ashley: no, this is a different story, it's accused in a lawsuit, united-health group, one of the largestth insurers out there, accused in a scheme to basically allowed subsidiaries and others to overcharge medicare by hundreds of millions, quite likely billions of dollars. stuart: united health is a dow stock, therefore, when it comes down, 2.7%. ashley: there's a reason. stuart: that affects the dow jones industrial average. i believe it's taken 25 points off the dow industrials. if it wasn't for united health, the dow would be down only 40 odd points, remember that. do check the big board, we're down 74, united health accounts for 25 of those points lost. look at deere, yes, the track for people. i've got a john deere tractor, love the thing. >> and 10 cents, it's almost dead flat despite the higher sales forecast. lower sales at campbell's soup. now, this is a giant conglomerate here. they were hurt by weak demand by the v-8 beverages, for broth and for condensed soups, okay? the stock is down 5%. weak sales forecast at least from smucker, another huge conglomerate, folgers and pet sn

united health group said it rejects the claim, and plans to contest them vigorously. shares were off more than 3.5% to $157.62. and health insurance -- insurer aetna said it is doubling its quarterly dividend to 50 cents per share. the annual yield is now more than 1.5%. the company also said it would add $4 billion to its existing share buyback program. aetna shares were down 3% to $1 25.27. >>> and now to our market monitor who has names of stocks she says could grow 15% over the next year or so and also provide some nice dividend income and get this, the last time she was on in july, she recommended the following stocks. and they have all risen double digits. some 58%. marianne montaine. welcome. let's say we do it just like last time. >> i'm a tough act to follow. >> follow yourself here. let's start with british american tobacco. why do you like it? right. this is a company that is acquiring reynold's american. and they can leverage off of reynold's' portfolio around the world with products like newport, and the vapor e-cigarette. it yields 3.5%. it's valued far

. >> steve, from the united health group. about 230,000 employees. we serve about 120 million americans. and we're contributing to jobs we have jobs 35,000 in the last five years. 10,000 in the coming year. we're mission driven. make the system work for everyone. > cigna corporation. >> blue cross-blue shield association. we represent 108 million subscribers. president trump: that's a big group, right? >> good morning, mr. president. joe swedish with anthem. we're in 14 states. representing 40% of the american public. we have 40 million members. and we have been involved with individuals both probably seven decades. and deeply embedded in the affordable care act situation that has evolved over the last three years. i don't want to miss the opportunity to thank you for the swift and decisive action that occurred most recently regarding some adjustments that have occurred in and around special enrollment. thank you very much. >> we had to step in. thank you. >> chairman and c.e.o. of keyser foundation health plan. we cover 11.7 million americans. we al

the united health care workers west for letting us join them in this multiple state call day for action to a safe our health care and recognize governor jerry brown from the board of supervisors who is someone that is well-informed about the issue having worked in and around health care for a good part of his life and we'll have i think some good to guess to share joined by department heads directly involved in the affordable health care act and our overflow room healthy san francisco and now, of course, our covered california for san francisco barbara garcia who is our head of our department of health and jerry mcfattening the department the of aging and joined by some very important partners in our on and on to make sure that everybody is health women's health and protected and immigrant health are outlined cost planted parent hood thank you and our communities consortium clinic consortium it here we're in a fight we're in a fight with the administration and congress over saving health care for millions of people and i'm here to express that san francisco wants to save health care for

the dow component united health is dragging on that index after accusations it defrauded medicare. >> down 4%. >>> president trump wrapping up a visit to boeing taughting job creation. we will bring you highlights of his speech there. >> plus, a look at how trump's win has hurt gun sales and could put a $5.5 billion deal at bay. >>> righters is reporting that softbank is preparing to approach t-mobile. david faber has been covering this story. he joins us at this late hour at post 9. david, what is your take? >> interesting. excuse me while i get rid of that phone call. i really wanted that phone call, too. that was the key one. why right now? why right now? but, you know, kelly, i can't confirm what is being reported by reuters specific to whether or not they are preparing to approach t-mobile. that thing, softbank which controls sprint. i think many people speculated on that potential outcome ever since we saw the man who controls softbank visit then president-elect trump promising to create jobs. >> one of the very first visitors we should add. >> there are some pictures. one of th

united health has rejected the allegations and will contest them vigorously in court. back over to you. >> getting slammed on. thank you. >>> a winery owned by donald trump's son eric is seeking to hire almost two dozen foreign workers for its spring harvest season. robert frank has more on that story. certainly that got your attention, robert. >> it certainly did. report out today the trump winery in charlottesville, virginia, is seeking permission from the labor department to bring in 23 foreign workers to plant and harvest grapes this year. the notice says the winery needs workers between april and the end of october. they would be paid $11.27 an hour. this is in addition to the six foreign workers that the winery requested back in december. these workers would come in through the so-called h2a program that rer mitts american employers to hire foreign workers under temporary work visas as long as no qualified u.s. workers want the jobs. now more than 100,000 foreign workers have come in through that program since 2003. the winery job posting says this work requires

if you look at united health, that mean the strongest stock. if you look at some of the big moves at amgen, biotech, it is dynamic. there are parts are low beta. biotech is a real opportunity. >> i'm looking at it. i'm watching it today. it was up for you and some odd%. >> when you bring it to the 52-week high, that's a thing. it is bringing out or continuing to bottom out. it is still very young in the going having had such a performance. >> all right. thank you. >> great tie, too. >> very nice. >> united health care to me, it is the most diversified. you have them all growing in mid teams. it is still reasonably attractive and it is at all time highs. you are buying a stock that has had a very big run but it seems to be the class of. >> you are in insurance of. >> i am. it has been way less volatile than other side, biotech. i like it here. the market is good. it is good for them as well. it's good. >> ibb. >> i know he talked about the potential to break down. if you go back to the beginning of 2016 or so, it broke down ibb from 350. i think

once again, united health is saying they're denying any wrongdoing in this case.or samsung electronics. carolyn roth live from london. thanks so much. >>> let's get a check on your weather with meteorologist bonnie schneider. a mixed story. >> absolutely. in the northeast cold and blustery. warmer temperatures in the forecast for the weekend. let's focus to the west. a huge storm starting to crank up. look at all the heavy rain coming into california. wind will pick up. the worst that southern california has seen since 2010 with 34 million people at risk for the very fierce winds. gusts in san diego could get up to 60 miles per hour. breaking down the timing, the flood threat has heavy rain throughout the day. by the time we're looking into the afternoon we're dialing with heavy rain. the flood watch will persist as well. notice the rain heading up to northern california. near oroville expecting a few more inches potentially near the dam area. i believe that won't make a difference. what we're looking at for the weekend is a wet weekend and another storm coming in

united health is turning out to be the biggest drag on the dow 30 after this news. department of justice suing it for overcharging medicare. yes, apparently there is a whistle blower from inside the company that says united health has defrauded medicare, they ardefending themselves but the stock has been up over 42% the last year. today it is down. >>> and verizon jumping. verizon is the one telecom that everybody is watching along with, look, t-mobile and sprint and that breaking news. we're going to see if this part of a merger maybe weakens. we're watching that and more. >>> campbell's soup, they need to eat their carrots, it was carrots killing their quarterly sales. the world's biggest soup maker brought down partly by a premature carrot harvest. campbell's fresh food business down 8%. biggest intra-day percentage loss in eight years. down 6.5% right at this very second. that's a loss of four bucks. >>> up next, former fbi chair sheila baer telling me she thinks dodd-frank did go too far. she'll tell you which areas needlessly hurt the small bankers? we've got

. >> that meeting included leaders from blue cross blue shield, signa, united health care and others. 20 million americans gained coverage under the affordable care act. >> certainly shark a big issue for our nation's governors. some some changes could blow holes in their allowances. >> home run there's still some divisions within the republican party over the past for repeal and replacing obamacare. about a dozen republican governors have expanded medicaid in their zpats they're worried now that any changes to the affordable care act could lead them without federal funding and could lead their constituents without health insurance. one big thing that was talked about at this meeting was a report that was leaked to some reporters that found that repealing and replacing obamacare according to the plan could reduce federal funding by 1.5 trillion over the next decade. states have to balance their budgets and they're worried they won't be able to do it. what did they say about that and the possible infrastructure project in. >> i talked to the republican governor about this. he said that

i like united health in that group. that is my play and i'm not deviating. united health.et's go to craig in california. craig? >> caller: boo-yah, cramer! >> boo-yah. >> my body is a stock i'm interested in. symbol -- >> we like them! we thought that was a really clever niche they've got going. they can expand that niche and blow it out, so to speak. doug in california, doug? >> caller: boo-yah, jim. it's my birthday today, thank you so much for taking my call and making my wish come true. my stock is extr. >> got to do more work. boy, there's a lot of these networking companies. and each one's different. each has its own coloration. we're not going to cuff it, we're going to do work. christine in new york, christina! >> caller: hi, jim, thank you very much for taking my call. >> my pleasure! >> caller: since 2009, your community bankrupttures have been trading with an ascending triangle chart pattern. what are your thoughts about owning -- >> the chart does dovetail with what's going on in the banking business, but you need to see rates a little bit higher for that one,

, florida blue, the blue cross blue shield plan in the state of florida. >> steve hemsley from united healthup, we're a diversified health care company. we have about 230,000 employees. we serve about 120 million americans, and we are contributing in terms of the jobs. we've grown jobs 35,000 the last five years, should do another 20,000 in the coming year, and we're a mission-driven enterprise to help people improve their lives, make the system work for everyone. >> thank you very much. >> president, i'm with cigna corporation, a global service company. >> scott ceroda, blue cross blue shield. >> 108 billion subscribers, a pretty big group. >> yes, it is. >> i'm joe swedish with anthem. we are in 14 states representing 40% of the american public. we have 40 million members, and we've been involved in the individual for probably seven decades and deeply embedded in the affordable care act situation that has evolved over the last three years. i don't want to miss the opportunity to thank you for the swift and decisive action that occurred most recently regarding some adjustments that have occ

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to go against oxford to drive prices down and united health bought oxford, that was the end ofme. i was like, wow, that was bad, they compete against each other and that was the fear. david, i ask you this like i ask you with halliburton baker hughes, what kind of lawyer says, you know what, we're going to green light this other than a lawyer that says, you know what, this could be the biggest payday for our company ever. lawyers being companies. >> i think, listen, people of serious purpose look at these things and make a lot of arguments as to why they should have been allowed. certainly aetna, humana, there were people not just lawyers who thought at least it's got a shot. it depended how you define the medicare advantage market. >> right. >> versus medicare. >> this is not time warner. >> and joe sweeney, the ceo, maybe he'll join us at some point soon, going to put pressure on him to deliver even if they appeal that this deal is dead. >> just not the place to be. by the way, the drugs, again, biotech will move up because people feel the larry fink view. i had brent saunder

the united health care workers west for letting us join them in this multiple state call day for actionlth care and recognize governor jerry brown from the board of supervisors who is someone that is well-informed about the issue having worked in and around health care for a good part of his life and we'll have i think some good to guess to share joined by department heads directly involved in the affordable health care act and our overflow room healthy san francisco and now, of course, our covered california for san francisco barbara garcia who is our head of our department of health and jerry mcfattening the department the of aging and joined by some very important partners in our on and on to make sure that everybody is health women's health and protected and immigrant health are outlined cost planted parent hood thank you and our communities consortium clinic consortium it here we're in a fight we're in a fight with the administration and congress over saving health care for millions of people and i'm here to express that san francisco wants to save health care for all people not ju

boeing united health giving us the gains. making money with charles payne coming up next.rles: good evening i'm charles payne. the department of homeland security rolling out plans today for president trump's agenda to crack down on illegal immigration and implement aggressive enforcement of existing immigration loss. dhs secretary kelly orders today include 10,000 additional ice agents, 5,000 more border patrol agents, and a moratorium on president obama's catch and release policy at the border. the order also allocates funding for victims of crimes at the hands of illegal immigrants and advocating on behalf of those here illegally. reporters grill the white house press

> jon: simon, humana is not the first health care insurer who has pulled out of a market place united healthare pulled out. >> i'm not saying there aren't problems, what i'm saying now is what do we do about it? when barack obama became president, the economy was going down the tubes. he didn't sit there and let it crash. health care system wasn't working well, we fixed it. now the problem with the republican party is they own this now. this isn't obama's plan. can i finish please? you complained about me. be quiet please. the point is, this is not obama's plan. this is the trump administration plan. republicans are going to act like patriots who work together with both parties to fix it or are they going to let this thing crash and let tens of millions of people suffer as a result? we should fix it. >> yes, we should. only democrats voted for it last time on christmas eve and 2009. that was bipartisan, wasn't it? >> jon: at the replacement plan, among other things that it does immediately as repeal the individual and employer mandates. if you do that, simon, can you still call it obamacare?

we are providing health units and health clinics, and we are trying to reach eve ryo ne clinics, and we cannot reach everyone. we want to do more. we have that feeling. and people are being overworked on the ground, but we need to save these children's and these families' lives. kay from save these families' lives. kay from save the children. 52:31:35 225.15 l-“kzu in l; —;’ lsz'lt on the social networking site. davies was arrested when he returned to watch the case again on tuesday. the bbc is to create a new television channel for scotland. it will broadcast from seven in the evening until midnight and will cost around £30 million a year. there had been calls for a separate 6am news for scotland on bbc one, but this was rejected in favour of a scottish news hour on this new channel. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. there's soon to be a lot more bbc in scotland. responding to demands for more spending and more dedicated news, does this mean you feel what bbc scotland's been offering so far hasn't been giving audience what is they want? no, i want to give audiences in scotl

united health is six on the fortune 500 with profits of $5,838,000. surely, it can cover all payments for all outpatient tests as it does with blood work and other outpatient procedures. when my quote alan? stand saying there's no free lunch. my sponsors don't be the lunch. >> all right. we thank you for the observation. and even though it was out of order in terms of the topic, we have received your comment. if you'd like to be the statement with the secretary, we thank you for the comments. >> i won't repeat them. >> i understand. thank you very much for your comments. all right. is there any other public comment on the matter dealing with this action item? if not we are now ready to vote. hearing none, and seeing none, no other comment all those in favor say, aye. [chorus of ayes.] opposed, say nay. it is adopted unanimously >>[gavel] >> all right. we are now moving to action item number five - excuse me - discussion item number five >> item 5 discussion item review of city plans 2016 claims experience. neil kosher and in hewitt >> before you have

the department of justice suing united health care for allegedly overcharging medicare. e suit says united raked in hundreds of millions of dollars illegally. the provider denies the claims. and free meals in coach will be returning to some delta airline flights beginning this spring. meals will be offered on 12 transcontinental flights. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. it's an important question you ask, but one i think with a simple answer. we have this need to peek over our neighbor's fence. and once we do, we see wonder waiting. every step you take, narrows the influence of narrow minds. bridges continents and brings this world one step closer. so, the question you asked me. what is the key? it's u. everything in one place, so you can travel the world better. >>> welcome back. president trump says we can expect to see a new executive order updating that immigration and refugee travel ban some time next week. but that's just one of a multitude of immigration related issues this new administration is confronting. another of the president's executive ord

united health bringing down the marks. keep in mind for the best week so far for the year for the dow. >> brian, thank you very much. welcome, everybody. i'm tyler mathisen. a florida man is in police custody for allegedly plotting to blow up several east coast target stores. investigators believe he was attempting to target stock. a man arrested in korea, current will i the defacto head of samsung, accused of bribing the now impeached president. >>> rain-soaked california bracing for yet more wet weather. forecasters say parts of los angeles could see the heaviest rainfall in six years. michelle. >> tyler, we begin in south carolina, where president trump is expected to speak at the boeing facility. eamon javers is in washington. give us a preview of what to expect. >> reporter: things, plaintiffing in the usa, job creation as well as perhaps the export/import bank and the importance of keeping that funded, certainly for boeing, it is important. remember it was a year ago 245ir7 led by the tea party wing of the party hey

. >> i'm steve helmsley from united health group. we're a diversified health care company, we have about 230,000 employees, we serve about 120 americans and weep are contributing in terms of jobs, jobs, 35,000 in the last five years, over 10,000 in the coming year. and we're a mission-driven enterprise, help people have healthier lives, make the system work for everyone. >> from significacigna corporat. >> we represent 108 million. >> that's a pretty big group, right? >> yes, it is. >> i'm joe swedish with anthem. we're in 14 states representing 40% of the american public. we have 40 million members and we've been involved in individuals for probably seven decades and deeply embedded in the affordable care act situation that has evolved over the last three years. i don't want to miss you the opportunity to thank you for the swift and decisive action regarding some adjustments that have occurred around special enrollments. >> it was going to be an implosion. i had to step in. >> i'm from kaiser permanent. we are an integrated delivery

united health is six on the fortune 500 with profits of $5,838,000. surely, it can cover all payments for all outpatient tests as it does with blood work and other outpatient procedures. when my quote alan? stand saying there's no free lunch. my sponsors don't be the lunch. >> all right. we thank you for the observation. and even though it was out of order in terms of the topic, we have received your comment. if you'd like to be the statement with the secretary, we thank you for the comments. >> i won't repeat them. >> i understand. thank you very much for your comments. all right. is there any other public comment on the matter dealing with this action item? if not we are now ready to vote. hearing none, and seeing none, no other comment all those in favor say, aye. [chorus of ayes.] opposed, say nay. it is adopted unanimously >>[gavel] >> all right. we are now moving to action item number five - excuse me - discussion item number five >> item 5 discussion item review of city plans 2016 claims experience. neil kosher and in hewitt >> before you have

boeing united health giving us the gains. making money with charles payne coming up next. charles: good evening i'm charles payne. the department of homeland security rolling out plans today for president trump's agenda to crack down on illegal immigration and implement aggressive enforcement of existing immigration loss. dhs secretary kelly orders today include 10,000 additional ice agents, 5,000 more border patrol agents, and a moratorium on president obama's catch and release policy at the border. the order also allocates funding for victims of crimes at the hands of illegal immigrants and advocating on behalf of those here illegally. reporters grill the white house press secretary on whether this is a blueprint for mass deportation. >> the message from this white house and from the dhs is from those people who are in this country impose a threat to our public safety or have committed a crime will be the first to go, and we will be aggressively making sure that that occurs. that's what the priority is. charles: joining me now, mark and steven. mark, let me start with yo

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united health was the biggest drag today. the government reportedly joining a lawsuit that unitedhealth overcharged medicare. watch that. the dow positive for the week. closing at record highs with this 3-point gain at the close every single day this week. that's staggering. the pace which this rally built on gains since inauguration day, really since election day, go back to november is really quite impressive. investors very excited about president trump and his business policies. all three major averages higher for the week. dow, s&p, nasdaq up 1 1/2%. unreal. guys, back to you. cheryl: lori, you have to always remember and remind our viewers to watch the numbers as they settle. this is one of the most exciting times of the trading day. thanks for bringing it to david: i never thought three point gain is exciting. the dow settling up after trading lower all day, hitting another high followed by s&p and nasdaq closing the week on their highest notes ever. joining me, "barron's" senior editor jack hough. good to see you both

while cigna will be trying to figure out with anthem whether they will be one company or two, and united health it wants. it has not been distracted, so we are in serious disruption, and anthem and cigna are dealing with each other rather than business concerns they have to face. joe: the judges blocking these deals, will the new administration have any this deal let's say were announced today, with the new administration have any influence on whether he goes forward? >> yes and no. it is up the doj antitrust division to sue to block these things. that said, one thing we have seen, and i trust policy doesn't change a huge amount from administration to administration , and did the obama administration block these because of obamacare? i don't think that got answered. yes, it could change under trump. we will seeterm, what judges he attempts to appoint to the open chairs on the federal circuit. julie: thank you. the next nonhealth care deal the administration will be looking at is at&t-time warner. "what'd you miss?" michael flynn is output sean spicer says president trump ask for his resignation

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the united health care workers west for letting us join them in this multiple state call day for action health care and recognize governor jerry brown from the board of supervisors who is someone that is well-informed about the issue having worked in and around health care for a good part of his life and we'll have i think some good to guess to share joined by department heads directly involved in the affordable health care act and our overflow room healthy san francisco and now, of course, our covered california for san francisco barbara garcia who is our head of our department of health and jerry mcfattening the department the of aging and joined by some very important partners in our on and on to make sure that everybody is health women's health and protected and immigrant health are outlined cost planted parent hood thank you and our communities consortium clinic consortium it here we're in a fight we're in a fight with the administration and congress over saving health care for millions of people and i'm here to express that san francisco wants to save health care for all people no

jpmorgan, progressive, prudential, united health, 3 m and visa. ibm trading at levels not seen since october of 2014. the cnbc iq index is now up 40% to the year. for more on that, go to cnbc.com/i q1 hundred. now, once again, here is scott wapner and the "halftime" team. >> we are back with our blitz. joe, you kick us off and we look at trip adviser. they missed top and bottom. drop in both subscription revenue and in display ad spending. not good. >> well, change in the business model has not been the right strategy for them, trying to move away from an ad revenue review site to a hotel booking site has not worked well. the shares continue to decline and the place to be in the business models that are working are expedia and price line. >> josh, wendy's missed but they have a new buyback and they also raised their dividend. >> i can't believe you guys assigned me this stock for the blitz. wendy's -- >> would you have rather kate spade? >> i'll be honest. if you gave this stock to someone else, i would jump all over it. so wendy's, 20 times earni

the united health care workers west for letting us join them in this multiple state call day for action to a safe our health care and recognize governor jerry brown from the board of supervisors who is someone that is well-informed about the issue having worked in and around health care for a good part of his life and we'll have i think some good to guess to share joined by department heads directly involved in the affordable health care act and our overflow room healthy san francisco and now, of course, our covered california for san francisco barbara garcia who is our head of our department of health and jerry mcfattening the department the of aging and joined by some very important partners in our on and on to make sure that everybody is health women's health and protected and immigrant health are outlined cost planted parent hood thank you and our communities consortium clinic consortium it here we're in a fight we're in a fight with the administration and congress over saving health care for millions of people and i'm here to express that san francisco wants to save health care for

the white line, aetna up about 15%, as is united health. up some 30% since the election.ises from the president to do away with obamacare and to make things better for these health care insurers. joe: a real pickle because they are promising something better but what is that going to be? for more on president trump's meeting from governors and executives from u.s. health insurers, let's bring in exact tracer. -- zach tracer. this is difficult for republicans because they have campaigned on repeat -- replacing obamacare for years, but that would mean about people will lose of insurance. guest: about 20 million people losing health insurance. that means they are really struggling to come up with a plan. we saw the governors in washington dc think we are not at agreement. republicans are also divided. there is a lot to state -- to shake out. scarlet: the president is still think obamacare is a disaster but there are parts he wants to preserve. has that shifted at all? guest: it has not. did staying other parents plan until 26, some sort of protection for sick people with pre

cigna, united health care and aetna have all withdrawn from the exchanges across the state. and blue cross and blue shield i mentioned is the only plan that's actually -- or the only carrier that's operating everywhere statewide. let me get to my major points. and i kind of touched on at least one of these. blue cross and blue shield had a strategic advantage in negotiating with providers. i think that points to some success there in florida that may not see in other places. another major point maybe this comes across from specific conversations i had with navigators is the importance of the navigator network. there was a lot of money put in through grants to the university of south florida where there's a particular person there, jody ray who's a shining star there with implementing the exchanges getting rolled. she has formed alliances across the state in rural areas, in urban areas. in some of these the florida family health care foundation, the epilepsy foundation, she's made alliances with all of them to reach out to people. and i think that that's probably one of the k

the united health care workers west for letting us join them in this multiple state call day for actionur health care and recognize governor jerry brown from the board of supervisors who is someone that is well-informed about the issue having worked in and around health care for a good part of his life and we'll have i think some good to guess to share joined by department heads directly involved in the affordable health care act and our overflow room healthy san francisco and now, of course, our covered california for san francisco barbara garcia who is our head of our department of health and jerry mcfattening the department the of aging and joined by some very important partners in our on and on to make sure that everybody is health women's health and protected and immigrant health are outlined cost planted parent hood thank you and our communities consortium clinic consortium it here we're in a fight we're in a fight with the administration and congress over saving health care for millions of people and i'm here to express that san francisco wants to save health care for all people

how does much as a cost with a 90-day supply of lipitor without health insurance united states? it cost $9 for a 90-day supply without health insurance. this is not expensive but the impact on human health and society on each of us can be dramatic. so switching gears now in 1974 monsanto in their annual reports estimated $150 million to sequence one gene. now routinely a patient sees me i can sequence hundreds of genes overnight at $15. when i will -- he came in and buy up on tv we sequence dna. he's a 41-year-old healthy fake die with two young kids and we found he was at high-risk for heart disease. based on that we walked him over to a heart scan and we showed he had the blockage a lesion on one of the big arteries of his heart. at the time he called it a story. the next day people argued -- who was ineligible for cardiac scan. first of all a cardiac scan cost $90 and he said he wasn't eligible but your criteria is wrong. this is positive so we have to start to use technology like this to identify who is at risk to hopefully intervene early and change behavior. it worked in hi

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on the senate health committee providing care in the nation of 320 million people is very complicated. >> stunned. every day. you just mentioned to me. this is the president of the united states. we have debated health care in the country for 30 years. he says, who knew how complicated it was. he is maybe the only person in the country who doesn't know. >> the former candidate says he does not believe democrats should help repeal and replace. >>> members of the key house committee looking into russia's interference allegedly. and they will examine contacts with the trump campaign and russia and also look into who leaked key details about russia's action. the leadership on the committee is at odds over what investigators have determined. if they determined anything at all. house intel chairman tells cnn there's no evidence that russian officials communicated with the trump campaign and is brushing off calls for an independent investigation. >> not that i'm aware of. we have not seen any evidence of anyone from the trump campaign or any campaign for that matter, communicated with the russian government. >> the ranking democrat says the committee hasn't looked into the is

particularly, for the small to mid-sized business people who desperately need a united health and needt a humana versus an anthem, whatever. it is not great for humana. it is not great for them. you're right, they have a lot of cash and i think someone can take a run at them. i don't want to bet against any of the companies. i like u and h so much more. they have a good quarter. >> carl, if you are a company and there is national accounts at issue, and the department of justice comes after you, it is not a great track record so far. anthem and cigna went down. they were dealing with this national accounts issue and whether it would be anti-competitive. remember, sysco and u.s. foods, blocked. >> speaking of the doj, what a morning in washington. the senate confirmed steven mnuchin as treasury secretary. that vote took place in the early evening. he won 53/47 margin. that was the beginning of an eventful evening for the trump white house. national security adviser mike flynn resigned after conflicting statements about his contacts with russian officials. obviously, jim, it is all over t

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with the president along with health and human services secretary tom price includes leaders of united healthhumana anthem to name a few, nation's governors here at the white house, today, for a working session and over the weekend the president addressed that group, and acknowledged the complexities of trying to overturn and put in a new system of the nation's health care law, listen. >> we're going to be speaking very specifically, about a very about complicated subject airfare is different every state is different. and different requirements, but i think we have something that is going to really be excellent. >> that burden legislatively will fall on shourdz of mitch mcconnell paul ryan they will be coming to white house today later this afternoon, after meetings take place, maria as you know, there are divisions among republicans, of just how to go about repealing and replacing what to do timing so forth the "the wall street journal" is reporting this morning that republican leaders might just put out a plan, and dare republicans within their party vote against it saying look we have been

government has united health for overcharging medicare possibly by billions of dollars.ims that its members were treated for conditions it did not have. sales in the u.k. unexpectedly fell for the third month in a row in january. sales were down 0.3%. the number at two evidence that household spending is cooling off because of rising prices. inflation is work as to keep climbing this year and the sharp drop in the pound has boosted import cost. that is your bloomberg business flash. guy: thank you. tony blair has declared that brits have the right to change their minds on leaving the u.k. having a high-profile speech at our headquarters. blair also spoke to tom and i in the last hour. >> if for example you do not want people from europe to come here or you want restrictions on them, it is hard to reconcile that with membership in the single market. i think the problem is i can say what i think she should do from the perspective of what would be in the interest of the country but i'm not sure it is negotiable given the red line she has set herself. tony blair, the former

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absolutely. >> in the united states, quality health care like this comes at a cost. care. >> can i ask you what happened? >> i got hit on my bike riding to work. i came in with some fractured ribs, a lacerated spleen and i broke my femur and i did surgery on me yesterday. >> what i'm told about this place is if something like what happens to you happens, something major, this is the place to go. >> you want to be here. >> in terms of insurance and how that works for you, payment was working okay, too? >> i think we're just figuring that out. >> we're just trying to get him better. >> this is your cv scann vrksct? >> yes. >> how much does this something like this cost? >> for the whole center, probably over $1.5 million. >> in an emergency department, is it normal to invest $1.5 million in a ct scanner? >> absolutely. >> americans put all this medical technology to good use. twice as many americans per capita got m.r.i.s as our canadians. it's part of the reason we sent $10,000 per year on health care. but all that technology doesn't mean we're living longer. american

salaries and bonuses of the top health insurers united healthcare, cigna, blue cross, the wall street gang, after looking at numbers, you'll never ever call it obamacare again. street care or what have you. what is your feelings on single payer?ll u.s. house bill, the situation hr676, john conyers bill. medicare for all. eliminate the problem with healthcare in america, making it for profit. god, could anything be worse than a for profit healthcare ystem for sick and dying people. host: all right, james. mr. goodman. guest: well, first of all, you know medicare is not actually run by the government. lmost everywhere medicare is contracting with private carriers like blue cross and and other private insurers where c.e.o.s, as you said, are making millions of in high salaries. medicare is trying to fix prices all over the country, all the time gets prices wrong and often seniors have trouble finding doctors who will see them and other problems. all the problems of bureaucratic system. is deal healthcare system opposite of what you are envisioning. i want for profit entities,y them to sp