Lines. For those of you in eastern and central time zones, 2027488000. Mountain and pacific time zones, 2027488001. You can text us, 2027488003. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter we are cspanwj and on facebook, the post is up. We would like to hear from you, facebook. Com cspan. It is a poll that came out earlier this month from usa today dominated usa today in early december, a poll they did with sauce ipsos. A number of articles in this extensive peace piece. Here is susan page, the Washington Bureau chief of usa today, she writes about this poll, americans are united on this, they are sick and tired of being so divided. , social media,s and the news media have exacerbated and exaggerated those divisions sometimes for their own benefit. She writes more than 9 of 10, about as close to unanimity as a National Survey usually reaches said it is important for the United States to reduce that divisiveness. Some of the reporting from that poll on the
Also a surgeon and author of several books. His latest is the price we pay what broke American Health care and how to fix it. If you had to pick a Tipping Point for health care in america and where you saw the first break, where would that be . Guest really, if you had to identify the issues that are driving our affordability crisis, that nobody is talking about, that we need to talk about, it is number one, pricing failures, number two, the middleman industry, and number three, inappropriate medical care. Collectively, there is broad consensus in america about addressing these issues. But unfortunately, our discussion has been sidetracked into this false choice we have into whether or not you are pro or con health care. Sidetrackede choice we have into whether or not you are pro or con health care. I have yet to meet somebody who thinks that any industry has gone from nontransparent pricing to transparent pricing and then said this is a bad idea, lets go back to hiding prices. People
Policy at Johns Hopkins university in baltimore. Policy at Johns Hopkins university in baltimore and also there. H or surgeon his latest book is the price we , good morning dr. Mccarrick. If you had to pick a breaking point for American Health care, where would you put it . Guest if you had to identify the issues that are driving our affordability crisis, it is number one pricing failures, number to the middleman industry, and number three in appropriate medical care. Collectively there is broad consensus in america about addressing these issues. Unfortunately our discussion has been sidetracked into this false choice we have into whether or not you are pro or con health care. I have yet to meet somebody who thinks that any industry has gone from nontransparent pricing to transparent pricing and then said this is a bad idea, lets go back to hiding prices. People are getting hammered out there. People are getting crushed. They are hungry for honest pricing and health care. It is ironic.
Subcommittee onoversight and investigations will now come to order. The subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled sabotage Trump Administration attack on healthcare. The purpose is to examine the efforts of the center for medicaid and Medicaid Services to ensure quality and Affordable Healthcare are all americans. The chair recognizes herself for five minutes or an opening statement. Its no secret the Trump Administration has worked to sabotage health care in this country. On his first day in Office President trump issued an executive order directing all federal agencies to dismantle the Affordable Care act to the maximum extent by law. And ever since then, the Trump Administration has worked tirelessly to undermine the aca and other Critical Health programs at every turn. In her role as administrator. For the centers of medicare and Medicaid Services, seema verma has been behind many of this administrations effort to undermine healthcare. Despite her role, today is the first time adm
Committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a vereces of the committee at any time. This full Committee Hearing is convened regarding the administration ee administrations attack on the aca. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. We are hear today because of on march 25th, 2019, the Trump Administration filed a two sentence letter with the United States court of appeals with the fifth circuit reversing its own previous position in the case of texas versus United States and asserting for the first time that it would not defend any portion of the Affordable Care act in the court. If the Trump Administrations position prevails and the entire aca is struck down, there will be catastrophic implications for millions of americans in the entire United States Health Care System. Ive often said that voting for the Affordable Care act was the most important vote of my career. And let me tell you why. When Congress Passed the aca in