Informsion is to policymakers and policy leaders of the most pressing issues and getting the foundation of Health Policy and the evidence and practice and today we here to talk about one of the most resident policy pressing issues and that is the Medicaid Program. Recent legislation would if it made major changes to the Medicaid Program and the discussion about the policy is not over. It will examine medicaid coverage, access to care and Health Outcomes and what might be next in the states and congress and the administration. And i would like to thank our partner, the Commonwealth Fund and we are grateful for their support. And before i introduce our panel, i want to take care of a couple of housekeeping details. Wifiose of you who need credentials, they should be up on the screen. You can tweet to futureofmedicaid. When the time comes for questions, many of you know the drill, but write your question on a green question card or come to one of the microphones on either side of the aisl
President jim bullard said the fed could begin winding down its massive Balance Sheet later this year. He suggests the shift makes it nez to raise fund rates but bullard told reporters it differs on the topic. Janet yellen is speaking at the university of michigan this afternoon. Wednesday, look for import prices, thursday brings jobless claims and march cpi. Markets as i just told andrew closed on good friday. So there is no work. Is that why you didnt know . I said to you how great a morning it is on squawk box. I did realize that there might not be a squawk box on friday morning. Ill give you the benefit of the doubt because easter is early this year. Its like so, i wasnt thinking. I mean, im not going to be here as of wednesday. Right. You already planned your so, i knew that was coming because there was packing involved and things like that. But im glad that that set you off in a good mood. As you know, positivity is my new mantra. Three steps forward and two steps back last week.
Practice. And today were here to talk about one of the most pressing Health Policy issues thats been making a lot of headlines recently, and that is the Medicaid Program. Medicaid covers over 70 Million People, as we will hear, and it is responsible todays briefing is going to examine the relationship between medicaid coverage, access to care and Health Outcomes, as well as what might be next for medicaid in the states and congress and in the administration. And id like to thank first our sponsor for todays event, our partner, the Commonwealth Fund. Were very grateful for their support of this briefing, and before i introduce our panel, i just want to take care of a couple of housekeeping details. First, for those of you who need wifi credentials, they should be up on the screen. You can tweet to futureofmedicaid. And when the time comes for questions, many of you know the drill, but write your question on a green question card or come to one of the mikes on either side of the aisle or
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To not support the executive order. I voted against my party on that because i would never vote to shut down homeland security. It was cynical. It was a gotcha vote. I would never vote to shut them down. I also, david young and i, as you know, had the sarah root bill. That bill david young from iowa, the republican, we have a bipartisan bill that says if you committed a violent crime, i must take custody of that person , so what happened to sarah root can never happen again. We are responding. We are responding. Go ahead. Mr. Bacon you initially voted against it, then for it. Its the standard brad ashford flipflop. Rep. Ashford come on, don. Mr. Bacon when an executive order comes out that breaks the law, congress has to take a hard line. The separation of powers demands it. Brad caved on this to the president , and we have been working in a dysfunctional immigration environment and brad is part of the problem. Lets continue the discussion on immigration. You each have 30 seconds on th