Enclosures in the best way forward and handling payment disputes. This is two hours and 20 minutes [inaudible conversations] the committee on Health Education labor and will come to order. Senator murray has an important meeting right now and she has asked me to proceed with the hearing because we have six excellent witnesses and we want to make sure that we hear from each of you. We want the senators to have a chance to ask questions of each of these so patty should arrive around 10 lock. When she comes we will enter and let her make her Opening Statement and then we will resume the hearing. Good morning senator murphy. Nearly a year ago after brent james from the National Academy testified before the Senate Health committee with a startling statistic. Up 21 2 of what the American People spend on Health Care May be unnecessary. Let me repeat that. Up to half of the 3. 5 trillion the United States collectively spent on health care in 2017 was unnecessary according to dr. James and many
[inaudible conversations] the committee on Health Education and labor and pensions will come to order. Senator murray has an important meeting right now and she is asked me too proceed with the hearing because we have six excellent witnesses and we want to make sure we hear from each of you and we want the senators to has questions of each of you. So patty should arrive at about ten. When she comes we will interrupt and let her make her Opening Statement and we will resume the hearing. Good morning senator murphy. Nearly a year ago doctor brent james from the National Academy testify before Senate Health committee with a startling statistic up to one half of the American People spend on healthcare may be unnecessary. Let me repeat that, up to half of the 3. 5 trillion, the United States collectively spent on healthcare in 2017 was unnecessary according to doctor james and many of the other witnesses at our hearings agreed with that. That is 1. 8 trillion, three times as much as we spen
Now at 10 00 the Grocery Stores are still open for another few hours. Ready for shoppers to pick up those last minute thanksgiving items. Meanwhile volume on the roads is a lot better at this hour than it was during fox 25s news at 6 00. Now everyones attention turns to the radar. Winter show some snow and a big band of rain. Good evening everyone im mark ockerbloom. And im vanessa welch. Chief meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz is in the Storm Tracker Weather Center and you have been tracking this system for several days now. There are some changes to report tonight first of all its clear out there we know its clear and cold. You can esome clouds starting to move into western new england. Its slide on over theres the snow were talking about. But heres the issue we have been looking at this very closely off to the west and theres not a lot of this snow actually reaching down to ground level. That goes along with the clear skies with we have. You see its clear because evaporating on their w
Now at 10 00 the Grocery Stores are still open for another few hours. Ready for shoppers to pick up those last minute thanksgiving items. Meanwhile volume on the roads is a lot better at this hour than it was during fox 25s news at 6 00. Now everyones attention turns to the radar. Winter show some snow and a big band of rain. Good evening everyone im mark ockerbloom. And im vanessa welch. Chief meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz is in the Storm Tracker Weather Center and you have been tracking this system for several days now. There are some changes to report tonight first of all its clear out there we know its clear and cold. You can esome clouds starting to move into western new england. Its slide on over theres the snow were talking about. But heres the issue we have been looking at this very closely off to the west and theres not a lot of this snow actually reaching down to ground level. That goes along with the clear skies with we have. You see its clear because evaporating on their w
Hints that in fact there could be a military aspect to this program. The fact that assuage International Concerns about possible military uses of technology that the iranians have been developing ask they have been sending inspection teams in 20 check up on all aspects of the program. China and germany is the plus one. A big group on our side. Their issues have to do with really trying to get a handle on these big visible signs that iran may be heading towards a military program. I talked about enrichment capacity and trying to get the enrichment capacity shrunk way down and looking at the heavy water reactor that they have been using to produce Nuclear Weapons. Lots of questions of those kinds. Its not a negotiation im in charge of, but it has been run by sec ter kerry has wrestled with the negotiation. And there a lot of heavy hitters trying to get progress. The big of heavy lifting is on the political side. Will they take the political decisions to bring the negotiation home. We wil