also hires contractors, what some call bounty hunters to challenge medicare claims as far as back as three years giving them nine to 12.5% of any claim denied creating a financial incentive for second-guessing. claims are held up in the appeals process for about 2 1/2 years. there is over $1.5 billion tied up right now while hospitals are appealing these denials. reporter: now, hospitals win 70% of their appeals. that doesn t help families stuck with big bills. congressman courtney has 136 cosponsors for a bill to credit any three-day stay as qualifying for medicare coverage of skilled nursing care, eliminating the loophole. jenna. jenna: jim angle, live in washington. jim, thank you. reporter: you bet. jon: well the olympic games are underway in sochi, russia, amid new terror threats and shocking surveillance allegations. chief correspondent jonathan
they might be packing on the way in here. they ll be searched and fed. after breakfast, the inmates are moved to the yards where they will stay until officers can complete their search. we re looking for makeshift weapons. bed spreads, anything with razors. anything they can slash these guys with or even stab them with. the operation is broken up into several two-person teams. i guess i ll get the top, huh? you get the top. you re the tall guy. officers, david hamilton and meagan mcgee each have years of experience at second-guessing where inmates like to hide contraband. okay. i found two razors that were removed. the blades were removed from the disposable razors. and these can be melted into a toothbrush handle, used as real good slashing instruments because they are solid, very sharp razors. there s another one.
have them take off their shoes. they might be packing on the way in here. they ll be searched and fed. after breakfast, the inmates are moved to the yards where they will stay until officers can complete their search. we re looking for makeshift weapons. bed spreads, anything with razors. anything they can slash these guys with or even stab them with. the operation is broken up into several two-person teams. i guess i ll get the top, huh? you get the top. you re the tall guy. officers, david hamilton and meagan mcgee each have years of experience at second-guessing where inmates like to hide contraband. okay. i found two razors that were removed. the blades were removed from the disposable razors. and these can be melted into a toothbrush handle, used as real good slashing instruments because they are solid, very sharp razors. there s another one.
it. we re going to do a search line right there in the rotunda. come on down. pat them all down. have them take off their shoes. they might be packing on the way in here. they ll be searched and fed. after breakfast, the inmates are moved to the yards where they will stay until officers can complete their search. we re looking for makeshift weapons. bed spreads, anything with razors. anything they can slash these guys with or even stab them with. the operation is broken up into several two-person teams. i guess i ll get the top, huh? you get the top. you re the tall guy. officers, david hamilton and meagan mcgee each have years of experience at second-guessing where inmates like to hide contraband. okay. i found two razors that were removed. the blades were removed from the disposable razors. and these can be melted into a toothbrush handle, used as real
would be complete in the house without a hearing on benghazi. where some lawmakers offered stale criticism like this. let us hope this hearing is a step forward in our effort to break down what i consider to be a wall of deceit and denial. hope springs eternal, but have no fear, there was some democratic members eager for the opportunity to answer the charge. ambassador, are you familiar with the term second-guessing. have you heard that term before? yes, sir. what about the term 2020 hindsig hindsight have you heard that term before? yes, sir. and how about the term monday morning quarterbacking have you heard that term before? yes, sir. good. i yield the rest of my time. and we re only halfway through the week and you won t be surprised to learn that two more benghazi hearings are scheduled for thursday, including get another to be hosted by the one-note melody man himself, congressman darrell issa.