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Please come to order. We have a vote at 11 45 but that should leave us an opportunity to hear from our witnesses and have good time for questions. I told our witnesses that i was to d lited to be talking about something other than the individual Health Insurance market. And im really quite serious about that because we know that the larger issues in health care are much more than the 6 of the people whom have to buy their Health Insurance in the individual Health Insurance market. So were glad t...

Please come to order. We have a vote at 11 45 but that should leave us an opportunity to hear from our witnesses and have good time for questions. I told our witnesses that i was delighted to be talking about something other than the individual Health Insurance market. And im really quite serious about that because we know that the larger issues in health care are much more than the 6 of the people, every one of whom is important, who have to buy their Health Insurance in the individual Health I...

Emails for a break for a prankster pretending to be the chairman. Im guy johnson alongside tom king. Been quite a week. Quite a week. Had im not sure there is a correlation between your being here. Tom it has been an exhausting week. I cannot remember a week like that. We have got more reporting on that to all of surveillance. There is still a lot of other news out there including the german election. To the big one. Lets take a look at what is happening with the data. These are the numbers you ...

We know it is absolutely face. Al given what we simply put, the trump budget takes a sledgehammer to the middleclass and working americans and lavishes tax breaks on the wealthy and imagines all of the ask a new deadline increase for hoax of the breakthrough greeks has to receive the next batch of bailout loans this summer. A broad settlement could be reached when finance ministers south africas ruling National Moving jacob zuma this week and according to people familiar with the matter, his mar...

Helicopter dropping water on the flames. So they attack it using water and retardant. Retardant can put out the flames and prevent it from spreading. This is moving quickly. It broke out about an hour and a half ago, and sadly, as we were on the air, we saw the two homes destroyed, burned. And it happened right as we were on the air for abc7 news at 5 00. So already two structures destroyed and this wildfire continues to burn near allen rock park. And more breaking news where a junk yard is on f...

The fire is about five acres but could grow to 20 acres. This is live over the scene right now. A lot of smoke and flames. Firefighters say the flames are moving quickly, and cal fire is assisting firefighters in that battle. Again, two houses burned so far on claytor way. This is a very active firefight. Were getting word from the parks and Rec Department director that allen rock park will be closed tomorrow, no matter what, as a precaution as they fight this fire right there. Smoke, you can se...

Journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern monday morning. Join the discussion. State officials discuss efforts to combat opioid addiction. Two hours, 15 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Today the subcommittee of oversight and investigation holds a hearing entitled combatting the Opioid Crisis, battles in the states. Make no mistake, the terms combatting and battles are entirely appropriate. Our nation is in the midst of a tremendous fight against death and devastation affecting over corner of our natio...

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the newly refurbished, excuse me, well, i want to call it the oversight Investigation Committee room which is sometimes used by energy and commerce, and what a but beautiful room. It is more conducive to the good hearing. This is the the first one of the 115th congress and welcome here, and welcome in the Witnesses Today. This is the and welcome back to my friend and colleague Ranking Member from colorado. This is our Medicaid Oversight Committee on existing pr...

That is the discussion we need to be having. Is it fair to say most of the people who are in the waiting list who are develop mentally disabled traumatic brain injured people and those with serious Mental Illness are on medicaid, a different type of population and what has been your findings with the governors with respect to how most of them would like to take care of this population if there are consensus among governors, what is the governor, the legislature to deal with respect to the popula...

But the congress and the government created a situation where the states are rewarded for cutting traditional medicare which deals mostly with children and people who are in greater need and that because of that disincentive or incentive to spend it on the new folks, the newly found undermedicaid, under the new categories, we create the situation where states have to make a decision as to whether they quicken the shortage on the waivers, get rid of the waivers as fast as they can or spend money ...