To have an abortion is protected under the 14th amendment right to privacy established by the Previous Supreme Court case connecticut v. Griswold. The court ruled, however, that this right is not absolutely and that states can restrict an abortion based on the viability of the fetus. Join us as we examine the case, hear from the justice who wrote the opinion, and explore the impact of roe v. Wade both in its time and since the 1973 decision. Thats coming up tonight starting at 9 00 eastern on cspan and here on cspan3. And following that, American History tv in primetime looks at russian spies including the trial of kgb spy rudolph abel. Sex and kgb spies in the 1970s, espionage in the Manhattan Project and soviet spy couples and the atomic bomb. And thats tonight starting at 10 30 eastern here on cspan3. Well, coming up next, a recent forum hosted by the department of health and Human Services looking into pharmaceutical innovation and drug affordability. In this panel, Health Industry
You talked about sitting across the table negotiating these kinds of arrangements. As you would sit across the table talking to somebody about a valuebased arrangement, one of the issues that ken identified was what if the payoff is way down the line . Would your health plan integrated Delivery System, youve got to pay the bill for the drugs today. How do you factor in a benefit that may be ten, 20, 50 years down the line . Who is that rebate check going to go to someday when that benefit crops up . Somebody enrolled in kaiser today may be someplace else, cigna, wherever else tomorrow. How do these how do you perceive these contracts are actually going to work in the real world . Well, its you know, its a combination of who benefits. And how do you project the future risk of individuals and populations based on the result that will happen today . To put it in your analogy. So in our example, we now know, because we have all of our patients on the Electronic Health records and we have d
And coming up, more on the recent health and Human Services forum on pharmaceutical innovation and drug costs. Up next, senators from medicare and medicaid acting administrator andy slavit and purchasing strategies for the pharmaceutical industries. This includes manufacturers, employers, consumers, Health Insurance providers and government officials. Once again, if you will all take your seats well get started on the final panel of the day. Where as promised, well devote our discussion to outcomes based purchasing, what is the potential for those, what are the obstacles and how do we get to better value and better accessibility for patients as soon as possible through these and other mechanisms. Let me introduce our panelists now. You have been introduced to at least this gentleman there, dan durham, Senior Vice President of ahib, thats americas Health Insurance plans. And ken frazier is with us, the president and chief executive officer of merck and company. One of the premier pharma
People on the wrist and send them right back out the door. I i cannot tell you how often i get these boys that i consider sons because i have watched them grow up. People say oh, they are are terrible they are not doing anything at all, and give them such a bad rap. That frustrates me because i watch them, they are busting their butts but what you expect them to do when they keep arresting the same people and sending them in front of these judges for the judges to turn him right back out on the street. The boy that sold my daughter the heroine that killed her just recently went back in front of a judge for his fourth offense for trafficking heroine. Fourth time he has been arrested for this. He was given five months. How is that possible . That is so frustrating. It frustrates me of course but i cannot even imagine what our lawenforcement deals with in that situation. These are things that have to be dealt with. Lastly, what do i know . I know that when you find your 21yearold on the f
Will not stand the rising tide of this Public Health crisis if only two out of ten patients get the treatment they need. It wouldnt work for diabetes, it would not work for hiv and it will not work for addiction. Like many other issues we face closing the gap will be complex effort required and multifaceted approach. The federal government needs to work with prevention as, healthcare providers, payers, treatment systems, Public Health officials, states, tramps, and many others to tackle the challenges ahead. As you heard it addressing these issues are key to this administration. We we are proud to support the strategy. The goal of the hhs initiative is to reduce opiate dependence and has three main aims. Changing prescribing behavior, increasing access, today i will focus on the role in each of these areas. With respect to prescribing behavior it is an obvious tactic to prevent misuse by reducing the number of pills and peoples medicine cabinet. To do that as we noted that physicians a