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By putting pressure on gun manufacturers for some new technologies whether its fingerprint i.d. or some codes required on the side of the gown to make them safer? >> i think thats a really important point. and the fact is that technology has been slow to develop in part because the gun manufacturers havent decided to put money behind it. they dont think theres a market there and so if the u.s. government has the ability, we have to purchase these weapons and so we might as well tell manufacturer...

To take a long time -- doctors that are already overburdened with record keeping are going to have a problem with this. people in private practices. hospitals have been gearing up for a couple of years on this already. billers are ready. theyre ready. those of us in small practice -- >> are insurance companies ready, though? >> the reason why were doing this segment is october 1st, after years for preparation for icd 10 we if finally got hit. the hospitals are getting ready. the tunes have to tu...

>> those are usually important points. and lifestyle and exercise key. to emphasize your point, the denser the breasts, the harder it is to make a determination. and in younger women youre going to probably have to use ultrasounds rather than mammograms or a special kind of mammograms thats three dimensional. its more of a challenge but were up to it. >> big lesson to a lot of men out there. these two diseases, prostate and breast cancer identical. women we salute you. men, go get tested. both d...

>> historically, executions were very ugly, hangings, electrocution, and so one of the goals of the state, now, is that it looks calm and peaceful. >> to a great degree, the lethal injection regime has much more to do with the witnesses than it has to do with the condemned. the witnesses werent seeing the condemn writhe or cough or choke or snort. >> the challenge with lethal injection was finding executioners with the medical skills to do the job. >> today in the united states, it violates ethi...

Just book any flight you want then use your miles to cover the cost. now, thats more like it. whats in your wallet? . were back now with "sunday housecall." the world health organization releasing its annual icd report, international classification of disease. all those mumbo jumbo numbers, dr. siegel, i cant figure this out. what does it mean to doctors? >> if you came in to see me and i said you had some diagnosis, that would be your disease. international classification of disease means i p...

Now theres a million different ones. >> cant you just put it into the computer? >> no. you have to learn it, know it. >> the statistics show that 25% of doctors are not prepared. that will put them out of business. thats one concern. and 75% of us are only using about 10% of the codes. we like easy stuff. were going from 14,000 codes in icd 9 to 68,000. more complex. what does it mean for all of us? when you come, the billers have to gear up. i think long term this may work because its going to ...

Wow! this week, hospitals in the united states had to adopt internationally developed standards that sounds like the metric system. sounds awful. called icd-10. the codes, detailing a persons manner of death or injuries. there are now tens of thousands of specific and official ways that you could die. all of them very serious. like -- you could be struck by a macaw. thats a real one. not struck by a bird or struck by a parrot, but specifically killed or injured by a macaw. or you could experienc...

>> who is this turtle traveling at a speed? >> these turtles, startle them. giant, are they called beaks? do turtles have beaks? weigh in on twitter, kennedy nation. make me learned, please. startle a sea turtle, youre hosed. struck by a turtle. >> there was a loony-tunes call when daffy duck tries to sell insurance to porky pig. >> thats how many of us became ligeritarians. >> is this a converting jegs were not actually on the air right now? >> intervex. >> daffy told porky if he likes his heal...

System that people sitting around inventing ridiculous asher to codes only spells doom for civilization. >> just a reflection -- >> autism. i know an upside here. >> youre right. completely screwed. all government programs are conservatives talk we spend $3 million studying whale extract, whatever. this is what they do. cost way more money than predicted. going to regulate to an insane extent and that keeps the streak for government programs going at 100%. >> the other streak it keeps alive, hyp...

We tried to minimize the military presence. now the russians have an air base near israels northern frontier, something they wanted for a long time, and this administration appears to be acquiescing. patti ann: we have heard defense secretary ashton carter say we are coordinating with them because we dont want their planes to see our planes, but this doesnt mean its a coordinated effort. >> we had a joke about this when somebody says are you informing me or consulting me. we were informed. it wo...