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Transcripts For CSPAN HHS Secretary Confirmation Hearing 20171204

Vote on the nomination. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and former governor Michael Leavitt who we welcome today good to see you and have you back and senator young, a member of this committee will introduce mr. Azar. After his testimony, each will have five minutes of questions. I anticipate a good, vigorous questioning time. Azar, you will be running a 1. 1 trillion organization. That almost equals the total of the 12 appropriation Bills Congress passes each year to find everything from National Parks to National Defense to national laboratories. You would be overseeing medicare and medicaid, our nations
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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Senate Health Panel Focuses On Individual Insurance Markets Stabilization 20170914

And im sorry but what you mean is when people are buying insurance if the Health Benefits are changed and insurance policies are allowed to not cover certain things is it going to become more complicated to buy insurance. Thats right, senator. I dont think others is the way to im happy to respond, senator. There is a bit of ambiguity, in my view. There is a concept thats often used referred to actuary equivalency rather than to try to look at a list of benefits and say they have to be provided at the same level you can create some flexibility. If this were a car we would say its a 25,000 car. You need a motor but some believe its also essential to have a backup camera. You could have a 200 horsepower motor or you could have a 300 horsepower motor all for 25,000. You choose the list of options and how you will weigh them. Its my view that the state flexibility would be profoundly enhanced if rather than just speak of comprehensive ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Votes To Proceed To Debate On Health Care Bill 20170725

Paid to the state under this subsection in a manner consistent with the description provided by the state in its application approved under paragraph 1 , the administrator may withhold payments, reduce payments, or recover previous payments to the state under this subsection as the administrator deems appropriate. d flexibility in submittal of claims. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing a state from claiming as expenditures in the year expenditures that were incurred in a previous year. 6 required uses. a premium stabilization and incentives for individual market participation. In determining allotments for states under this subsection for each of calendar years 2019, 2020, and 2021, the administrator shall ensure that at least 5,000,000,000 of the amounts appropriated for each such year under paragraph 4 a are used by states for the purposes described in paragraph 1 a ii and in accordance with guidance issued by the administrator not later than 30 days after th ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Votes To Proceed To Debate On Health Care Bill 20170725

Paid to the state under this subsection in a manner consistent with the description provided by the state in its application approved under paragraph 1 , the administrator may withhold payments, reduce payments, or recover previous payments to the state under this subsection as the administrator deems appropriate. d flexibility in submittal of claims. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing a state from claiming as expenditures in the year expenditures that were incurred in a previous year. 6 required uses. a premium stabilization and incentives for individual market participation. In determining allotments for states under this subsection for each of calendar years 2019, 2020, and 2021, the administrator shall ensure that at least 5,000,000,000 of the amounts appropriated for each such year under paragraph 4 a are used by states for the purposes described in paragraph 1 a ii and in accordance with guidance issued by the administrator not later than 30 days after th ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Votes To Proceed To Debate On Health Care Bill 20170725

Paid to the state under this subsection in a manner consistent with the description provided by the state in its application approved under paragraph 1 , the administrator may withhold payments, reduce payments, or recover previous payments to the state under this subsection as the administrator deems appropriate. d flexibility in submittal of claims. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing a state from claiming as expenditures in the year expenditures that were incurred in a previous year. 6 required uses. a premium stabilization and incentives for individual market participation. In determining allotments for states under this subsection for each of calendar years 2019, 2020, and 2021, the administrator shall ensure that at least 5,000,000,000 of the amounts appropriated for each such year under paragraph 4 a are used by states for the purposes described in paragraph 1 a ii and in accordance with guidance issued by the administrator not later than 30 days after th ....

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