Chang. He is with us. He is happy for one reason, the dodgers have made the playoffs. He is not so happy the red sox do it. Great to have you here. Janet this week, mayor marty walsh announced a new master plan to upgrade boston s deteriorating Public School buildings over the next ten years. He estimates the cost at more than a billion dollars. Let s listen to what he had to say. Maryo yor walsh we are talking about looking at every single space in every single building in our city. Janet 1 billion is a large number. The bulk of this money will have to come from the state capital budget. With every School District in massachusetts clamoring for its share of the money, what s the argument that boston deserves such a big chunk . Dr. Chang i would say the vast majority of schools here in boston were built at the turn of the last century. We have a lot of schools that are in disrepair. We have schools that need to be upgraded to match the Educational Programs we need in the 21st century.
Arrangement, and are you guaranteeing what is the price of the drug when are you saying you are only going to get paid x if you reach a cure level or certain level of adherence. Theres some interference there, and its used as an excuse for those types of arrangement or getting out of those arrangements by pharmaceutical companies. The other is the fda approves the drug if it works. And they dont necessarily approve it saying whether it works better than things that have previously been approved or whether it doesnt work better than thing previously approved. And that can create some friction when it comes to dealing with providers who seem to want to gravitate toward the newest and the latest, even if it really doesnt turn out to work any better than some of the alternatives that have come down the pike before. So whats the solution there . More as we heard on the earlier panel, more effectiveness, information and data . I think the comparative effectiveness would really help. Then you
So that went my copay jumped from 0 to 300 that month. Those are the kind of things youre constantly trying to stay in front of as a patient. And again, i could be any of you. Right. Well, that concludes our morning session. We were going to take a onehour break now for lunch. As a reminder, you are not permitted to move around the building on your own. If you want to purchase lunch in the cafeteria on the top floor, go to the registration desk. You can go outside and to the left. Well presume promptly at 12 45. Join me first of all the in thanking this panel and wishing heather all the best in your treatment. Thank you. [ applause ] up next, more from the department of health and Human Services forum on pharmaceutical noin vags and drug costs. Panelists share ideas on improving access and affordability to high quality drugs. Welcome back, everybody. I hope you enjoyed your lunch and your break. Were now going to move on to our next presentation. And i have the pleasure of introducing
Temperatures. And in walnut creek, kate has the details on what they are doing there. Reporter so far it ended up being a perfect day for last minute shopping. Crisp conditions in the east bay. For the most part, the rain came to an end this morning and left beautiful clear skies behind, there were some clouds and we have some view of the bay bridge invent in San Francisco and i took these from treasure island. A gorgeous day, it was crisp and the wind had a bite to it. And they said for the most part it made it feel seasonable. The ice rink was full of families and most people said a little bit of rain tonight could not ruin plans for Christmas Eve because they plan to be home anyway. Was a little bit cold earlier. But it was nice. We have never been in the snow, but it is cold, but it is good. A future reporter fighting for control of the microphone. And i was interested to hear brian say that there was snow at the top of mount diablo. I drove up and checked and did not see it. Its p
Tomorrow about 50, mostly cloudy the next chance of rainfall tomorrow night. Breaking news out of out of akron bowes discovered inside of abandoned home on mercer street the medical examiner says they appear to be helen discovered by a homeless man today, a Forensic Team has been called into examined them in more detail, check back with us onair and online on air and online for the latest details. A Cleveland Group helping animals rescued from a Rural Property in southern ohio, some of the images may be unsettling, but it the video shows Humane Society rescue team at the property in adams county last cats somewhere underweight others were injured they were forced to scavenge for food, the owners are facing charges they told prosecutors they were trying to operate as rescue beginning with good intentions 20 years ago but the volume of animals became too much. I dont understand why people dont ask for help, why they dont see what is going on around them and then ask for help and say that