They will try to say, look, this is a very partisan driven. Rocess democrats have been out to get trump from day one, and they are going to use whatever they can to get at him. First it was sort of the russia collusion thing, and when that failed, they moved on to ukraine. It is pretty obvious that they wanted to do that. Some of our reporters visited with President Trump in the white house and he was sort of very defiant, and even talked about how he might want to have a fireside chat where he reads the transcript, and so with the vote yesterday, it is clear that the battle lines have been drawn. , and is no backing off democrats are sort of dug into that position. I think particularly some of the swing states and districts, republicans feel that they might be able to impress and push back against this idea that this is sort of a partisan effort to oust trump. Host and your reporters from ,hat interview, you mentioned the president says the impeachment will backfire on the democrats a
Largest health care player in the american system. A huge and growing federal entitlement. A little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment, from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees. Total Program Spending will double. Today, roughly, one trillion dollars. Within ten years, it will be nearly two trillion dollars. At the same time, medicare is rapidly changing. Today roughly half of all Senior Citizens are enrolled in Medicare Advantage. A system of private coverage, which is the leading alternative to traditional medicare, and Medicare Advantage, a defined contribution system. What that means is what that means is the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary, plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare coverage. The question before the house, and before the main nation, is a very big one. That is how do we provide high quality medical care to a huge and rapidly growing older population. At a cost th
With these Television Companies support cspan 2 as a public service. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen for coming. Our topic todays medicare. The Largest Health care player in the american system. A huge and growing federal entitlement. A little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment, from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees. Total Program Spending will double. Today, roughly, one trillion dollars. Within ten years, it will be nearly two trillion dollars. At the same time, medicare is rapidly changing. Today roughly half of all Senior Citizens are enrolled in Medicare Advantage. A system of private coverage, which is the leading alternative to traditional medicare, and Medicare Advantage, a defined contribution system. What that means is what that means is the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary, plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare coverage. The question before the house, and b
Ladies and gentlemen, coming. Our topic today is medicare, the largest care player in the american, a huge growing federal entitlement. And a little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees and total Program Spending will double today, roughly. Its 1 trillion. And within ten years it will be nearly 2 trillion. At the same time, medicare is changing. Today, half of all seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or a system of private coverage, which is the alternative to traditional medicare. And Medicare Advantage is a defined contribution. And what that means is, is that the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary to the beneficiary chosen plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare. The question before the house and before the nation is a very, very big one. That is, how do we provide high quality medical care to a huge and, rapidly growing older population
Largest care player in the american, a huge growing federal entitlement. And a little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees and total Program Spending will double today, roughly. Its 1 trillion. And within ten years it will be nearly 2 trillion. At the same time, medicare is changing. Today, half of all seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or a system of private coverage, which is the alternative to traditional medicare. And Medicare Advantage is a defined contribution. And what that means is, is that the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary to the beneficiary chosen plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare. The question before the house and before the nation is a very, very big one. That is, how do we provide high quality medical care to a huge and, rapidly growing older population, often at a cost that is affordable not only to seniors, but a