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colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. without identifying any of the individuals involved, let me show you a couple of samples of answers we received to this question. this is a call received by one of our witnesses. quote, a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know hes thinking about you. he knows youre loyal, and youre going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most america...

dozen states in the middle of legal battles over a abortion bans. and now some states are bracing for an influx of patients across state lines. live from cnn center. this is cnn "newsroom." with michael holmes. we begin in ukraine where a u.s. supply advance weapon is reportedly starting to gain traction on the battlefield. the senior u.s. defense official says ukraine has used the high rocket launchers to take out russian command posts and other targets. at least four of those sys...

Contract negotiations between payers and providers are becoming more public, and the number of communities affected across the country is growing. FTI Consultin

Learn how payers are using computer algorithms and narrowly trained staff to deliberately slow down or sabotage payouts, and how providers can better approach t

Agency: " Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services." This final rule finalizes certain 2021 and 2022 Star Ratings provisions that were included in two interim final rules with comment period that CMS issued on April 6, 2020, and September 2, 2020; other policies from those interim final rules will be addressed in other...

Time is their enemy. they have two fundmental problems. first is you have essentially every possible interest in the medical community opposed to the bill. groups that dont usually agree. you have the heart, lung, cancer, march of dimes, the provider groups, doctor, pediatricians, insurance industry saying the ted cruz amendment is not workable. you have seniors, all of them, the medicaid directors, most appointed by republican governors oppose the bill. theres no institutional support. what peo...

Going to be victorious. its got to be the american people that are victorious and we need to take the party politics out of it. we need to protect everybody, you know, thats getting sick. we need to have premiums that are not, you know, rising and doubling and since 2013, to 2017, premiums under obamacare have done nothing but double. >> i want to quickly play a little bit more from vaughns interview with democratic senator chris van holen who is holding a town hall this afternoon. watch this. >...

>> are you democrats in that case preparing some sort of rapid response team to react to this? whats your plan once its unveiled today? >> yes, we are all in. our big job as i just indicated, is to actually make clear what this means for peoples lives. for example, tomorrow a number of democratic senators are going to have a day of action in their home states. were going to do it on the floor of the united states senate. were talking to provider groups, particularly those in places like rural am...

The people that are part of the medicaid expansion be affected in my state. that is one big concern i have. second concern i have are for the people who are currently on the exchanges and being subsidized. the new bill provides for tax credits. advanceable and refundable. i support the tax credit approach. the question will be are they sufficiently funded in order to help individuals continue to purchase insurance compared to what theyre currently receiving on the subsidies. those questions have...

Cuts to providers and insurance companies and will have no effect on benefits or services to the beneficiaries. let me ask my question. medicares own actuary, medicare, not of the romney campaign says that is impossible that you cant have the same services for $716 billion less. and lets put up what the medicare actuary says. they say that is 15% of medicare providers will be unprofitable by 2019. 25% of medicare providers will be unprofitable by 2030 and the medicare actuary concludes this is h...