You cringe. This is all mold. Reporter and so diss video. When i went to bed, the bedbugs were so horrendously awful, i could not sleep in either bed. I actually slept on the floor. Reporter but all of these bugs, all of this filth, that was daily life for ed bricker. Life here at care circles three homes on east 89th street. That would the morning. Every morning. Reporter care circle was supposed to be a place for ed to get back on his feet. A place where he could get help for his Mental Health issues. I would lay on the floor and cry for hours. Reporter severe depression. Bipolar, a. D. D. , anxiety. He never imagined he would hit a new low. I actually considered going this is definitely one of the worst that weve seen. Reporter disability rights ohio, a nonprofit that acts as the states protection arm for people with disabilities, has its own pictures inside care circle. Why isnt this being cleaned up . Reporter these photos taken just four months ago with the organizations Investig
Cli clinic reported that price increases added 8. 6 million to its budget. And isoprell and gneiss nitropress are both heart medications, am i correct in that . Correct. Given the choice between paying higher prices and risking the lives of their patients, most hospitals choose to knuckle under and pay the press, am i correct in that . I assume that is correct, yes. So by raising the price of these medications exponentially, you are forcing hospitals to make that decision between their budgets and essentially their patients lives and wellbeing almost like holding a hospitals own patients as hostages against them. Of course valiant was not the First Company to raise prices. Valiant actually bought isoprell and nitropress from a Company Called Marathon Pharmaceuticals, correct . Correct. And Marathon Pharmaceuticals acquired the drugs in 2013 another manufacturer. Marathon also raised prices in the two years it owned isoprell and nitropress by about 400 averag each. Marathons price incre
Efforts in the pharmaceuticals to try to get away from that perception. They have used backlog to capitalize on a system that allows them to pillars of market. Times when there were no backlog and there were still no generic competition to them, other reasons that for a very small segment, the 88 pet for small segments there is no generic competition. She we at the end of the 1st program will have eliminated the backlog and be in a steadystate type of activity, stillactivity, still the problems with drugs that dont have generic competition. Bio similars. Do you think they can play a part in a patients access to the drugs they need . Absolutely and is what they are intended to do. We have vigorously enacting the program. We have had a vigorous response. Aa patient and healthcare professional confidence and bio similars is essential for savings to occur . I believe it is the number one issue. We completed studies of seizure drugs because all these years later in the drug the urologist is
It is an exclusive you wont see anywhere but on cnbc. As you were saying a positive month but ending with losses with the dow and s p 500 down for the third time in four days now. The nasdaq down for a fourth straight session. It is currently off by over 1 . The major averages up however, for the month of april. Having their biggest drops today, though since april 17th which is approximately two weeks ago. Check out oil, though having its best monthly gain in six years. Crude is up more than 24 over that period. Bertha coombs is at the nasdaq jackie deangeles at s p. Bob, is there something more to this . I think the problem is we have continuing concerns about the inability to get earnings up significantly. Were flat but not moving up very much. I think we would have ended april last week because youre right, we havent had any energy at all this week. Look at the s p 500. Were to the downside and moving sideways and were at the lows for the week. Really were having a lousy week overal
Sfgovtv bill dill lane and Jennifer Lowe foretell casting us today. Clerk linda wong i think we need a motion to excuse chair mark farrell thats sick so can we do that well take that without objection. Thank you. Clerk linda wong call the first item number one is the resolution to approve the new contract modifications to Security Services for the Human Services agency for february 2014 to january 2015 in the amount of 189. 8 million. We have mr. David the ceo ceo good morning. Im the director of contracts and facilities in way of background this is one of the larger Security Guard contracts in the city this particular one has been highly competitive in an city thats very expensive im sure supervisor avalos reminds in 2009 when guards mark got this contract we are before you in early 2013 requesting a two month expectation to complete the procurement progress we put out our bid in august of 2012 we having had 10 recipients was one disqualified we scored 8g9 and can be with a grouping n