Establish by the state is not used anywhere else in the statute except in provisions that are serving that purpose. Now, in terms of why would congress do this because this is the question. Why would congress think to do Something Like this . The condition achievement of goals on state cooperation. They did that on medicaid. They offered a lot of inducement on medicaid. Because congress cant come comen dear, everyone knew that congress could make states a really good offer but it had to be an offer. The state that refused to accept the Medicaid Expansion as the statute was written would leave the poorest and most Vulnerable People in that state without any help under the medicaid program. Thats the way the statute was written. Conditioning a whole lot of the statutes goals on states willingness to go along. They would do that with medicaid where a lot more is at stake. Why wouldnt they do it here . Congress has done this before. Congress has routinely said tax credits or other benefits
Important. And i think you know the statutory requirements with regard for meeting success are very high. So it will take time and measurement to get there and prove that. So we want to get there and hit those measures because thats when we can scale those. We have to be able to show you asked us to show quality and cost. So we have to get there and do that. The other place in terms of the authorities we currently have have to do with the aco work were doing. Pioneer acos and others. We actually just recently, Accountable Care organizations, we just recently put out a version 2. 0 and telamadison was increased in that. With regard to the statutory issues, there are some places and i think we need to have the places about are those places that we can talk about where there might be changes that would free us to do more telehealth, and that is on the medicare payment side. Right. Okay. So lets do two things. First of all, lets work together, and i know senator wicker as the chairman of t
country today and since 1965. ahead on the show this morning, big news in washington. senator bob menendez is fighting back insisting he s not going anywhere. amid reports he will soon face federal corruption charges. jeb bush is facing an early test today trying to sell his conservative credentials before what s expected to be a tough crowd in iowa. we ll join our reporter live on the ground there for a report as jeb bush deals with a tricky situation for him politically. all of that much more ahead this morning. we begin in selma, alabama. that is where president obama, where the first family where scores of members of congress and some cabinet secretaries, too, are all converging today to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march known as bloody sunday. thousands of marchers on this day back in 1965 halted what was supposed to be a journey from selma to montgomery the alabama state capitol when they were calling for voting rights for black americans. they wer