all of our other health plans are negotiated under the bargaining unit. the only time we could do and have looked at possibly doing discrimination testing is with the high compensation earners but that's a bargaining unit so that compliance contained under the mous. >> commissioner: do we have a general type of review of compliance around the plan and internal assessment? >> it would be the eligibility audit because we have to follow the rules on the definitions of our dependents. as far as other audits are concerned, we don't currently have an audit looking at the 30 days or not. we look at that as an operational metric that the paper work came in on a particular day and we did it within a certain days but for the most part we're compliant because i hear all the time we follow the event rules. >> those mechanisms are generally what other plan sponsors do it make sure the document is up to date and do regular testing and many have dependent verification as an ongoing process. >> commissioner: all right. thank you. >> i think that was the end of my section

reactions and they paid it in cash this action constitutes the largest health care settlement in united states history it was in their business plan because those three drugs in the years involved sold twenty five billion dollars worth and the drugs are marked up in the thousands of percent psychiatric and scientific ethics were cast aside in exchange for profits no one went to jail and real people paid the price. brenin were as hard on his sleeve he just adored social situations he loved to sing from a very young age music was part of our life and part of what he he adored and what i miss most about brennan is kamen it always give me a hug a dad i've known him a hug i still thing to this day he's going to watch the door we were driving not too long ago nancy myself and other son hayden and i look in the backseat and he was sleeping and i went to look to see of brennan was there just out of habit if he was sleeping until i saw brennan walk out of this house he was very robotic. brennan where are you going it's ok mom i just gotta go put on his winter coat brennan it's hot out today it's ok mom i just gotta go put on his winner hal

health problems because of it. >> he delivered this speech for the paris agreement. president trump has come under criticism for planning to pull the unitedl >>> sal is right over here and watching the commute. i know it's early, but how does it look? >> yeah, looking good. not anything to concern us. dave and pam, good morning to you. the traffic in general right now is light. now is light. we have talked about the gill roy commute to san jose, the super commute is looking good as you drive into morgan hill and the silicone valley is still light now and it probably won't stay this way, but right now it you should take advantage of a nice looking commute. any time in the near future, you can see the poll plaza is looking good into the pay gates and getting into san francisco. san francisco. good morning. sal. >> good morning steve, how are you? >> good, good. well, one nice thing about it getting dark, you get more sleep. well, we have a weak system here and just a heads up, this one is not really much of a concern yet for the burn area, but there's a lot of cold air. when you see that, it's really cold and unstable. it doesn't look like

major restructuring is going to happen today ge will focus on three or four units, aviation, power, health care ge is planningshed its majority stake in oil and gas operator baker hughes. remember that big bet that -- >> shedding? >> shedding. >> shedding. >> like skin. >> john flannery expected to announce the changes at a meeting. >> they're getting out of it >> he got into it, now he's getting out of it. you build it up and you take it down we're going to get more details with flannery tomorrow when he sits down exclusively with cnbc that will happen at 9:30 tomorrow >> they were putting up for sale. >> aircraft. >> basically every business but those three businesses >> the joke, done it too many times? >> yeah. >> the aircraft -- it's tough. >> all right >> the chaser. >> costs a lot more. >> like double. >> maybe there's economies of scale. >> costs not quite twice as much. >> i don't know. >> no, actually, i think -- >> it costs exactly twice as much it possibly costs more than twice as much. >> i don't know. >> qe please >> uber's board members have reached a deal to allow softbank investment to $10 bi

health. on his web site united said it was issuing waivers for customers who plan to travel to from or throughrace yourself. the price could increase soon. nutella says a possible price hike is due to a shortage in hazel nuts. nearly 70 percent of the hazelnut has what are you going to do. >> i like to hear that. i am a nutella lover. >> got to be a generic one somewhere. although you still need hazelnuts for that. >> yup. >> what are we to do. >> exactly. >> all right, guys, we're dealing with some showers out there early this morning. some cool temperatures as well. jacket weather once again. still kind of that early wintertime feel with temperatures down into th feeling like 39 with a little bit of a north wind. lots of clouds. little bit of drizzle hitting the ground and most of the heavier rain pushing off to the east. southern maryland is dealing with it, eastern shore dealing with it, northern neck of virginia but we won't be dealing with it for much longer. another hour, hour and a half things will push off to the east and eventually we'll dry out and get some sunshine later on this af

united health group that contributed 148 points alone. >>> well this afternoon, some relief for american airline passengers planning to head home for the holidays. >> there were thousands of flights without scheduled pilots. you kind of need those. new at 11:00, the airline says pilots are stepping up. so the number is now down to only a few hundred. the scheduling glitch allowed too many pilots their requested time off between december 17th and the 31st. here's how the union initially reacted. >> frankly all these passengers and flight crew in limbo. we have pilots and flight crews who are depending on a reliable schedule just as our passengers certainly are. >> american is paying pilots 150% of their hourly pay just to cover the shortage. >>> alaska airlines is taking action after mark zuckerberg's sister says she was harassed on a flight. the company said in part, we have launched a full investigation and have for both the accused passengers travel privileges pending the outcome of that investigation. we have zero tolerance for any type of sexual misconduct that creates an unsafe environment for our guests and our crew members. now

plan after that interview. stephanie, thank you very much, for joining us today. >>> united health care shares are falling after hours about 1% we're going to talk about what's behind that decline in just a moment. >>> plus the head of ebay's americas unit, scott cutler, will describe how the online auction and media company is competinagnsg ait rivals like amazon on this cyber monday. stay with us idea, but there's no business track record. well, have you seen her work? no. is it good? good? at cognizant, we're helping today's leading banks make better lending decisions with new sources of data- so, multiply that by her followers, speaking engagements, work experience... credit history. that more accurately assess a business' chances of success. this is a good investment. she's a good investment. get ready, because we're helping leading companies see it- and see it through-with digital. i'm done. i'm done. i'm done. done with figuring it out for myself. i'm done with surprises. if you're on medicare, you know how complicated healthcare can be. i'm done with complicated. that's why we work hard to make it easie

in the united states, senate republicans have added a repeal of the affordable care act's individual health insurance mandate to their plan to ovoverhaul the u.s. . tax code. the plan would end a requirement that most americans obtain health insurance or face a tax penalty, a linchpin in keeping president obama's signature healthcare law from collapsing. meanwhile, the congressional budget office warned tuesday the house republicans' tax bill would trigger $25 billion in cuts to medicare next year. both the house and senate plans would shower billions of dollars in tax cuts on the wealthiest americans. attorney general jeff sessions testified he only recently tuesday recalled speaking with former trump campaign adviser george papadopoulos, who has admitted having contact with russian stinnett trump campaign. sessions is accused of perjury for recently telling, c was not aware of any trump campaign official talking to the russians when in fact he led a meeting in march 2016 during which george papadopoulos talked about his ties to russia's adjusted setting up a meeting between trump and russian president vladimir putin. on

plan if they have united healthcare. host: did you have questions children's health insurance program? caller: i don't have any kids and i was just listening to the program, i just wanted to put that out there. host: got it. something you cover in your reporting? anything to what the caller respond p that you can to? guest: i'm not sure if you are employer-sponsored insurance or where you purchased it from. insurers are looking to cut and over again, shifting of benefits, you know, year on year. it is a pretty complicated issue, i have to say depends on things, shifting of networks catches people off guard. get your ho you insurance from. bron bronx, new the york. good morning. guys, my od morning, heart goes out to the folks out shooting.ith the my question is, you put on the numbers, i think i and 13e million children and a half billion dollars. does -- how does that get federal and squared away? money forike a lot of that amount of people. can someone answer that for me? thank you. host: alex ruoff. guest: yeah, chip is funded largely through the federal overnment, unlike other prog

ge will focus on three core units, aviation, power and health care while looking to exit the rest of its operations. one source tells the journal ge also plans to shed its majority stake in oil and gas operator baker hughes ge ceo john flannery is going to announce plans with investors. he'll sit down with cnbc at 9:30 a.m. eastern but there's a lot of focus on not only whether it's going to cut its dividend as a lot of analysts are looking for but also how it looks to refocus its energy in these three core areas when, of course, so much of ge was focused on building these diesel locomotives and light. >> really exiting the energy business is a big deal that was very expensive. keeping the baker hughes deal on track. so looking to back out of that just a general slim down and as you say, dividends will be a big question going through that meeting. let's get back to the markets. looking overseas, starting in asia overnight a little bit of weakness most notably in the nikkei. japan down 1.3%. it seems as if it's mostly continued pull back. the nikkei, remember, was up more than 20% in two months. it was on a tremendous run vertical seems like

health care. it is included in the lower corporate taxes they pay in the region than they would pay in the united states. mark: what about the planpand in toronto? would you welcome them with open arms? >> we welcome them in that it provides greater choice for people who use ground transportation. we have an excellent taxi industry and have deregulated that to some extent and lowered the rates to allow them to compete. we have successfully regulated uber so it is more peaceful than in other places in the world. lyft will provide competition taxicabs,ore so than which is good for the consumer and we will fit them under our existing regulatory regime that deals with uber. julie: when you talk about the attractiveness of toronto or canada more broadly and low cost being part of the selling point, in ontario and in toronto, some cost are set to go up in the next year or two. talking about because of electricity, minimum wages, how is that offsetting some of the lower costs to do business? >> on the one hand, minimum wage is going up with target employees as well in the united states. on the other hand, an announcement by the governme

follow up now, the mental health clinic for young people has the go ahead from santa clara county supervisors. approving plans to build a psychiatric unit at san jose's medical center. families won't have to travel so far for that treatment. it could cost between $50 million and $70 million. >>> elections don't usually pack much punch. little was on the ballot. voters voted down a rent control measure. it would have stabilized rents and established new tenant protections. 62% vopted against it. on our website, you can find complete election results as well, head to www.nbcbayarea.com. >>> sutherland springs, texas. vice president mike pence will travel to texas to spend time with the victims of the deadly terror attacks. >> here is the latest. according to a 2012 report, the gunman escaped from a new mexico mental health facility months after he was accused of beating his first wife and stepson at an air force base. they didn't enter that information into the data base that would have barred him from buying the gun. that mistake is now under investigation by the air force. >> investigators are trying to piece together how and why the ma

health. on the website united is issuing waivers for customers who plan to travel to, from, or between deli betweennew movie wonder hits theaters this weekend. >> kevin mccarthy sat down with two of the stars julia roberts and owen wilson to talk about what it's like filming such emotional movie. that's ahead in today's fox beat. ♪ smiling sparkles. how do they clean the toilet, (laughs) stop laughing. the stomach flu is not funny. get a cleaner with bleach in it. good, you can smile now. clorox means clean. ♪ >>> tuck, we can't even see the bridge this morning. >> what's going on? >> hang in there. things will get better from h here. >> all right. >> we need that fog horn. >> careful out there. >> that sound effects. we have music. >> overnight rain here. >> we have tucker. >> cleaning it up. >> all right. >> but some sunshine later, right? >> yeah. in fact turn into beautiful day. a little on the cool side fies highs only about 50. >> get back out there sidney's driving lessons continue. >> >> we have registered the car. >> are you the teacher? >> for right now. >> all right. >> yeah. >> how is i

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china, egypt, france, and some to a lesser extent in the united states -- planning does not equal preparation. the biggest challenge to the public health community is to get political leaders to make rational decisions in crisis situations. and is where leadership the public health community really matters. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. i am michael caruso, i am the editor in chief of the magazine all on your chairs. ,f you like what is in there we did the three stories in this issue about influenza. if you like what is in there, it is due to the efforts of our deputy editor and our senior editor. if you do not like what is in there, it is my fault. [laughter] >> i've one of those impossible roles introducing a man who needs no introduction. i'm going to plow on anyway. to thinking about epidemics, everybody wants to talk to tony fauci. manhas been america's point on infectious disease for 30 years now. he has led us through every crisis from aids, to ebola, tuesday got. ika.wo z he has received the presidential medal of freedom and his citation reads that it is for his commitment to enabling men, women, and children to live

health care law stirring up a big public relations campaign to make their case about why the republican plan will not work for middle-class americans. but, on the other side, the republicans are united in the fact that they want to pass tax legislation. it is a must pass for them as they go into the 2018 election cycle. they are energized around this. what do the prospects look like on capitol hill? niels: the early prospects make this seem like it is a must pass for the republicans. the question really, and this goes back to what we talked about with senator cardin at the very top, is basically whether or not you can get, if you are the republicans, enough of your own republicans in the house from places like new york, new jersey, california, high tax states on board. they were skeptical generally speaking with the initial draft. the question largely will be whether you can get them on board or whether you can pass the bill without them, and then obviously the senate will have some priorities, partly because of where republican senators are from. as i was talking to one of the republican senators the other day, there are no republican senators from new york or new jersey. you do no

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course, if the president of the united states could actually articulate to voters what the plan does, and why it would be good for the country, but as we saw with healthcan't do that, because he doesn't know anything. in fact, in a cabinet meeting yesterday, when trump tried to explain the details of the tax plan, all he could do was describe in the most generic terms possible the basic process of passing a bill. >> the houses, i must tell you, they have been working really hard and they are coming up with a great plan. and the senate is coming up with a great plan and they're going to be put together and something is going to come out of that -- that will be i think really, really -- something very special. [ laughter ] again, we're doing senate, we're doing the house. it's put it together and then we have our beautiful new tax cuts and reform and i think it will be very special. [ laughter ] >> seth: trump isn't "schoolhouse rock." he's just "rock." also, i love when he turns to tillerson for help. "rex?" "don't ask me. i think you're a moron." [ laughter ] just to give you an idea how little trump understands about actual policy, yesterday he also

britain france, even some to a lesser extent the united states and began planning does not equal preparation which means the biggest challenge is the public health community is to get political leaders to make rational decisions in crisis situations and that is where leadership and the public health community really matter. thank you. >> at afternoon. i'm michael caruso the editor-in-chief of smithsonian magazine, the magazine that is not coincidentally seen on your chairs. if you like what's in there we did three stories in this issue all about influence. if you like within their of the efforts of terry the executive editor and jenny griz a senior editor and if you don't like what's in there it's my fault. i am one of those impossible roles introducing a man who needs no introduction especially to the people in his room but i'm going to plow on anyway so bear with me. when it comes to thinking about epidemics and everybody wants to talk tony fauci. he's america's point man on disease for 33 years now. lead our nation through every infectious disease crisis through various years from aids to ebola to seek a. dr. connie leyva is a member of the n

health plan? that's ahead. >>> natural disasters devastated american cities this year. millions of people were impacted and among them, front women. who are already facing difficulty in getting access to proper health care. the unitedly developed country where maternal mortality has been rising for more than 25 years. it now ranks 47th in the world in maternal health. cnn partnered with the nonprofit every mother counts to share the journey of pregnant women across this country that are grappling with this reality. watch. >> the storm made things just that much worse. more than 20 inches of rain have fallen in and around my hometown of baton rouge, louisiana -- >> it almost felt like katrina all over again. you could start to see aunts being pregnant at the time, my maternal instinct was like, if the animals are getting out of here, we probably should be getting out of here, too. come on, chloe. this is so crazy. >> the flood changed patients' demeanor. >> i'm really afraid how i'm going to do this, what are my options. >> patients' pain. patients' depression. after the storm, i avoided my doctor's appointments. >> christie turlington burns is the founder and ceo of every mother counts. she's on a mission to help n

this year john flannery laid out plans to turn things around he announced ge will slash the dividend in half and focus on power, aviation and health care equipment unitsit's also trimming the board and revising the compensation program. investors did not seem impressed today. is the bleeding near an end? let's ask graham copley from ssr. and scott davis who's here at post 9 from melias research. guys, thanks for being here. graham, why do you think the shares reacted so poorly today >> i think it's a simple answer, kelly, he slashed the dividend which everyone was expecting he gave much more conservative guidance for '18, but that was all they did they didn't really explain why they want to keep the businesses together that they're keeping together they talked about the company being too complex. but they really haven't set out a plan to make it any less complex. and so i think there's a lot of doubt cast as to what this company can really earn. not just in '18, but '19 as well and i think that's what has the investor base somewhat scared. this is a company that can make, you know, 1 buck a year for the next three years, why do i want it >> and scott,

unlike by the way plans that many americans have, does require that substance abuse be afforded in the same way as other health care. that's an important gain for health care in the united states, at least for those that have the affordable health care act. one of the figures that interested me was the one on medicaid expansion and who in fact has benefited from it. t appears that three in 10 nonelderly adults with substance abuse disorders nationwide get medicaid expansion. it's being used by the very people we are discussing here today. need to know from you, erhaps dr. wen, dr. alexander, what you think -- what you believe would occur if in fact those states that had medicaid expansion -- this is one of them, new jersey, governor christie's state is another, suppose that's no longer available, what would that do to the crisis under discussion here this afternoon? dr. wen: more people would die. because of medicaid expansion, 1.6 million people who have substance abuse disorders are now able to have access to treatment. prior to the a.c.a., 1/3 of the individual market plans did not cover substance abuse disorders. and for people who have the disease of addiction, the

health care provider if you're tresiba® ready. covered by most insurance and medicare plans. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ >> president trump: every nation, including china and russia, to unitee, cutting off all ties of trade and commerce until it stops its dangerous provocation on -- and this is the whole key to what we're doing -- on denuclearization. we have to denuclearize north korea. >> bill: that was one of his main messages. 23 minute talk on the success of the recent trip in asia. want to bring in general jack keane. he is saying pro-usa. we're back as a country. what did you hear? >> absolutely. the same thing he did in the middle east trip and europe. people may not recognize the united states so disengaged from the world under obama that the primary thing that president trump is doing in foreign policy is reassuring our allies that american leadership is back in the world and we are going to help them with the major issues that they have in terms of their own security. >> bill: i would say i think we can all agree the world is a better place when america is a strong country. that's the case he is making now. but with regard to north korea, did we move the meter a

unlike by the way the plans many americans have does require that substance abuse be afforded in the same way as other healthcare. that is important for health care in the united states, those in the affordable healthcare act. one of the figures that interested me was the one on medicaid expansion and the fact that benefited from it. it appears three out of ten long elderly adults with substance abuse disorders nationwide get medicaid expansion so it's being used by the very people we are discussing here today. so i need to know from you what you believe would occur if in fact those states that had medicaid expansion. more people have died because of medicaid expansion who have substance abuse disorders they are now able to have treatment. prior, one third of the individual market plan didn't cover substance abuse disorders and for people there is no margin of error if you are to takwere totake away their treat, the only option may be to overdose and so studies have shown it will take $180 billion over a decade to provide healthcare to those who lose coverage, so back to the point that the ranking member made that the cost of doing nothing isn't nothing. we ar

jpmorgan united health, american express, and 3m all time highs thanks to our senior editor charlie for getting that out so fast but certainly a lot of excitement. a lot of it also on the tax planre going to see if we're going to have a little selling it fails. back to you. stuart: maybe all right i have to add one more number to it for everybody if it closes at ad record high today, it would be the 80th record close since is the election of donald j. trump november the 8th of last year amazing nobody saw it coming. [laughter] good stuff. nicole thank you very much indeed. and here's another one on amazon, you know the alexa voice control that one -- maybe coming to an office not just your home no, they're going to put out an office version what do you got? >> they believe voice commuting in the work place is next big frontier for all of these -- devices -- and of course o amazon wants to get ahead of it all with alexa you'll be able to -- you know, you can say look book the conference room alexa, let's set up the meeting for you -- with blah blah blah, you know, the question is how compatible is this in the office amazon is baiting big that it will be and beat up alexa unit wi