the house subcommittee will come to order. a brief opening statement, and then two panels and i welcome all of you for coming. this is of the third session of congress in which i have introduced legislation to ban the practice of surprise billing . today s bipartisan hearing represents an initial effort by this committee to finally offer some relief to patients who have been bearing the brunt of a dispute between their insurers and some of their healthcare providers. for patients, you can take all the right steps in attempting to see that your care in network is covered but you may still face some really big bills. one in seven americans have received a surprise bill is a part of receiving care at a hospital that is actually within their insurance network. the problem in san antonio, one of the communities that i represent, has been so extensive that jay avila, at woai has initiated an entire television series called show me your bill. i think a quick video clip from that ade
the hearing was held by the house ways and means committee on health. it is about two hours. we will ask the room to come to order, a little late but we are getting this going after votes. the house subcommittee will come to order. a brief opening statement, and then two panels and i welcome all of you for coming. this is of the third session of congress in which i have introduced legislation to ban the practice of surprise billing . today s bipartisan hearing represents an initial effort by this committee to finally offer some relief to patients who have been bearing the brunt of a dispute between their insurers and some of their healthcare providers. for patients, you can take all the right steps in attempting to see that your care in network is covered but you may still face some really big bills. one in seven americans have received a surprise bill is a part of receiving care at a hospital that is actually within their insurance network. the problem in san antonio, one
congress in which i have introduced legislation to ban the practice of surprise billing. today s bipartisan hearing represents an initial effort by this committee to finally offer some relief to patients who have been bearing the brunt of a dispute between their insurers and some of their health care providers. for patients, you can take all the right steps in attempting to see your care in network is covered, but you may still face some really big bills. indeed, one in seven americans have received a surprise bill as a part of receiving care at a hospital that is actually within their insurance network. the problem in san antonio, one of the communities that i represent, has been so extensive that they ve initiated an entire television series called show me your bill. i think a quick video clip from that adequately demonstrates the problem. i ll ask that it be shown at this point. two-thirds of americans say they worry about receiving an unexpected medical bill. a surpri
of leadership challenges. like the british weather, they say it is something you just have to shrug off. and school psychologists say smacking children damages their mental health and they‘ re calling for it to be banned. there have been a number of studies that have shown, actually, regular smacking has lead to mental health problems, has led to those people being more likely to use violence towards other people. if you re a parent do you agree? hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. are you a member of an illegal cannabis club? where you go and smoke the cannabis you ve grown yourself or smoke the stuff grown by other members of the club? we ask because in a moment we ll bring you our exclusive film where a police and crime commisioner goes and meets cannabis club owners and, afterwards, says he wants a conversation with the home office about whether cannabis clubs have a part to play in tackling drugs misuse. use the hashtag #victorialive. i
seven day. 75 degrees. it s hot, humid. a little bit of patchy fog also for areas off to the west. most places are doing okay. it s warrenton, culpeper, laurie, your advice luray, your visibilities dropping a bit. all the showers and storms are going to stay well off to the west. if you re heading to the nats game tonight or the skins game tonight, it s going to be pretty dry. we ll get to the details of the rain coming up. let s head over to beverly farmer. good morning. we have a pretty good start on the roadways so far. the challenge was for folks heading northbound on i-95 out of fredricksburg. the late clearing road work in stafford county, finally done with the paving operation for the night. now the morning. now the traffic is streaming up toward quantico. that s our heaviest volume. building volume just past prince william parkway across the okay qawj. outer loop of the beltway out of colesville, building volume there but that is with all lanes open. back to you.