this is an hour and a half. the failure to pass the bill in congress, some states are looking to expand medicaid, some additional states, many are talking to cms about what might be possible in the way of they re talking about waivers, what can be done. and so to today we re going to k about, our goal for this panel is to both talk about where we are going into this next year, so writer we are, what the aca did, where we are with medicaid, what s under discussion, and we re going to talk about the considerations and possible implications moving forward. so we are lucky to have with us today three exceptional panelists. you ll notice there is one empty seat, and that belongs to trish riley. unfortunately, because of the crazywet we had in d.c weather we had in d.c., trish is not going to be able to get boo town, so she will not be with us. but fear not, our three other panelists watch what s happening in the states very closely and will be able to give us a full pi
in congress, some states are looking to expand medicaid, some additional states, many are talking to cms about what might be possible in the way of they re talking about waivers, what can be done. and so to today we re going to k about, our goal for this panel is to both talk about where we are going into this next year, so writer we are, what the aca did, where we are with medicaid, what s under discussion, and we re going to talk about the considerations and possible implications moving forward. so we are lucky to have with us today three exceptional panelists. you ll notice there is one empty seat, and that belongs to trish riley. unfortunately, because of the crazywet we had in d.c weather we had in d.c., trish is not going to be able to get boo town, so she will not be with us. but fear not, our three other panelists watch what s happening in the states very closely and will be able to give us a full picture of what s happening. first to my left we have diane rowland
implications moving forward. so we are lucky to have with us today three exceptional panelists. you ll notice there is one empty seat, and that belongs to trish riley. unfortunately, because of the crazy weather we had in d.c., trish is not going to be able to get into town, so she will not be with us. but fear not, our three other panelists watch what s happening in the states very closely and will be able to give us a full picture of what s happening. first, to my left, we have diane rowland, executive vice president of the kaiser family foundation. she was also the inaugural chair of mac pac, which advises congress on policy. to her left is josh archambault, who spent time with the heritage foundation, and he s up in massachusetts where he also worked for former governor mitt romney. and at the end of the panel we have judith solomon, vice president for health policy at the center on budget and policy priorities. i won t go into further detail. you have their full bios in
of the law. it is just getting underway. i want to give a special thanks for braving the elements and trouble uncertainties to get here. if you decided that staying home was the better part of your valor andd you are watching from c-span, welcome to you too. every new congress in recent years, the kaiser foundation and the alliance have sponsored a series of briefings on a number of the most important health policy topics that are at the sy center of debate in congress. after today s briefing on the affordable care act, we will be conducting three more of these primers next month not next friday, but the two fridays following that, and on wednesday april 1, on medicaid, medicare, and health-care costs respectively. mark your calendars. we will see you back here. as for today s program, one might ask, why there is a need for a primer on outlaws a few weeks of being five years old, and has been in the spotlight virtually every day since it was signed into law. well, there are
only 16 states run their own exchanges. the federal government runs extend his for the remaining 34 states that opted out of setting up their own. the court is expected to rule on the case before the end of the term in june. this is an hour and 20 minutes. we ll hear arguments this morning in case 14114, king v. burwell. mr. carvin. mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, this is a straightforward case of statutory construction where the plain language of the statute dictates the result. mr. carvin, will you please back up, because before we get to a question of statutory construction, as you know, each plaintiff, or at least one plaintiff, has to have a concrete stake in these questions. they can t put them as ideological questions. and we have as four plaintiffs. as to two of them, there is a declaration stating i am not eligible for health insurance from the government, but there s a question of whether they are veterans eligible for coverage as veterans.