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Best practices within the ihs system itself and shared those and incense vized the ability to move that kind of activity that is providing highquality care for individuals in that system, in certain areas, and making certain that were able to extend that across the country in the ihs. Okay. We look forward to working with you on that. I think Best Practices is a good place to start. Obviously, those have not been employed in a lot of facilities in our state. In 2009, cms issued a final rule that...

Americans are understandably concerned that they have access to health insurance and not be turned away because of a pre-existing medical condition. However, to sustain a health insurance market that can meet the needs of all Americans, including those with pre-existing conditions, health insurance rules must be crafted in a way that encourages individuals not only to get, but also to maintain coverage.

King v. Burwell is in the spotlight, but the Affordable Care Act itself is the root of the act’s problems and harmful effects.

Part of the record, but ill read a line from this urban institute report. uninsurance among children 1997 to 2015 dated april 2016, says as follows on page 3, it said that the decline in childrens uninsurance rate occurred at a relatively steady pace and includes a significant drop following implementation of the affordable care acts key coverage provisions from 7.1% in 2013 to 4.8% in 2015, unquote. so, thats a significant drought. 7.1 to 4.8 is millions of kids have health insurance today that...

Keep rising, as they have for decades, we also know that since the law took effect, health care spending has risen more slowly than at any time in the past 50 years. in the decade before the affordable care act p. insurance rose 8% a year. last year it grew at half that rate. under this law real medicare costs have nearly stopped growing. the life of medicare trust fund has been extended by ten years. and the independent congressional budget office now expects premiums for plans on the marketpla...

And while we suspect that premiums will keep rising, they have hard folk dids, we know that since the law -- as as they have for decades but -- in the decade before the affordable care act, employer-based insurance rose almost 8% a year. last year it grew at half that rate. under this law medicare costs per person have stopped growing the life of the medicare trust fund has been extended by ten years. and the independent congressional budget office now expects premiums for plans on the marketpla...

York times" political reporter nicholas confessoy and erin pallone. nick, you wonder, at this point, is it fair to say there may be democrats who would vote for repeal? >> well, you know, the question is repeal over what? right? its a really big bill. im kind of skeptical that were going to see a push for full repeal among democrats. were talking about some of the coverage provisions, right? some of the provisions that apply to being denied things, things that require conditions. youre going to ...

Well with, you know, those guys are going to be easier to hit politically you can arent they? >> i -- they are easier to hit. i dont think anybody -- i dont think democrats particularly want to hit them. one thing that will help medicaid, one factor isnt well understood, the affordable care act, which democrats do care about protecting this administration cares about protecting, they see it as their entire legacy, the affordable care act expands tremendously, half of the people covered will be c...