is we're instructing them to do that but we're asking for additional information we've asked united health care for the next meeting they need to be back here toe respond as we're instructing our actually requires the rate cards we'll roanoke county in june. >> we need more information to vote on it. >> i don't think - >> all right. but i'm looking for a motion to either accept this or not and vote it do. >> and i know we've talked about that in the past she said the me to clarify. >> thank you very much for this update and there's questions for the actuary please stand by there maybe an additional question for you coming out of that. >> so right now in the plan the actives are pooled with the early retirees and yes, ma'am. >> not the medicare. >> no. >> separate. >> so i'm thinking in the future if the plan b will be next year you take and put everybody into the middle-class ma pd plan so have left the actives and the early retirees the most expensive this plan will not gone after that but in the future. >> we'll be left with the actives and the early retirees correct the rates they have now a

first of all, how did you get united health care to cover this? huge breakthrough in terms of insurers covering telemedicine. adam: it is a huge breakthrough. insurers like the fact that you can receive just as high quality care in a clinic as you do on a video setting. we had users try it out and they had a fantastic experience. we took a deep dive into quality standards and our physician group and they did a good job. emily: who uses this? people who have insurance or people who don't? adam: it is both. people who have insurance who do not have time to get to a doctor. emily: is a video consultation as good as an in person checkup? adam: for many cases, it is. now, if you have a broken bone, we are not going to be able to reset your bone over video. go to the emergency room. if you have a sinus infection or pinkeye, it can work. emily: how immediate is the consultation? adam: our average weight time is two minutes -- weait time is two minutes. emily: i wonder about the quality. who are the doctors and how do you vet them? adam: they are doctors w

didn't have the significant volume or costs but nevertheless it is a cost if i look forward united health care the report was written in 2012 they explicit mentioned he see anyone on 2014 experience condone drugs are flushing and people are i am reintroducing to figure out a way to managing that new change in regulation genetic to 85 percent of medication is filed with a genetic and historically that has represented about a thirty percent off of brand names it is the jen ice cream but in 2014 that has decreased to 20 percent and the reason for that comes back to the simple word composition historically multiple firms creating a genetic when you agreed to 0 genetic substitution thank you may or may not gotten the same measuring company you had your last time you foiled our prescription now the people that those companies with mooring they're being bought by a larger company so you have many of the measuring companies now becoming more mainstream, if you will, as a result may be one to 3 options before you had as many as 678 that raises the costs secondly fall because of the new regulations drug

. >> the second one is united health care opposed this plan to be offered alongside so the two 16 rates without any clanks as it is today would be $306; is that correct. >> i thought you said it was doing well, last year was 2 hundred and 71. >> the rates last year for our program the u program is $271 with the clean stable shin claims factored in the true rate is $215. >> i'm looking at it from what the members pay. >> right now 2 hundred yes $271 the claim stabilization that's absolutely correct to compare that you'll compare that to the full replacement rate $278 if we took two numbers. >> i know i know if we dismiss that new proposal and we go ahead with what we have what's it going to be next year. >> the number i've presented i don't have the exact number is $280. >> in march. >> yeah. she's going to look it up. >> as opposed to 271. >> we have a number do you have that katherine director dodd's. >> no, i think we did it in january maybe the county though; right? and i remember you saying that was going down i recall but. >> you don't have the figures. >> i don't have a rate card.

first of all, how did you get united health care to cover this? this is a huge breakthrough?h, it is huge breakthrough. it is a big step for virtual medicine. insurers like the fact that you can receive just as high quality care is you do and clinic and a video setting. the way we got the deal was we had all their execs and employees use the service. they had a fantastic experience. they took a deep dive into our clinical quality standards and our physician groups and said, you guys are doing a good job . emily: who is using the service? people who have insurance or people who do not have insurance? adam: it is more of people that have insurance but do not have time to wait to get an appointment at a doctor. the national average wait time is 21 days to get an appointment. emily: here's the question -- is a video consultation as good as an in person checkup? do you get the same treatment? adam: for many cases, it is. if you have a broken bone, we will not be able to reset a bone. if you are bleeding out, go to the emergency room. if you have a kid that has got pink eye or sinu

caller: yes i have united health care and work at a hospital in richmond, virginia. when i was in an accident, i had to pay it united health care about 1000 something dollars out of my money because they told me that i had to pay back the money that they paid from -- for the services that i received at another hospital, which i went to after the accident. so i dropped united health care and i went with hca because i am paying all this money out of my pocket for this insurance company to have the needs for something like what happened. anytime i had to take money from a lawsuit and pay them back money that they paid at the hospital, i thought that was insane. host: any comment for the caller? guest: i think that is another great example of how confusing the system is right now for our patients that are citizens. it is virtually certain as we go forward and build a sustainable health care system that all of us citizens will be pay more out of pocket for our health care. it is terribly important that we build a system -- the nation build a system that provides transparen

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caller: yes, i work for a hospital, and i have united health care and work at a hospital in richmond, virginia. when i was in an accident, i had to pay it united health care about 1000-some dollars out of my money because they told me that i had to pay back the money that they paid for the services that i received at another hospital, which i went to after the accident. so i dropped united healthcare and i went with hca because i am paying all this money out of my pocket for this insurance company to takethe needs for something like what happened. anytime i had to take money from a lawsuit and pay them back money that they paid at the hospital, i thought that was insane. host: any comment for the caller? guest: i think that is another great example of how confusing the system is right now for our patients and our citizens. it is virtually certain as we go forward and build a sustainable health care system that all of us as citizens will be pay more out of pocket for our health care. it is terribly important that we build a system -- the nation builds a system that provides transparenc

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united health reported better than expected first quarter results. that made the stock the top performer on the dow today with a gain of 3.5%. and we have more on what is driving the health care bell weather. >> united health group expected to see higher head cal -- medical costs with adding half a million customers with expensive demands for hepatitis c drugs but instead the overall costs fell. >> they have well controlled hospital costs particularly on the in-patient side and receiving relief from the hepatitis c costs last year. >> they raised their confidence of the acquisition of catamaran will be a boost to the i.t. unit and they can continue to manage cost even as more americans have access to medical compare and hospitals are reporting stronger volumes. gupta said it is benefiting the industry as a whole. >> i'm a firm believing in the goldilocks investment. i think it is right for payers and providers. on the payers they are not seeing an uptick. and the providers are seeing the benefits of the affordable care act. >> united diverse position the insurer well if medical costs rise. the large scale makes it a force in health care and sets the tone in an industry that i

united health care. upgraded. i need, you know i need a list. nike visa. ard to get used to. >> we're talking about united health care. downgraded. i'm sorry, upgraded. that would have been a big mistake. membership growth at publicly traded health care company supports a higher multiple. and abbvie and the analyst points to optimism about the drugmaker's acquisition and concerns regarding humira and its help titing c drugs are already priced into the stock. >>> general electric rethinking its business anounseeing plans snnounceing plans to sell-off its business. the big question now is could other major corporations take a hint. harry wilson is here and joins us and the chairman and ceo. but, do we think this portends something else in a larger ways in terms of insurance companies that want to get out from this designation, which is one of the things that ge wants to do. something that banks want to do. and jpmorgan should be smaller. you think it happens. >> i think a couple things. this is a trend that is going on for a long time. ge should have been spu

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so can you break down the difference between what we think of with united health care as a simple hmohat there's ancillary businesses now that are contributing to results? >> yes, so united health is unique among the health insurance sector. they have the health benefits business which is your conventional medicare medicaid exchange enrollment but they built out this engine called optium across benefits management and health and sites. it's population health management. it's a very good mouse trap to help and they may be able to offer that solution. >> i can't believe and remember becky, optum, wasn't there a deal recently? >> yeah they purchased ctrx and that gives them the scale and the pharmacy benefit's management business on top of which they have integrated medical and pharmacy benefits so they have a tirge she yated advantage versus express scripts and caremark if you will and the scale as well gives them the drug discounts considering pharma companies are raising prices quite a bit at this point. >> it's been a -- something of riches for united health with the affordable care

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we were selected by health services in the united states to do health care. data has become more and more important. our customers are focused on clinical outcomes. phillips is really good at building the bridge between the clinical evidence and how to support providers in delivering better care at lower cost. i think we are well-positioned with our health strategy going forward but we also still have work to do. as you recall, we are coming out of a situation where we had to improve our quality management systems. our factory in cleveland is producing again. we are shipping to our customers, but i know that we still have more work to do. hency my cautionary outlook. modest growth this year and that we will step it up again in 2016. in january, i talked about how we look at our targets for that year. manus: i want to go on this journey with you. my personal spending on health that must be part of this phillips dream. what did you see individual spending on health with your company in the next 10 years? if i want to be more healthy how are you going to get me

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health reform in the united states. it's a shame we have people who are uninsured in this country. even though they may have access to health care, it is poor access. i wanted to make that really work. i've devoted our organization and my time to find a way to make health reform work. the affordable care act work. we have been behind the scenes as a company and will soon be the largest company in the federal exchanges in the united states in supporting the affordable care act. finally, the last was a small one, but worth tackling. reestablish the credibility of corporate leadership in the eyes of the american public. that has been a little more daunting than i thought it would be. people had all sorts of suppositions about how i should behave. i don't summer. i learned that was a verb when i was ceo. i hang out with motorcycles. i'm a pretty straightforward person. i want to start with our mission as a company. that biggest threat to the financial security of every human being would be health. in the future. 75% of the next $10 trillion worth of debt and the united states will come from medicare and medicaid. when you look at th