To the november election. Be sure to watch washington journal, beginning live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Join the discussion. Republican Vice President ial nominee mike pence spoke at the reagan president ial library in simi valley, california. He spoke about similarities between donald trump and president reagan. This is just over an hour. [applause] good morning, everyone. I have the good morning, everyone. Reagan president ial candidates and foundation. [applause] for joining us this morning. In honor of our men and women who defend our freedom around the world, please stand and join for the pledge of the allegiance. Pledge allegiance, to the flag of the United States of america. To the republic, a nation, under god, indivisible and with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. Get started, very few people in the audience i would. Ike to make sure we recognize governor pences daughter charlotte. If you would stand. [applause] foundation and the board of trustees, governor pete wil
Convocations, go to breakingthroughpower. Org, all those of you around the country, or go directly to ticketmaster if youre in the general d. C. Population area. Lets see more of you in the next three days. Thank you very much. You can watch this program from the center for responsive law, including a threehour morning segment, in the cspan video library. Go to cspan. Org. Well, we have two road to the White House Events coming up this afternoon. Hillary clinton campaigns in harrisburg, pennsylvania. Its one of two stops she has planned in that state today. Cspan will bring you that live starting at 3 45 eastern. Real clear politics polls give her an average lead of more than 4 over donald trump. And donald trump will be meeting with supporters at a rally in prescott valley, arizona, later today. Cspan2 will have that live starting at 5 00 p. M. Eastern. Recent polls there show a close race with Donald Trump Holding a slim lead. Well, nationally, Hillary Clinton is ahead of donald trum
Coming up open cspan 2, president ial nominee gary johnson addresses the economic club. And the House Oversight committee where the law stands six years later. And, after that, two subcommittee look at the decision to leave Health Insurance marketplaces and now an update from the road to the white house. Joining us is nick gas, at po lith take co, and his work is Available Online and youve had a busy day. Its been a busy couple of few days, and as, it everyday, with this election approaching its last few weeks. Well, lets talk about some of the eight stories that you have written, Hillary Clinton back on the campaign trail tomorrow. Shell be in North Carolina and then in washington, dc, for a couple of days. What can we expect . I think what is most important for Hillary Clinton, is that she gets out on the trail and she shows that shes healthy, and shes able to be transparent about what happened, to discuss her plan to improve the lives of americans, and to defeat donald trump and why
You are the experts. What do you suggest we do about that . Do we just sit back and let that happen . Itt you know, we proposed earlier this year some projects for cost in the im Medicare Program so we are making char thinking of of total cost of care that all the folks are thinking of the total cost is thinking about the quality and the quantity. I will not get into what we are or not doing with the pharmaceutical cost that is outside the framework. But certainly. Would you like gcs do something about it . To make absolutely especially Specialty Pharmaceuticals have a significant increase. As we look at the market it is something we have to address but also at Affordable Health care and i can tell you someone i have seen increased premiums with higher deductibles and less benefits than when i was purchasing in the private sector. That will go to the gentleman from alabama. So far there are others that are coming down the pipeline we have heard the clip to say if you like your doctor y
In my state, they go from 4. 6 to 22. 5 . I want to thank my colleagues for their efforts to come up with Common Sense Solutions to ensure americans will have access to high quality and the lowest cost possible and we must respect the relationship between the patient and doctor. Thank you very much. Chair, thanks. Gentle lady, now recognize mr. Green, five minutes for questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank the witnesses for being here today and the work you do. Let me talk a little bit texas experience. Under the Affordable Care act, millions of americans were able to access Vital Health Care resources in our communities. In my state, texas, realized the following benefits. During the last Enrollment Period, 1. 3 selected marketplace plan. 48 of those individuals were new consumers. Unfortunately, 1. 2 million individual whose were otherwise covered remain uninsured, because texas failed to expand to medicaid. 51,000 are my constituents. As of 2015, the a ca provided over 470 millio