provide care for america's seniors. the affordable care act has already cut over $500 billion from the medicare program and then the president doubled down by proposing over $300 billion more in his budget. medicare cannot sustain further cuts if we're to keep access for america's seniors. without any chance of judicial or congressional oversight, ipab will become one of the most powerful agencies within our government. i ask the american people, what part of the government operates in this way? when the people of washington, d.c., make decisions you don't agree with, you can vote them out of office. but when ipab makes a decision, the american people most likely will have no recourse. if the president and the u.s. senate really are concerned about saving medicare, which they claim to be, i urge them to get serious and work with us because accordi