Shows primary carry initiative. I grew up in a small town in texas but i learned how to talk fast. I dont want too take any of the other peoples time. So, this is our one of our primary care models. Partnering with private payers so in seven states and regions, medicaid, medicare, and private payers. Coming to the table. We agreed on 13 quality measures, exactly the same. We all are putting in per member exper month population bailed payments and ask the provider another decrease total cost of care. First two year results, one year on the slide. Dedecreesed hospitalizations, decreased e. R. Visits, high level of quality of care, and i think we are in the evaluation modes for this one but trending in right direction in a positive way and what the future primary care will look like. On the next slide, think an net domestics brings it home. One of the practices, rural, southeast arkansas, theyve got teams, four physicians, nurse practitioners, care managers use, the funding to get pharmac
[ applause ] thank you very much for that, pat. That was very inspiring to think about health as being much bigger than health kcare and trying to find the solutions to get us there. Now we are going to turn to avic roy who has just returned from his money moon. Hes the opinion editor at forbes. He has an interesting back glund includes both medicine and finance. Hes a leading conservative change agent and a sought after president ial campaign advisor. Hes currently advising senator marco rubio and has previously advised rick perry and mitt romney. Hes the principal author of the apothecary, the influential forbes blogs. And he also serves on the Advisory Board. Join me in welcoming avik roy. [ applause ] thanks, nancy, and let me just second what you just said there. Its i really enjoyed what andrew and pat had to say. I think its inspiring to see some people focused on improving the quality of the delivery of care. Its been a tough problem, as you all know, and its been actually diff
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I also want to say a big thanks to americas new secretary of veterans affairs, Bob Mcdonnell who is here. Stand up, bob. [applause] as some of you may know, bob head of one of the biggest, most Successful Companies in the world. But he also was a west point grad, also a ranger who served valiantly on behalf of his country. And this is a labor of love for him, and he is hit the ground running. Hes heading out to the hospitals and clinics around the country, starting with phoenix tomorrow. So thank you, bob, for accepting this charge and this challenge, making sure that were doing right by our veterans. I know youre going to do a great job. Really proud of him. [applause] i want to thank all the members of congress who are here today, and i specia especially o thank those who led the fight to get bob and the va more of the resources and flexibility that they need to make sure every veteran has access to the care and benefits that theyve earned. Senator bernie sanders. Senator richard bur
Kagans article and in the new republic of hes a wellknown intellectual. Maybe thats why he got it in the new republic. Other people can write a counter view. If were unhappy with the exceptional view of triumphalism, thats what we historians should try to do without getting caught in our own ideological biases, i would suggest. Im going to make half the panel feel old. I was in high school, i was a freshman when the wall fell. Sorry. At least you werent there when the wall went up. I dont know where my parents were. Let me play the role of splitter you suggested there was a contrast. You can say on the whop happened those that tried to stand against the crowds with violence, then sort of succeeded, but those who acceded to the crowd, kind of their regions went away. Where do we put romania in that . I think the roamanians like to be different. I think we have to put them in a third category because we should raoul that ceausescu did not have the opportunity to act as he wanted. He was