Looked at his agents role in improving the process. Held by the hill, this is two hours. Welcome to this mornings briefing, Prescription Drug system, ensuring access. Id like to thank our sponsor, the coalition, for affordable Prescription Drugs for making this possible. This is the first in a series of two events sponsored by the coalition to explore some of the most pressing issues facing the u. S. Health care industry. This morning we are focused on the cost of medicine. In the United States, expenditures on Prescription Drugs are rising faster than Overall Health care spending. Reacting to the concern over rising prices, the white house is expected to unveil an executive order examining ways to reign in drug costs. Even as we wait for direction from the government, how can every entity within the Prescription Drug Delivery System help manage costs and keep medicines accessible for all americans, and what innovative marketbased solutions are being ex morning drive oh plord and what
Looked at his agents role in improving the process. Held by the hill, this is two hours. Welcome to this mornings briefing, Prescription Drug system, ensuring access. Id like to thank our sponsor, the coalition, for affordable Prescription Drugs for making this possible. This is the first in a series of two events sponsored by the coalition to explore some of the most pressing issues facing the u. S. Health care industry. This morning we are focused on the cost of medicine. In the United States, expenditures on Prescription Drugs are rising faster than Overall Health care spending. Reacting to the concern over rising prices, the white house is expected to unveil an executive order examining ways to reign in drug costs. Even as we wait for direction from the government, how can every entity within the Prescription Drug Delivery System help manage costs and keep medicines accessible for all americans, and what innovative marketbased solutions are being ex morning drive oh plord and what
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] to explore some of the most pressing issues of the health care industry. Were focused all of the cost of medicine. And with the over rising prices. To examine the ways to reagan the drug caused. How can every entity keep medicines accessible for all americans . And to be explored with a hearing from government leaders and Patient Advocates as they explore at a price they can afford. And in addition to those here were also Live Streaming please keep your phone on silent but we encourage you to join the conversation and we will be taking questions and to please give the survey to a staff member of the way out. Good morning banks for this important conversation of today we appreciate that distinguished speakers and panelists we go this is a slow time in washington and for health care and there is nothing else to be focused on so thanks for being here but and with the rising drug prices in the impact of american in families and taxpayers
Progressives. All of those things have been proven untrue. This committee sent a criminal referral of possible criminal wrongdoing just a month ago to the justice department. We have heard nothing. You bury it in a 27 page letter to the senate, asking for them to conclude the investigation, that you have lost lois lerners emails because of a hard drive crash. Monday, our investigators ask your agency whether any other hard drives crash. We learn six other hard drives of the people who were investigating were involved. You did not tell us that. We told you on monday. Because we asked you. And what did you do with that information . We asked you whether any other hard drives were crushed. This is unbelievable. You told us you are going to give us all of lois lerners emails, and you learned in february that this crash. I did not learn in february there was a crash. I am not asking a question. I am making a statement. You are the Internal Revenue service. You can reach into the lives of ha
Ms. Lerner, on saturday, our committees general counsel sent an email to your attorney saying, i understand that ms. Lerner is willing to testify and she is requesting a one week delay in talking to the chairman excuse me. In talking to the chairman, wanted to make sure that was right. Your lawyer in response to that question gave a oneword email response. Yes. Are you still seeking a oneweek delay in order to testify . On the advice of my counsel i respectfully exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer that question. Ladies and gentlemen, seeking the truth is the obligation of this committee. I can see no point in going further. I have no expectation that ms. Lerner will cooperate with this committee and therefore we shall mr. Chairman, i have a statement. I have a procedural question, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, i have a procedural question. Mr. Chairman, you cannot run a Committee Like this. You just cannot do this. This is we are better than that as a country, were be