Two more questions. In iraq, you recall off the top of your head granted the focus is about afghanistan the number of beds and desks built versus occupied . Do you have that number or is that something you can provide this committee . I think that is something we can provide. I hope its not a difficult ask. And i hope we can get it sooner than later. The last question on cyber security. Are you aware of any Network Disruptions or intrusions at the state department that have affected obo . Intrusions at the state we have had network intrusions. They have not affected any of our data bases. And o. B. O. Was not affected. They affected our emails but did not affect our data bases or systems. Is there any indication that any systems about embassies was compromised or hacked into . Im not aware of any information to that point. Nothing regarding your department . Not that i know of. We could go back and look and ask the appropriate people. But im not sure what youre referring to. Sir, throu
Until june 25th of this year when we had these two companion decisions that came down. King is precisely exactly like webber. The majority opinion said look you cant look at forward in isolation and give it a broader meaning because the broader purpose was to give subsidies to poor people. The precise facts in king were as follows the statute dealing with subsidies, said they are available for purchases made off an exchange established by the state under statute 131211 of the statute and the question was what if you made an exchange off of an exchange of the federal government under 1321 and does that qualify and in other words does state mean state. Which is not a question for the nonjudicial mind but was one that bee fuddled six members of the Supreme Court. And they analyzed it in precisely the way they had done in webber. Listen the broader purpose was to provide substance and were not going to be Fuddy Duddies and worry about language or exactly what congress has done. I wont walk
Question, and before you do that, identify yourself and your affiliation if you have one. Yes, sir . Hi. My name is steven spitz. I have two related questions on costs. One, i had an experience in the hospital where they said that i needed a certain common procedure, and i asked what the price was. I gave them my insurance information. And they came back and they said, we dont know. Id like to know how common that is, and what is being done to try to let folks actually know what something costs . I might add, i had at the time a high deductible so it was an important question about my outofpocket costs. The second question is Medicare Part b, when i noted it in the biography to mr. White, was involved with in 2003 has a provision prohibiting the government from negotiating prices with the drug companies. And my question is why is that bill in the law . Do you want to take that one, ed . Why dont you start. Ill do the first one, and the second one real quick. The first one was, why cant
As you can in stating your question, and before you do that, identify yourself and your affiliation if you have one. Yes, sir . Hi. My name is steven spitz. I have two related questions on costs. One, i had an experience in the hospital where they said that i needed a certain common procedure, and i asked what the price was. I gave them my insurance information. And they came back and they said, we dont know. Id like to know how common that is, and what is being done to try to let folks actually know what something costs . I might add, i had at the time a high deductible so it was an important question about my outofpocket costs. The second question is Medicare Part b, when i noted it in the biography to mr. White, was involved with in 2003 has a provision prohibiting the government from negotiating prices with the drug companies. And my question is why is that bill in the law . Do you want to take that one, ed . Why dont you start. Ill do the first one, and the second one real quick.
He was appointed by madison in 1812. Live coverage now of this event from the Heritage Foundation. We will be beginning momentarily. Jessica does have note cards for those that have come from the Legal Strategy Forum for the question and answer session. If you like some wed be glad to get them to you. Remind everyone please check that our mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as a courtesy as he prepare to begin. We should begin in about two or three minutes. Mr. Meese will introduce our special guest and john malcolm of our legal center will moderate the q a following. Force. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation center for legal and judicial studies and to our tenth annual joseph story distinguished lecture. As you might imagine the name sake of our lecture is that eminent juris joseph story. He was a remarkable patriot who carried out the founders vision of a constitutional republic. Before joining the Supreme Court he had quite a career