In terms of primary care, rehab, you know, and that is that may prove to be a powerful consolidator of people with shared interests and wanting to do well, coupled with sort of the Outcome Measures that will be attended to that. Why dont we open up to questions from the audience. I believe we have some folks Walking Around with microphones. I see a hand up in the middle here. If you could please identify yourself, and if you have a particular panelist your addressing a question to, let us know. Im a primary care physician. I volunteer at the arlington free clinic. My question is for the gentleman from cedarssinai. We heard earlier that cedarssinai is not going to be part of the network for any of the care plants that are going to be offered on the California Exchange. Right. I was wondering how that is for you, and if youre planning to make any changes . Yeah, i appreciated the shout out earlier in the program. [laughter] but i think the question is a good one. Because again, a couple
Mr. Franken madam president . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Mr. Franken i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken madam president , i have eight unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. I ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Frank enmr. Franken madam , im just going to come out and say it. Citizens united was one of the worst decisions in the history of the Supreme Court. It was a disaster, a radical exercise of procorporate judicial activism. It was seriously flawed, both legally and factually. Legally, the court trampled its own precedence. Cases like austin v. Michigan chamber of commerce and mcconnell v. Federal elections commission, which had been on the books for years and stood for the o
Enrolling in the program as a result. A question about the physician spending projections. You mention that your projections included the 21 i think reduction thats coming april 1st. Actually, no. Im sorry. Ill let you finish. I just wanted to clarify. Sure. The 21 reduction is in current law and thats under the Sustainable Growth rate formula. But what our projections our projections are consistent with the projected baseline scenario in the Medicare Trustees report. And in that, payment rates are expected to grow at 0 for 2015, then. 6 through the remainder of the projection period, per year, on average. These projections do not include the cut under the Sustainable Growth rate formula. In terms of the couple times it came up, the increase in highcost specially drugs and a specific mention of the hepatitis treatments that are out there. Does this analysis include any offsetting factors for someone getting cured of hepatitis and therefore not having ongoing costs in the future as a re
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Angry about this money and the millions that the coke brothers are spending through many different venues. If youre just tuning in or listening on cspan radio, our focus, the mid term elections less than 60 days before voters go to the polls and early voting in many parts of the country. Ac from missouri. Good morning. Go ahead. Caller ive always considered myself a democrat. Ok. Im 56 years old. And a taxpayer. From a single mans point of view, missouri ive been clearly, cleared for medicaid. But missouri being having opted having medicaid come through. Since im legally by medicaid i am not eligible for obamacare. As a u. S. Tax citizens, as single, a 56yearold man, where should i swing my vote to get the most impact . I said this time i want to know should it go to a woman, should it go to im right now, im always considered myself democrat. Ok, im at this point in my life where maybe i need to switch my way of thinking. Host thanks very u much for the call. Nathan let me turn to you