Includes medicaid administrators at the state and federal levels. This is about 90 minutes. Hello, everybody, and welcome to todays briefing on understanding whats next for medicaid. Im sarah dash and the president of the alliance or Health Policy. Its a pleasure to be with you here today. For those of you who are not familiar with the alliance, we are a Nonpartisan Organization dedicated to advancing learning and dialogue on Critical Health policy issues. I want to say hello as well to those in the audience are watching us live on cspan this afternoon. And to those are joining us on twitter using the hashtag whats next for medicaid. For moderate today spent with me is melinda abrams, Vice President for Delivery System reforms at the Commonwealth Fund and we think the fund for the partnership in organizing todays briefing. Since medicaid was created alongside the Medicare Program in 1965, it is grown into one of the most farreaching Health Programs in our country, both in terms of the
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
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The chicago cubs getting a champagne celebration with bill murray and the words Jarrius Robertson says he lives by inspiring so many. Good morning, america. I just won an espy. Good morning, america. I just won an espy. Good morning, america. And good morning to our buddy, jarrius. Good morning, america as we come on the air we are getting the first images of President Trump in paris. There he is coming off air force one with the first lady. Yeah, melania visiting a Childrens Hospital just a few hours ago and the president set to meet with french president Emmanuel Macron on his Third International trip. This is going to be trick y the president is not popular in france and remember that first handshaky had with the french president. You see it right there. Who could forget it. They held on. In fact, the french president said it was a moment of truth and wanted to show he couldnt be bullied but di invite him to paris and trying to escape the controversy at home but will take questions
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