to the physician payment reform i think lance for the optimism to my belief that they will be avoided change the way that there going to get in such a way that help to close some of those even as new people become eligible. and, of course, we will also be bring in more people who better coverage throughout the lifetime. i think we have reason to believe that can make a difference and helping us of the people who are becoming eligible for medicare which also has an impact. the ben keating preventive care their entire lives, not even getting access to the kind of care they need to prevent hospitalizations. that will make a difference. we ve also made huge strides in quality of medicare. and the past few years reduce the admissions rate by 10%, reduced hospital record conditions by i think 17%. all of those things make me optimistic that we were able to work together to deal with the next changes are we need to make to accommodate the bulk of the senior to be joining medicare.
host: fine, thank you to go ahead. caller: i was calling with reference to the situation in ferguson, missouri. i heard people calling and criticizing al sharpton and jesse jackson for showing up. but the parents of michael brown requested that they come to ferguson. and i think the fact the requested should suffice in a. the other comment i have is that i think it s a big deal or good idea that the attorney general chose to visit ferguson because these have been long-standing issues in ferguson, it is my understanding. but it s all over the country. there are too many black young males getting shot and killed by the police. host: let me ask you, what do you think jesse jackson and al sharpton, what do they add to the situation and by being there? con that they are there i guess to console the family, which at this point in time everybody needs to console the family. in my opinion, this young man was shot and murdered by the police. i thought it was too much deadly forc
good morning, everybody. the committee meets this morning to review the reduction in cost of living adjustments, the colas, for working age military retirees that was enacted as part of the bipartisan budget act of 2013. we welcome today the acting deputy secretary of defense, ms. christine fox, and vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral sandy winnefeld. and i will introduce the second panel of outside witnesses after we hear from secretary fox and admiral winnefeld. the bipartisan budget act adopted in december included a provision that reduced the cola for working age military retirees by 1% until a retiree reaches the age of 62 at which time retired pay is adjusted to the level it would have been had the cola not been reduced. in a usa today column defending the legislation, congressman ryan explained the provision as follows: here s what the new law will do, we make no changes for those currently at or above age 62. this reform affects only younger milita
the more you re able to invest. the most certain thing you can have that it makes sense for you to invest in education and setting up a business is you know you are on your path to becoming a citizen of the country. if you work hard and play by the rules. so i cannot off the top of my head think of an economic study that has asked the difference between the two of these because it s not like there s a lot of empirical variation. you want to take one country and a run at one way and another another way look what happens. adored not able to do that. but i know from economic logic would tell me you want a pathway to citizenship. i want to follow-up on that question. [inaudible] you see it as reform? certainly the president has through his entire administration always paid for his ongoing initiatives and always believes they should be paid for an certainly you see in the budget howard he would propose to pay for this. in answer to your second question, there is no reason you
have happened. a congressional report calls the benghazi attack preventable. the senate intelligence committee faults the intelligence community and state department and also points to chris stevens for rejecting offers of additional protection. scandal rocking the united states air force. 34 officers entrusted with nuclear missiles have been pulled off the job for alleged involvement in a cheating ring. we do not know the extent of the scale of the cheating. a new video showing a missing soldier missing in afghanistan since 2009. the video has not been released. three people including the gunman are dead after a supermarket shooting innen indiana. we know he had the gunpointed at another individual. and a man terrorizing individuals in california may be behind bars. oscar nominations, american hustle, gravity, 10 nominations, and the most nominations oh, that? at the other end, whoa look out here they go going at each other. obviously, you