This is 90 minutes. Hello, everybody. Welcome to todays briefing on understanding whats next for medicaid. Im sarah, the president of the alliance for Health Policy. Its a pleasure to be with you today. For those of you that are not familiar with the alliance, we are a Nonpartisan Organization dedicated to advancing learning and dialogue on Critical Health policy issues. To say hello as well to those of us watching on cspan this afternoon, and to those that are joining us on twitter using the hash tag whats next for medicaid. Collaborating with these Melinda Abrams at the Commonwealth Fund, and we think the fund for their partnership and organizing todays briefing. Since medicaid was created alongside the Medicare Program in 1965, it has grown into one of the most farreaching Health Programs in our country both in terms of the number of people it serves as well as their health and life circumstances and the cost of the program. Its run by the 50 states and territories within federal gu
For those of you that are not familiar with the alliance, we are a Nonpartisan Organization dedicated to advancing learning and dialogue on Critical Health policy issues. To say hello as well to those of us watching on cspan this afternoon, and to those that are joining us on twitter using the hash tag whats next for medicaid. Collaborating with these Melinda Abrams at the Commonwealth Fund, and we think the fund for their partnership and organizing todays briefing. Since medicaid was created alongside the Medicare Program in 1965, it has grown into one of the most farreaching Health Programs in our country both in terms of the number of people it serves as well as their health and life circumstances and the cost of the program. Its run by the 50 states and territories within federal guidelines and is financed by the state and federal governme government. While medicaid policy has national implications, it of course also has major implications for states and their citizens as well. And
For what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and skr for and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 469. Resolution, resolved, that the clerk of the house of representatives requests the senate to return to the house the joint resolution, house joint resolution 76, entitled granting the consent and approval of congress for the commonwealth of virginia, the state of maryland, and the District Of Columbia, to enter into a compact relating to the establishment of the washington metrorail safety commission. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. H. R. 3180 by the yeas and nays. S. 114 by the yeas and nays. H. R. 3218 by th
Cspan3. Dr. Kirk newman on his book hearing children. The a surgeons story on the front lines of pediatric medicine. The conversations i hear are cutting things like medicaid and cutting the nih and doing all these things when were on the cusp of such terrific discoveries and when you think about half of the people that are on medicaid, half, of the beneficiaries are children, so whose going to get hurt. Why do we want to do that . Were not doing that to the elderly on medicare, why would we want to do that . We should double down and put more into our children. Watch the entire Program Saturday at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Also on book tv on cspan2, david good hart on his book the road to some wrrks the pop lift revoelt and you see this in the contempt that people in my email chain after brexit. You had left wing professors why did we give these people the vote without some kind of iq test. For more go to book tv. Org. The Senate Finance Committee Held a hearing last week to consider Presid
Once they walk in the door, drink from the fire hose. Whether democrat or republican really doesnt make much differ. 45 trillion Dollar Agency to run and a lot going on. Big issue of repeal and replace, what do we do, nothing like that i saw in aviator 2001 one of the top National Issues. Im not sure where they are going with it but secretary price who i have known for years, these guys have, too, new administrator going to be they are way ahead of the game. What are they talking about now, my experience 88 transition a long time ago. Im actually 106 years old. We didnt do anything. We got people confirmed. Nobody sat around anderson talked about health care policies. I talked to Tommy Thompson, president bush, wanted to do it, privatizing medicare, medicaid in may. Gave a list of things to do, changed the name of the agency just to make people mad. Through part d maybe in may. December ive never seen anything like this. This is way out of the normal time schedule in my experience. Do