People in the hospital, and, sadly, 152 deaths. We know that this disease includes an extra amount of sorrow, since loved ones cannot the at the bedside, and we continue to hold all of those suffering from this virus in our thoughts. Earlier this week, i laid out our path forward to a new normal , dependent upon testing, and i want to share some key updates about our work on that front. On testing first. North carolina has made great strides, but we have more work to do. We have conducted at least 73,000 tests, which is a long way from where we were a month ago. In fact, testing and our state has increased by 88 over the last two weeks, but we need testing to be more widespread, and we need to use it to give us a better indication of where we are in this fight. Today, we announced a partnership with three of our states medical universities, to use testing and tracing to help us determine how far the disease has spread in North Carolina. This research is part of a coordinated statewide
That providers can communicate more openly and easily sharing information between them about patients. Thats especially important and helpful with Electronic Health platforms when the providers are on the same platform. This can reduce duplicate testing and even conflicting treatment. Payers and providers can share more Meaningful Health care data, Work Together on Health Care Analytics to determine what is the right improvement we can make to quality and cost . The providers within a clinically integrated network can be more familiar with each others, not just their medical practice protocols but their administrative practices. Allowing handoffs to be much smoother with less error. Then also these tighter relationships allow these providers to comment with the payers back to them where there are Service Needs and things that need to be improved. So ill go on to what we also want to talk about, though, and that is there needs to be adequate Consumer Protection and education. Especially
Cayman islands and virgin islands, the amount of profit they attributed to these countries is in some cases 1600 more than the Gross Domestic Product of these countries. This is outright tax avoidance. Im a Small Business owner. I know many Small Business owners pay their taxes legitimately, but some corporations take advantage of these tax havens and tax laws. Specific lit one that really has gotten a lot of attention lately is this inversion process. The fact we know already pharmaceutical companies and Manufacturing Companies have been looking at this, but most recently some Retail Companies like walgreens is in the process of potentially going down this road, which would be a whole new area we havent seen taking advantage of this practice walgreens, if i understand it right, there is an estimate over five years we could lose 4 billion worth of tax revenue if they were to do this practice, which is something that i think the average person would look at as nothing more than thes not
Coverage for example in one market where we are the narrower provider we found they had no access to pet scans. Another glitch we found as their exclusive Network Provider they had not contracted with any Lamp Services or radiation therapy. We can provide these services but frankly getting Outpatient Lab testing at your hospital may not be as convenient as some of the labs that are available with better parking and hours. Finally id like to reemphasize the reality of the marketplace is that price dominates. Premiums is what people are most likely to look at. Those with low income still leave outofpocket medical expenses that are unaffordable below this operation. As a result, even modest out pocket costs create affordability programs. This is from one of our markets. A married couple. Income 48,000 a year. They chose a bronze plan. Their premium is subsidized. They have a 3,600 deductible and a 12,000 potential outofpocket maximum. If one of this group needed a jant re placement or hth
Matthew lee joins us to discuss the palestine conflict. Well talk with ed bingle a former customs and Border Protection official but minors crossing the border. Piece piece. Every morning on cspan at 7 00 eastern. President obama on monday awarded the medal of honor to formal active duty Sergeant Ryan pits. He held off the taliban during an attack on his unit. He the ninth recipient to be award awarded for the war in iraq or afghanistan. He is of the chosen few to receive this honor today as the nation pauses to recognize him. Our hearts are touched by staff Sergeant Ryan pits. He humbly insisted that his remarkable actions were simply was his duty it will always be on his loyalty to his unit. We acknowledge that devotion came from a faithful family who prayed for and supported him. We join our hearts together as we honor him today. We honor the courage and commitment of all who serve in harms way. This we pray in your holy same, amen. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to the white hou