As a Health Care Company rather than a drugstore. Talk about that. Talk about the significance of a major drugstore chain merging with a Health Care Insurance provider. Dr. Gellad it is a must like this transition has been happening for decades. Cvs started in the 1960s as a single store. Kind of been expanding its footprint since that time. The Minute Clinics a decade ago, and then a joint with a pharmacy benefits manager to do other things and then it added some longterm care services, and some infusion services. It changed its name and got rid of tobacco. It really has been the evolution of the pharmacy. You set it. This is what makes it so unique atthat this happening pharmacy which is probably the first time this has happened in terms of integrating pharmacy more into the structure of health care. Host talk a bit more about wha is trying tok cvs achieve with this merger. Dr. Gellad yeah, only they know, but you can, your imagination can fly in terms of what is possible for this. I
Points overnight in asia, the nikkei hitting 26year highs during the trading session. Market ended up by over a half percentage point to 23,849 in europe this morning green arrows there the dax up is up by 0. 2 in france, the cac is up the ftse up over 0. 1 . Yesterday the yield on the treasury closing at 2. 48 . This morning the tenyear is yielding all the way up, almost 2. 496 stocks to watch today. Samsung is forecasting a 64 rise in Fourth Quarter profits on continued demand for memory chips but that guidance is below analyst estimates. The strong yuan and yearend bonuses hit results. Samsung will report detailed earnings at the end of the month. Shares of altice are higher after the Company Announced plans to spin off u. S. Operations the Telecom Provider will pay a 1. 5 billion Cash Dividend prior to separation and launch a 2 billion buyback of u. S. Shares after the spinoff. British American Tobacco says the new u. S. Tax rules will boost earnings by 6 in 2018 the changes will a
Health and Human Services secretary took questions on the president s proposed budget for 2019. He was asked about funding for medicare and medicaid, combating the Opioid Epidemic and the cost of Prescription Drugs. He testified before the Senate Finance committee. The committee will come to order. I want to express the sadness we all feel in light of yesterdays events in florida. I was personally horrified as i watched the news unfold yesterday though i was also moved to hear some of the stories of the heroism displayed by some of the students and teachers at the school. Am praying for those who were affected. May they all find peace, healing, and a speedy recovery. I welcome everybody here to todays hearing which will be hearing on final the president s budget for fiscal year 2019. We have already had the treasury secretary and hearing acting i. R. S. Commissioner appear before us. Today well be talking with secretary aczar from the department of health and Human Services. I want to
President s would weve ever had. And a grandfather, whirl wind johnson hosted a tennis camp including for Althea Gibson and arthur ashe. My grandfather, a phenomenal physician, but somehow managed to be a student of the tennis game and transform that learning into a program that would, for decades, provide players an opportunity for africanamericans to integrate the sport. Watch the cspan cities tour saturday beginning at 5 p. M. Eastern, sunday at 2 p. M. On American History tv on cspan 3. Working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. Health and Human Services secretary, alex azar spoke before the Senate Finance committee this week about the president s proposed 2019 budget. He answered questions on a range of issues, including funding for medicare and medicaid, the Opioid Epidemic, Community Based clinic training and autism and also discussed the administrations approach for lowering Health Care Costs including Prescription Drugs. Mr. Azar was sworn in as hhs secretary in
I want you to know im pleased to report today, rules committee favorably reported out this bill and we will be talking about the substance of that today. I reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady from new york is ecognized. Ms. Slaughter thank you, mr. Speaker. I wasnt quite ready but i thank my friend for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Slaughter im sorry i cant support this continuing resolution today. The great government of the United States of america thats been called the last, best hope of man cannot be funded in traunches of maybe two weeks to three weeks. This is the fifth continuing resolution that we have done since the 30th of september. Thats an atrossfi. I dont think of any, any legislative body anywhere, totally unable to do its job. And as sorry as i am to say it, because of my Great Respect and affection for my fellow membe