Hearings. Catch washington today. Listen to cspan anytime. Tell your smart speaker, play cspan radio. Cspan, powered by cable. Pharmaceutical majors for being here. Onto think eli lilly i want to thank eli lilly announcing ac stencil reduction in list prices for some of their prices. Announcing a substantial reduction in list prices for some of their products. All over this country, people are saying enough is enough. They are sick and tired of paying outrageously high prices not only for insulin before other products as well. They want action and this committee will do what it can to respond to their needs. We need the help of the people on the panel to do that. As we gather today, i know we have some advocates fighting, we thank them for what they do. It is important to acknowledge the too Many Americans who died because they rationed their insulin. Alex smith was 24 years old and he dreamed of opening a sports bar. He is dead because he could not afford insulin. A 22yearold worked t
Hearings. Catch washington today. Listen to cspan anytime. Tell your smart speaker, play cspan radio. Cspan, powered by cable. Pharmaceutical majors for being here. Onto think eli lilly i want to thank eli lilly announcing ac stencil reduction in list prices for some of their prices. Announcing a substantial reduction in list prices for some of their products. All over this country, people are saying enough is enough. They are sick and tired of paying outrageously high prices not only for insulin before other products as well. They want action and this committee will do what it can to respond to their needs. We need the help of the people on the panel to do that. As we gather today, i know we have some advocates fighting, we thank them for what they do. It is important to acknowledge the too Many Americans who died because they rationed their insulin. Alex smith was 24 years old and he dreamed of opening a sports bar. He is dead because he could not afford insulin. A 22yearold worked t
Payment model. And transitioning from a fee for service to a value based reimbursement system. This event was hosted by the National Institute for Healthcare Management foundation. Its about two hours. Good afternoon. So wed like to go ahead and get started. Im nancy chockley. President and ceo of foundation and im just dlieded to welcome you all here today. We have an incredible panel of business and policy leaders. They come at the problems from different perspective. But one unifying theme between all of them is their concern for what rising healthcare costs do to americans. And the need to increase value in our Healthcare System. So each of them will present their own ideas of how to increase value or how they are increasing value in the Healthcare System. A nonprofit nonpartisan organization. And we believe by bringing people together with different perspectives, we can improve healthcare through evidence and collaboration. We have a wonderful audience today. I recognize some of y
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Todays hearing to serve on secretary of health and Human Services. It will vote on the nomination. We will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and former governor who we welcome today good to see you and senator young will introduce him after his testimony each will have five minutes of questions. We already have a good turnout. I anticipate a good vigorous questioning period. Youll be overseeing medicare and medicaid National Institutes of health and excellent leadership. The United States is leading efforts to develop a cart for efforts. A nonaddictive painkiller and new treatment for dancer. You also have an opportunity to implement what the majority leader of the senate called the most important piece of legislation last year. The 21st century cures act which members of our committee agreed on and gave broad new powers that included the first Major Organization they worked on Mental Health programs as well as significant new funding for the Opioid Crisis you ha