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centers for medicaid and medicare review work requirements and make approvals. host: for viewers of the program, you may know what the government accountability office is, but for somebody who has not heard about it explain what you do there and your role when it comes to oversight. guest: we have a special role in the federal government. we are in investigative arm of congress and we work for both parties. we pride ourselves on our work being nonpartisan and fact-based. so our focus is to provide convert -- congress and the american public with the facts they need to better understand the program. host: joe is a medicaid recipient in new york city. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i want to echo what you heard from the gentleman in texas. host: what is that? caller: my spirits with medicaid -- i am close to medicare age, but i have had insurance from fortune 100 companies, from start up companies, over a different kinds of health insurance in my lifetime , and i have to say the obama medicare expansion really saved my life. and it is the best insurance i have e

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talks about medicare payment rules and potential changes to the program. this is hosted by the american enterprise and to take -- institute. i'm with at the american enterprise institute, and i am pleased to welcome all of you here today for what i think will be a vigorous discussion of medicare physician payment. the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently released a final regulation that made some changes, made a watching is actually, but the key changes that we would focus on the most have to do with the way that your doctor gets paid when you have a normal office visit. that's a big change for a program for the medicare physician fee schedule program that has been slow moving. it's about 30 years now and it's pretty much the same with some modifications. i think the regulation is one of the larger changes that have occurred over the past few decades and it tended to reduce paperwork burden and improve the relationship between the physician, patient and more time for the physician to look you in the eye and ask you how do you feel and what do you think we should

larger -- that bill online on people at y medicare as health insurance option, 50-64 and half before they qualify for traditional medicare. medicare is a very popular health care system. it always covers pre-existing conditions. i believe it can save individuals about 40% when compared with a gold plan on the individual market. this is an aged demographic that is statistically older and their utilization is higher and, therefore, their insurance premiums are much higher. >> host: buffalo news hasur the headline in backing pelosi higgins got what he wanted and so did she come a vote for her. in thehe piece it also says you had called her aloof, frenetic and misguided at one point. >> guest: i did last june. it was an w expense with mostly her senior staff but i felt as though they were not giving serious consideration toe an issue that was very important. i supported the affordable care act despite all of its flaws. we recognize it represented not a finish to start and i felt as the democratic majority prospectively, we need to hold up something affirmative to people to give us

money to implement work requirements. and then how the centers for medicare and medicaid reviews work requirements and makes approvals. so -- >> c-span viewers who are long-time viewers of this program know what the government accountability office is but for somebody who maybe hasn't heard about it, can you explain what you do there and what your role is when it comes to oversight of these kinds of programs. >> gao has a very special role in the federal government. we are an investigative arm of congress. we work for both parties, and we pride ourselves on our work being nonpartisan and fact based. so, our focus is to provide congress and the american public with the facts they need to better understand the program. >> joe is a medicaid recipient in new york city. good morning. >> yes, good morning. thank you so much for c-span. and i just want to echo what you just heard from the gentleman in texas. >> what's that? >> my experience with medicaid, i'm close to medicare age, but i've had insurance from fortune 100 companies, i've had insurance from start-up companies, i've had pr

turning 65, you may be learning about medicare and supplemental insurance. medicare is great, but it doesn't cover everything ...only about 80% of your part b medicare costs. a medicare supplement insurance plan may help cover some of the rest. learn how an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company might be the right choice for you. a free decision guide is a great place to start. call today to request yours. so what makes an aarp medicare supplement plan unique? these are the only medicare supplement plans endorsed by aarp because they meet aarp's high standards of quality and service. you're also getting the great features that any medicare supplement plan provides. you may choose any doctor that accepts medicare patients. you can even visit a specialist. with this type of plan there are no networks or referrals needed. also, a medicare supplement plan... ...goes with you when you travel anywhere in the u.s. call today for a free guide. >>> welcome back. right now nancy pelosi is the overwhelming favorite to be the speaker of the house.

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hospital systems, where do you see medicare, c. m.v.p. -- c.m.s. how are they influencing the dynamic of hospitals in your judgment or are they? >> what i've seen over the years, c.m.s. so the way price set from c.m.s. to the health plans and hospital systems and provider groups tends to be fairly rigorous in terms of how the pricing relationships are guided. and so what i have seen over the years is what impact does that have to the revenue of a health system that they collect from other sources? and so for instance if medicare is holding the line on the price of a particular system is going to get reimbursed for on behalf of a medicaid member, anything like that, the health system is looking at what's our total portfolio. almost like we looked at with the health plan in the prior slide. what's the total portfolio of the revenue coming into our system and if there's an increasing portfolio reflective of the public program, then how do we need to redefine the nature of the revenue we're collect from commercial payers to meet our aggregate revenue goals. that's where i tend to see the inf

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