Critical condition, the attack on a young israeli girl that could push a fragile situation over the edge. The cyber war rages on, just when you thought it was safe to watch ginseng on line, hackers hit your living room. Welcome to alJazeera America. On Christmas Day, the president marked the end of americas longest war. It is still one week before the end of the year when the u. S. Officially ends its 13 year combat mission in afghanistan. Yesterday, president obama thanked Service Members for their sacrifices and said afghanistan is not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again. The u. S. Military effort to out of the the taliban began in 2001 following the september 11 attacks and even though the combat mission is about to end, some troops will remain into the new year. John henry smith joining us now. It has taken six years of his presidency, but president obama appears to be on the verge of fulfilling a campaign promise. The president and first lady brought Christmas Greeting
Association of the association of american medical colleges issued a report calling for much stronger conflict of interest standards, leaders standards, leaders with individual schools saying we just cannot keep going. All of all of those things came together, and the law passed in 2010. But the other piece of context that i think is not proximal to the laws passage but is important to understanding how it fits is this sort of much wider recognition that we really need to understand in this country that drivers of Health Care Costs and where the dollars go, and if you go back to 2,007 it would be close to unimaginable that cms would be publishing individual physician payment records. And so we now have the 1st report from the sunshine act 3. 7 Million Dollars in payments. Thats around nine billion a year, funds that that are either going to research and Product Development which is important and important for the public to understand are going to drive uptake of particular products whi
Journal articles to providers out there and whether or not that should be reported. Its one that you and i spent time on and thats a challenging one absolutely but ultimately i am comfortable with sitting down with my provider and asking about a payment showing up in the database and having her tell me that this is related to learning more about this condition, which you dont have but another patient may have and that is why that was there. There are choices. Its to not take it, to take it and report it, or to purchase it on your own. Those are legitimate choices and providers have the opportunity to make those and then the reports go to the database and the patients can ask. We continue to believe thats totally legitimate and legal and attaching we are not rushing to attach judgment here and i hope i can continue to make that case successfully here. Can you wait for the mic please . The idea that a physician should never talk to a pharmaceutical rep or a device rep is like saying plea
Salmonthompson amendment. Daca protects a large number of unlawfully resident aliens from deportation. In addition to constitutional concerns and National Security implications madam chair, the action poses a range of unintended consequences. Case in point the president s policy creates a incentive to hire Illegal Immigrants over lawfully present workers. Illegal aliens who are granted deferred action are exempt from being counted under the 2010 Health Care Laws employer mandate. Which requires employers with 50 or more employees to offer Health Insurance or pay a penalty. Essentially the president s create add situation where employers face a penalty for hiring americans over illegal aliens. Madam chairman, the president s current deferred action expansion promotes the hiring of individuals who have broken the law. Over the men and women who have come through legal channels worked hard, and played by the rules. Congressman salmon and i are proud to offer this commonsense amendment. Th
Fix the Tix is at least the third new advocacy group spawned by growing calls for ticketing reforms that reached a fever pitch following Ticketmaster’s botched presale last year for Taylor Swift’s ongoing tour.