united c.e.o. was h care in 2014 compensated $66 million. one person. onalry. one year. -- one salary. one year. the republican health care bill onsed by this house included age 67 a $15.5 million tax cut to united health care's c.e.o. and their top executives. $15.5 million. in total, the other companies that are being questioned for overbilling, defrauding the medicare program, that bill provided their top executives ith a $78 million tax cut. at the same time that that company and four others are under investigation for defrauding the medicare program. you can paragraphs it any -- parse it any way you want. to me it's a blatant violation of the trust that every member of this congress took an oath to phold and to froket. chairman tiberi: the gentleman's time has expired. thank you for answering that question. i want to remind my colleagues of the scope of this hearing. an going to get -- give opportunity, once again, to remind everybody of mr. miller's valuable time and the scope of this hearing. i don't want to get into tit for tat the allegations that the gentleman brought up are very serious. individuals or com

human that said it would -- humana said it would exit several exchanges and united health care announced it was pulling out most of the 48 states where it offered to exchange plans. roughly one-third of u.s. counties have just one choice of health insurer on their exchange for 2017. and the situation looks likely to get much worse next year. in february health insurer humana announced its decision to completely withdraw from the obamacare exchanges for 2018. aetna is pulling out of two of the four states where it still offers plans in 2018, as indicate thad it may pull back -- indicated that it may pull back even further. united health care is leaving virginia. and other insurers are contemplating similar exits. "the new york times" reported march, and i quote, obamacare choices could go from one to zero in some areas. parts of the country, the times goes on, are in jeopardy of not having an insurer -- obamacare care plans next year. the quote goes on. one counties have one ifn surer in the obamacare marketplaces and some of those solo insurers are showing signs that they are eyeing the

thorough and extremely complete, and it lays out a regular consistent systematic pattern of united health careedures than have been indicated so that the government will reimburse united health care. now, united health care is pushing back very aggressively saying it can tie every procedure that it paid for into sound medicine and the government will never be able to prove its case. if the government can prove its case, though, trouble damages under the statutes under which they sue. so if the government spent a billion dollars needlessly, they're going to look for 3 billion from united health care. charles: another reason to argue for tort reform in defense medicine out of control. thank you, judge, really appreciate it. >> you're welcome. charles: a coast guard commencement ceremony underway. any moment now we're going to hear from the commander-in-chief himself. president trump will give his commencement address. stay right there >> i'm nicole petallides with your fox business brief. stocks are off earlier lows but the sell off continues with all ten sectors to the downside right now. the d

am i going to be affected by this new health care plan? i have united health care and medicaid. i need to know if i'm going to be affected, if i'm going to be taken off. has cirrhosis of the transplant, and it is pre-existing. off?he be takintaken i need to know these answers. i'm scared. guest: it is hard to say. you are probably on medicare and medicaid. at this point, they have not done anything to medicare. there are these cuts in the bill to medicaid. it depends on what the state does. nothing would happen right away. it would take a while for the cuts to take hold and for states to decide what they want to do. fromshe is calling missouri. billy long negotiated this amendment. guest: that is right. these are not people in the individual market. these are people impacted by the medicaid changes. it is not clear, it will depend on the state. the states will start from a budget and that money will not be enough to keep up with the current medicaid population. it is hard to know how long that will take your probably nothing will happen right away. host: walk through the timelin

the united health care memorial challenge, it's an invite, if i love writing. it's my only exercise. john: five tours in iraq? >> that's right. john: thank you so much for your service. they are going to start here, let me show you the map. this is the course. ,tarting at the sheraton inn arlington. they will be doing about 50 to 75 miles per day. they should arrive june 3. this group, about 100 of them, .ow in its 10th year what a great ride. a long one, but a very special one. that's the latest from inside the sheraton for in arlington. back to you guys. -- here in arlington. back to you guys. dealing with low cloudiness and fog. for the most part, the rain is out of here, can't rule out the drizzle, temperature starting out in the conditions later this afternoon, but fog is a big weather story right now. this in manassas is less than a quarter-mile in spots like leesburg, even here in d.c., visibility and use drop. we have got a lot of clouds with a line of broken showers off to the west. we could have a midday shower that's overcast to 10:00, i don't think

united health care shares seen today biggest drop since last february when the whistle blower launched of justice is officially joining up the case, and the lawsuit, and in it, in an interview with the "new york times," the former united health care executive said his old firm made a practice of inflating medicare patient diagnosis to take advantage of code with higher reimbursement rates under medicare rules. shares of the humana under pressure facing similar suits, also unsealed in february, and last year, the dental accounting office identified more than 14 billion dollars in medicaid overbilling by the industry in 2013 alone, and some estimates put the long-term dollar amount in the tens of billions of dollars. now, united, for its part, actually sued the center for medicare and medicaid, alleging the rules are not clear here, and, today, a spokesperson telling cnbc that the company is confident they have complied with medicare advantage, in fact, calling them policies mur murky, adding they will contest the charges vigorously and expect to win in this case. kelly, this is somethin

and quickly started to work more partnerships with large insurance companies they humana and united health care and now they offer a doctor on demand as part of their health benefits that has filled our growth and we got into mental health with the team of psychologists tend psychiatrist to work together with primary-care physicians to help provide this week of health care solutions for those of her part of the benefits offered by the employer or health plan. we are excited about the procedure of telemedicine is exciting for everyone in this room and everyone can benefit. it is not the winner-take-all market place consumers or payers there are so many solutions that driving innovation meeting to health plans in the way consumers think about the way they become consumers in the marketplace. >> could afternoon. thanks for inviting us to share our experiences with you. telepsychiatry poorly focused on an hon -- primarily focused on innovating for the mental health population we are the largest outpatient telepsychiatry provider we have a team until the psychiatrist that we have a system in-house t

humana left the obamacare exchanges, blue cross left nebraska, united health care left all but a handful of markets this year. you see, mr. speaker, we have roughly 3,000 counties in all of america. one third, 1,022, only have one provider. soon, more counties will have none. so you know what doesn't cover pre-existing conditions? a health care system that doesn't have coverage. no options means no coverage. that's the road obamacare is leading us down. and doing nothing leave taos many americans out in cold. -- out in the cold. and mr. speaker, we will not stand for that. we tried the obamacare way. it is failing remarkably. and the american people are demanding a change. now we have the chance to do something great. we can have care without control. civility without centralization. and support without mandates. we have a chance to listen to the american people and repeal and replace obamacare. the american health care act will repeal the individual and employer mandates. it will repeal obamacare taxes. it will repeal obamacare rules. it will repeal obamacare subsidies. and it will do w

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really quickly and quickly started to work more partnerships with large insurance companies like united health care and humana as well whoelf-in short employers offer doctors on demand as a part of their health care design. this has fueled our growth, and we've gotten into dental health. a team ofilt psychologists and psychologists -- psychiatrists who work with primary care physicians to help provide a suite a solutions for consumers who are seeking on the direct market and as are part of a benefit that may be offered by their employer or health plan. we are excited about the future of telemedicine. it is an incredibly exciting tailwind for everyone in this room. everyone plays a role and can benefit from it. unlike my previous industries, it is not a winner take all marketplace. there are applications for providers, payers, consumers, and there are so many solutions out there that are focusing on specific cases that are driving innovation that is going to lead to brand-new designs for health plans as well as changing the way consumers think about becoming consumers and this marketplace. i'm happy

aging baby boomers will be rushing up there to try and establish residency for their health care system. the unitedtates of america can manage to do health care. much of the cost -- 25% of health care costs are administrative because of all the rigmarole. i am on social security now just recently. i worked as a nurse for 46 years. i had some health issues. that is a part of my concern, my own health condition. but all of these aging people have this. you know, i get a check for .1000 after working all my life we are paying $300 a month for health insurance supplements on medicare. this system, we can do this in the united states. .ost: thanks for sharing should people with pre-existing conditions pay more for their health coverage? a couple of answers to that question on our facebook page at facebook.com/c-span. pamela writes in -- several comments on our facebook page as well and on our twitter page. we will look for those. you can also call in like gary did in oregon. caller: good morning, c-span. i am beside myself with the --ple who think it is not that it is ok to charge people for pre-existin

racial and ethic divisions than the united states because europe had largely white population until the surge of immigration in the post world war ii era. universal health care, the universal european court of human rights in 1959 were created when european nationshoo were homogenous and by contrast in the united states, large minority of african american, not to mention, of course, native americans here and therefore much more radialized. they don't necessarily think of something that would help racial or ethic minorities or poor people, they think of something that's good for everyone whereas in the united states some many people are hostile to university health care is because they tend to think that it's only for minorities on welfare instead for a greater good. >> next call for mugambi comes from john in laurel, new york. >> thank you, i have a two-part question, if i may. the first part is how would you explain that united states is the most open society probably on the face of the earth with information available literally at your fingertips and at the same time we seemed to be uninformed and related to that. second-part question, is why is it that so

health care? thank you. guest: the amount of money we tond on health care is 17% 18% of our gross domestic product. we are spending a lot of money on health care. statesunt the united gives informed aid to the extreme poor throughout the country is very small. it won't even come close to putting a dent on the money we spent on health care. if you're looking for a magic bullet that will help us take money from one area to another area, that is the place to look. we need to address the costs in the united states. look at the cost of medicine. we pay three times more than other industrial countries for the exact same medicine. one reason is because those countries can set the price with pharmaceutical companies, and we can't. we have to pay the price that pharmaceutical companies give us . let medicare negotiate drug prices just like the va does for veterans. host: kansas, the democrats line. we going to ask the gentleman, if i'm not mistaking, this bill, if i read it off right, they are going to drop the individual mandate if it passes. is that correct? guest: no. there will be subsidies, but some individual mandates that will be dropped. caller: that's what i though

health care and tax reform. i want to be a voice to solve the health care problem. we dealt with insurance in the bill. embrace the divide and uniteh care. that's the next step. >> what you just voted for is being something to make the situation worse, not better. that is why you had that kid coming up and say i may not get coverage and do what newt gingrich told mow e to go to th emergency room every time my blood sugar is going up. i could die. you know type i diabetes. what do you say to that kid? >> i understand the fear and anxious and misinformation is generating this fear and anxiety. >> what is misinformation? that waiver gives the ability for companies not to cover. here is what i'm saying. i'm all for debunking misinformation. i don't understand you reading this whatever difrntdly. if you give the company flexibility to not cover, they will not cover everything. it is not in their financial interest. how is that a guarantee? >> because the guarantee issue is there and in order to achieve that waiver, you have to demonstrate you will improve health care for the folks like that young man and my son. allowing a state to fig

building on the success, they have set up a health care unit in cambridge. chief health officer explains why ibm has laid its roots down in the city. >> there is extraordinary talent to recruit from an extraordinary partnerships that we have evolved and continue to evolve a and there is such a hotbed of innovation and creativity. caroline: ibm is pairing that talent of watson in the hopes of coming up with the next medical breakthrough. >> one of the great parts of watson is that it is a system that understands natural language. it has been trained to the best doctors from cleveland clinic mayo clinic, understand to literature. >> it has partnered with companies to make progress in the fields of drug discovery and analyzing patient data. last quarter, revenue from ibm's cognitive solutions business billion, but its biggest breakthroughs are likely still to come. >> what i believe we have here data stethoscope come the ability to translate this data and bring insights to an end user, dr., policymaker, so they can make better and smarter decisions out of that.

life expectancy by about a year and a half or two years and finally the united states pays $9,500 per person, per capita in health care, all the costs, the average of developed nations is $3,700. again, $3,700 per person, for better outcomes, and a longer life than this health care system we have in the united states. >> you know, there's something -- >> go ahead, greta. >> there's something to be said, though, chris, for letting the states make more decisions because it gets sort of unmanageable, unweeieldy to hav giant decisions one size fits all. there's something to be said for that but i think, you know, bottom line, i think if you asked most americans, i think they want to make sure their neighbors can have health care in some form and be accessible or fair. but i mean, the idea of letting states do experiments, i know, look at what tommy thompson did in the state of wisconsin with welfare reform, sometimes it's smart to let states come up with solutionses to meet their own particular need. the thing that's so troubling to me here is it has such a profound sense to me when i see the democrats saying, you know, s

joined by mcdonald's, united health care.the list as well. >>> now to this, spike lee telling the hot wood reporter that hillary clinton thought she was entitled to the presidency and didn't work for it. in the interview he gave a shoutout to the book, "shattered." joining us coauthor of the book, jonathan allen. getting a lot of shoutouts from everyone these days. >> definitely pleasing spike lee read the book. obviously somebody with tremendous creative talents. charles: someone you may typically would be a staunch hillary clinton defender, even after the election and maybe, because i've seen very few liberals, to be quite frank with you, who have gotten the message from this election. one of the messages obviously you have to hustle and work, work for our votes. you just can't get them because you think you deserve it or it is your turn. >> yeah he mentioned, you know, being on martha's vineyard where she has spent a lot of say cakes time over the years, courting donors and other friends n this particular election and my c

health care is a right or a privilege. right now, health care is under attack in the united states. ublican health care bill, there's a lot of provisions i'm against. especially as it pertains to preexisting conditions. >> my mistake. that sound, of course, was people just outside the town hall expressing what they'd like to learn and what they want to hear about. we're going to take a break. msnbc's garrett haake, thank you. >>> when we return, president trump's staffing challenges. new reporting we've got here at nbc that reince priebus and other staffers are potentially in limbo, or at least the president is working on a backup plan and why. why are there still so many open positions in the administration? ? how about we pump more into promotions? ? ♪ nah. what else? what if we h♪re more sales reps? nah.hat else? what if we digitize the whole supply chain? so people can customize their bike before they buy it. that worked better than expected. i'll dial it back. yeah, dial it back. just a little. live business, powered by sap. when you run live, you run simple. whuuuuuat?rtgage of

i tried present as much evidence as could i that there are better ways to do health care than we do it in the unitedtates. he didn't really agree with me. what do you make of it? >> there are lots of ways to make our health care system better. but it is not repeal and decimate like they're trying to do here. they want to undermine medicaid which provides health care for not just folks in cities but in small towns and rural areas. i have a state that has a lot of rural counties. those hospitals will be wiped out if this republican bill goes through in rural pennsylvania. so if they want to fight about that, we'll have a fight about that. we have 20 million people covered that weren't covered before. we have over 150 million americans that have a lot better protections today because of the legislation. if they want to take repeal off the table and work on problems that are still in existence in the health care marketplace, we can do that. to wyoming it out and to pretend, to pretend and deliberately mislead to republicans, or mislead to country like republicans are now, saying they fixed pre-existing

theying on the success, have set up a health care unit in cambridge. theyfficer explains why lay down roots in the city. >> there is extraordinary talent and partnerships that we have evolved and continue to evolve a -- and we are in a hotbed of innovation. >> they have the hopes of coming up with the next medical breakthrough. >> why the grey parts of watson is that it is a system that understands natural language and it has been trained to the best doctors in the cleveland clinic and memorial clinic to understand literature. >> it has partnered with companies to make progress in the fields of drug discovery and analyzing patient data. the revenue from the cognitive and thes business rose biggest breakthrough are likely still to come. databelieve we have a stethoscope to translate this data and bring insights to a make a policy maker to better and smarter decisions out of that. boston, here are headlines grabbing attention. another shot has been fired in witth a -- with ormystery dinner -- bidder f verizon. you will remember that at&t agreed to buy st

that reflected domestic policy, republicans failed to unite and get health care reform passed which wouldn the door to fiscal stimulus coming colluding tax reform. some of the wind came at of the sales. this republicans failed to unite and get health would a. there is downturn in data relative to expectations. i think markets are struggling to find leadership. to your point about where the markets are saying, still recognize the fundamentals and earnings fundamentals are very supportive for these markets so there is a bit of tug-of-war. anna: that is interesting. you mentioned the earnings and weaknesses. the chart is all about how stock markets -- manus: yes. anna: somewhat think we plan this. ignoring what is happening to the economies the this is the u.s. supply index in the white, very clearly coming down. the s&p 500 powers five. larry: it is the alternative argument. bonds do not represent good level sothis participants are waiting for the index buying and looking for underlying themes. earnings is one of them, especially in europe. level so participants are waiting for the index te

charles: now want to talk about this health care situation in the united states, the health care billcy pelosi had to say about it. roll tape. >> so in terms of insurance coverage, it's immoral. in terms of giving money to the rich at the expense of working families, it is indecent and wrong. charles: pelosi might want to listen to our next guest. she says her husband would have died if her family had obamacare. cheryl chumlee, thanks for joining us. share your story with us, please. >> thanks for having me, charles. yes, just in brief to run down the highlights, in april of 2008 my husband suffered a massive heart attack. i was alerted to that, his boss called me while i was at work. i rushed to the hospital only to find that they were going to airlift him to another hospital. well, enroute in the helicopter his potassium levels dropped and he fell into a coma. he stayed in that for ten days while intensive care nurses and doctors worked around the clock, two specialty teams for him, the keep him alive. during the course of that treatment, they inserted a balloon pump in his leg to k

i think this is a verse that in getting a usable health care system in the united states. i lived in the u.k. for three years under that system. i don't think most people would really like to live under that system. it is very restrictive. restrictedically your first call to your counsel n,sition, then -- physicia then referrals. least will care act, at congress is looking to improve the health care system in the united states. it is a first step. i'm happy they have taken a look at this. host: you are an independent. did you vote for the president? caller: i did. host: do you typically vote republican? caller: i typically vote republican, yes. host: what do you think this does for the republican party? caller: i think it is going to help the republican party because they say they are going to fix or replace, however you want to say, the problems with obamacare. it is a first step. congress is going to do something to try to fix the problem that they overlooked or created, however you want to say that. it is a good step for the republicans. i think the democrats and republ

and nancy pelosi on essentially what they think this house bill means for the future of health care in the united states. >> we have to repeal this law and put in place a real vibrant marketplace with competition and lower premiums for families. that's what the american health care act is all about. it makes health care more affordable. >> you're paying more for less, and we'll make sure that the public is aware of that. i think they walk the plank. their desire to give a tax break for the rich just trumped everything. >> all right, josh, we'll get to the politics in a moment, but the policy. republicans say -- you heard it there -- lower premiums, more competition. you know how democrats are framing this, worse care, tax cut for the rich. what's the reality? >> i mean, the reality here is that it shifts the basic bargain that was struck in obamacare, which was basically that young and healthy people pay more to support old and sick people. now, what's kind of ironic about that is that the young, wealthy, healthy people are typically considered to vote democrat, and the old, sick, poor people are

republicans over the last few months have said that they would fundamentally change health care in the united states. and it's clear today that they have. they have made it much worse. i want to highlight one provision that allows for states to permit insurers to get rid of essential health care benefits and charge people more who have pre-existing conditions. think about that for a second. in my home state of texas, the governor and other state leaders have already turned their back on so many people. allowing foster care children to sleep in state offices. allowing sex trafficking and human trafficking victims to go to jail because there is nowhere else to put them. you should ask yourselves, what will your leaders do? will they allow insurers to charge you more for pre-ex-ising condition like diabetes, cancer, and asthma? do you think and do you trust that they are going to dot right thing by you? because today -- do the right thing by you? because today this plan allows them to abandon you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentl

to deliver a budget that funds the rebuilding of the united states military, makes historic investments in border security and provides health care for our miners and school choice for our disadvantaged children. very importantly there, is no long-term bailout for the insurance companies that the democrats desperately wanted to subsidize -- donors -- the badly failing obamacare. do you know what donors are? i used to be a donor. identify used to get everything i wanted. this is what winning looks like. something that you folks really know a lot about. >>> in an interview, hillary clinton blamed her election loss on russian hackers and on fbi director james comey. director comey will testify at the senate jewiudiciary committ on wednesday. live coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. you can also watch live coverage on www.c-span.org and listen on the c-span radio app. >>> after the first round of voting in france's presidential election, two candidates remain. political newcomer emmanuel macron and marine le pen of the national front party. french voters will choose between the candidates on sunday. wednesday afternoon

health care. they'll -- superficial knowledge about health care. they'll bring up canada, u.k. and australia. if everyone has better health care than the unitedwhy do the people from their countries who could afford it, whether it's politicians or the world leaders or the royalty come here for their heart transplants and for their health care? even more, when people talk about australia and talk about canada, remember australia only has 23 million people. it's easier to do socialized medicine in a small scale. same of canada. it's 10% of our population, 35 million people. size matters when it comes to creating these government bureaucracies. 19 australia where you have 23 million people, australia's spending is out of control. the reason is, because the patients are using the emergency room for minor conditions and there's the solution to the health problem. if we pay for the minor conditions and allow the government to pay for the larger catastrophic stuff, i.e. catastrophic insurance for a couple hundred dollars a year, $400, you actually solve the problem. even australia, australia tried to charge for emergency room visits, i think it was

he also expressed concern that progress made on health care reform in the united states will soon be rolled back. pres. obama: certainly, i have some regrets that we weren't able to get everyone health care and obviously, some of the progress we made is now imperiled because there is still a significant debate taking place in the united states. but the point is, for those 20 million people, their lives have been better. and we have set a standard of what is possible that people can then build on. amy: obama's remarks came a day after the congressional budget office said the new republican healthcare plan would cause 23 million people to lose their healthcare by 2026. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. today we spend the hour looking at the growing political crisis in brazil and air an exclusive broadcast interview with former brazilian president dilma rousseff. she was impeached last august as brazil in what many described as a legislative coup. her impeachment came as brazil was engulfed in a major

health care business, matching estimates. billion, 3.83.8 6 had been estimated. , interestingbitda to see what they say about the outlook. this is been a year that has been pivotal for merck. the health care unitas made steps forward with its first new drug in more than a decade. it was clear to's sale in the u.s. or quickly than expected. that's where the focus will be. may put itssaid it three divisions into subsidiaries. we will keep and i'll these numbers coming through and will be speaking to the management of this company a little bit later on coming up today in programming on bloomberg. they see full-year net sales of 50.5 going to 16 billion. their are sticking to gut. let's look at the list that we run here in bloomberg. the risk off sentiment grip the market yesterday. wall street finally woke up to the political risk. the question is, is it pricing in impeachment, or just a long, bumpy road. at amazon loss $1.7 billion. in total, are rich list at bloomberg demolished, $35 billion of their wealth. does it marked the end of the so-called trump rally, rather than the type of plunge that -- list with the risk radar up. we can see that little bit .3% on the s&p at the start of the u.s. t

a leading provider of health care with nearly 600 centers in the united states was one of our first partners at pha. they have been with pha from the very beginning. by promoting increased physical activity, menus filled with fresh fruits and vegetables, as you heard from cindy crawford, quite important, limited screen time, family dining, first commitment came in 2014. bright horizons has served as ourchildcare sponsor in inaugural annual summit, including this one, and i'm sure a number of you have had your children in the wonderful setting up stairs. today, bright horizons is making a new commitment. over the next three years, they will implement a physical f andity curriculum, a che cook training program to promote good nutrition, or garden program, and a program to engage families and children. we are so thankful for their continued leadership in bright horizons and promoting healthier childcare environments. so please, please welcome rachel robertson, vice president of education and of element -- development at bright horizons. thank you for their contributions. [applause] >> thank you