The customer or the Consumer Experience. Can you tell what that might look like . Well, as i said, were focused on the Consumer Experience and one of the ways we gauge that is by engaging our product well leave this program here. Watch the rest on cspan. Org. Now, to a discussion on u. S. Foreign policy as the war in ukraine continues. This is live coverage on cspan2. Ukraine the west and the world. Breaking points transformational moments. Were delighted to have so many joining us here in the audience in washington on our faulk auditorium and around the world and looking forward to timely and important discussion. Since russia launched the war 18 months ago, the war has had disastrous for ukrainian people and ripple effects in europe and around the world. European security and n. A. T. O. , and transatlantic relationship. The impact on domestic Foreign Policy and the trajectory of great power competition. Were fortunate today to have a Remarkable Group to discuss these issues. Well st
Heavy rains triggered mud flows. Especially areas ravaged by the wildfire a few weeks ago. In Santa Barbara county homes that were destroyed trapped people in at least eight were killed and 25 injured. Anita vocal is live anita vocal is live. Reporter that is right. Lets go over the death toll. At least eight people are confirmed dead and 25 others injured. That was after massive storms and flooding bringing so much rain to the area, at least nine inches. Take a look behind me. Im standing on the 101 freeway and it is filled with water, mud and debris enclosed in parts from ventura to Santa Barbara. The hardest hit area, where you are looking right now. The community of montecito. And enclave of multimillion dollar homes, homes to many celebrities including oprah winfrey. The mounds above are hardhit accomplice of years ago. With vegetation and brush burned away by flames there was not much left to absorb the water and mud which came cascading down the hillside overnight. Dozens of hom
I gave them my Insurance Information and they came back and they said, we dont know. I would like to know how common that is and what is being done to try to let folks actually know what something costs. I might add, i had at the time a high deductible, so it was an important question about my outofpocket costs. The second question is Medicare Part d, when i noted it in the biography, mr. White was involved with in 2003, has a provision prohibiting the government from negotiating prices with the drug companies. And my question is, why is that still in the law . You want to take that one, ed . Why dont you start and ill do the first one. The second one real quick. The first one was, why cant they tell me what the price is . Like i said, forget about the email. Ask them what a price is and its like getting trade secrets out of cuba, right . Its next to impossible. What were seeing is that what the price is and what i owe are two different questions, right . So if i have coverage, i think
Question, and before you do that, identify yourself and your affiliation if you have one. Yes, sir . Hi. My name is steven spitz. I have two related questions on costs. One, i had an experience in the hospital where they said that i needed a certain common procedure, and i asked what the price was. I gave them my insurance information. And they came back and they said, we dont know. Id like to know how common that is, and what is being done to try to let folks actually know what something costs . I might add, i had at the time a high deductible so it was an important question about my outofpocket costs. The second question is Medicare Part b, when i noted it in the biography to mr. White, was involved with in 2003 has a provision prohibiting the government from negotiating prices with the drug companies. And my question is why is that bill in the law . Do you want to take that one, ed . Why dont you start. Ill do the first one, and the second one real quick. The first one was, why cant
As you can in stating your question, and before you do that, identify yourself and your affiliation if you have one. Yes, sir . Hi. My name is steven spitz. I have two related questions on costs. One, i had an experience in the hospital where they said that i needed a certain common procedure, and i asked what the price was. I gave them my insurance information. And they came back and they said, we dont know. Id like to know how common that is, and what is being done to try to let folks actually know what something costs . I might add, i had at the time a high deductible so it was an important question about my outofpocket costs. The second question is Medicare Part b, when i noted it in the biography to mr. White, was involved with in 2003 has a provision prohibiting the government from negotiating prices with the drug companies. And my question is why is that bill in the law . Do you want to take that one, ed . Why dont you start. Ill do the first one, and the second one real quick.