Informsion is to policymakers and policy leaders of the most pressing issues and getting the foundation of Health Policy and the evidence and practice and today we here to talk about one of the most resident policy pressing issues and that is the Medicaid Program. Recent legislation would if it made major changes to the Medicaid Program and the discussion about the policy is not over. It will examine medicaid coverage, access to care and Health Outcomes and what might be next in the states and congress and the administration. And i would like to thank our partner, the Commonwealth Fund and we are grateful for their support. And before i introduce our panel, i want to take care of a couple of housekeeping details. Wifiose of you who need credentials, they should be up on the screen. You can tweet to futureofmedicaid. When the time comes for questions, many of you know the drill, but write your question on a green question card or come to one of the microphones on either side of the aisl
Practice. And today were here to talk about one of the most pressing Health Policy issues thats been making a lot of headlines recently, and that is the Medicaid Program. Medicaid covers over 70 Million People, as we will hear, and it is responsible todays briefing is going to examine the relationship between medicaid coverage, access to care and Health Outcomes, as well as what might be next for medicaid in the states and congress and in the administration. And id like to thank first our sponsor for todays event, our partner, the Commonwealth Fund. Were very grateful for their support of this briefing, and before i introduce our panel, i just want to take care of a couple of housekeeping details. First, for those of you who need wifi credentials, they should be up on the screen. You can tweet to futureofmedicaid. And when the time comes for questions, many of you know the drill, but write your question on a green question card or come to one of the mikes on either side of the aisle or
Police tell us a 33 year old man is in custody. And the victims family was told by a detective. He turned himself in for the crime. Jennifer rivas says when she found this out. She was overwhelmed with joy. Surveillance cameras at cesar chavez and greenfield show rivas sister. 27 year old amy mayek mayehk the morning on october 5th. When a car strikes her head on. The driver fled the scene. Police were able to locate the car. But not the driver. Until wednesday. Mayek suffered brain trauma and several broken bones. Rivas says the road to recovery for mayek will be a long one. She had woken up from a medically induced coma. But suffered a set back this week. Mayek is back in the intensive care unit with pneumonia. And using a ventilator to breathe. Now that the breathing tubes are back she is being mildly sedated and not doing very well at this point in time. Im sure after the pneumonia clears we can start moving forward. Every day information, sometimes its terrible, sometimes its good
10 00 a. M. , the snow starts, generally melts. Sees especially when it is day time. Could be mix independent with rain, much of it melting in good bit of the area. All snow north and west keeps piling up and 6 p. M. To midnight is the best chance of the snow accumulation across a wide swath of the area. So, we do expect that mix with rain during the daytime hours, but all snow north and west. And significant accumulations are likely with this thing. We also have some showers in the meantime, these are generally on the lighter side, we have one heavier one go through bucks county. That has really weakened and were going to see them weaken more. More on the snow potential and timing with the weekend forecast in a few minutes. All right, glenn. Look at this close call here. Building collapse, school bus. And this bus driver tells nbc 10 he feels very lucky after he escaped this partial Building Collapse without getting hurt. Sky force 10 was over old city today after that debris came cru
Im married to a former colonel out of the u. S. Army. I have a son thats going into the u. S. Army. I sit so we consider ourselves a mmit, military family. And im going to tell you, we cannot continue as the solution with everything to send our troops in to do business. There are other means in which. We have to do that. Rselves diplomatic means. We have to have actionable intelligence. We have to use the economics of the situation. So i believe, in particular the Bush Administration used the military far too much and to our detriment in many cases. And sometimes i wonder if the ma Obama Administration doesnt understand that. It feels compelled to understand the situation and doesnt understand that somehow weve got to extricate ourselves south of some of these situations. You mean compelled the use iy military as an option . Exactly. Any ca they may feel compelled. Again, ill be very honest. When he first came in, i said look, we cant continue this. We just cannot continue this. Its no