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YOU POINT OUT THOSE AREAS OF DIFFERENCES, AND THUS, WE HAVE MANY OF THOSE TODAY. WE WILL, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO SET FORTH NEW PROPOSALS. YOU'LL ALSO...
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| 00:05:40 |
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WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY. I WANT TO BEGIN WITH MEDICARE, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. THIS IS 56 PERCENT OF THE $737 BILLION BUDGET THAT IS ADMINISTERED IN...
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| 00:19:49 |
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BY MY REMARKS TODAY, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MATTER, ONE WE TAKE SERIOUSLY. WE'LL RESPOND WITHIN THE TIME OF THE DEADLINE. [QUESTION INAUDIBLE] >>...
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| 00:20:03 |
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RESPOND. YES. >> MEREDITH WATTMAN WITH NATURE. YOU'VE CUT HALF A BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, INCLUDING $60 BILLION...
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| 00:20:20 |
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CONVERSATION I'LL LEAVE TO THE NEXT CONVERSATION WHEN EACH OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OPERATING DIVISIONS CAN TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC
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| 00:20:27 |
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REASONING THAT WAS USED IN THEIR BUDGET. >> YOUR DIRE WARNINGS ON MEDICARE ARE DIRE, AND
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| 00:20:40 |
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DOESN'T IT -- WE'VE ALL BEEN TO THE TRUSTEES' BRIEFINGS AT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND DOESN'T IT INDICATE THAT PERHAPS MEDICARE...
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| 00:20:58 |
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ADMINISTRATION AND THE ALARM BELLS ARE SOUNDING IN A LOUD WAY. MAYBE SEVEN YEARS AGO? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT'S...
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| 00:21:25 |
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WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH MEDICARE, WE'RE DEALING WITH A BROAD SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE CHANGE OF A LARGE SECTOR OF OUR ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN SLOW TO CHANGE....
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| 00:23:26 |
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WHERE IT CAN BE SUSTAINABLE. MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HAS BEEN A BOLD SUCCESS. NOW, THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE THAT WILL MAKE...
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| 00:23:41 |
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FOCUSED ON A COUNTY BY COUNTY BASIS. WE COULD BROADEN THE SPECTRUM OF COMPETITION, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COMPETE ON A MORE BROADLY FRAMED BASIS. THAT'S...
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| 00:24:56 |
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WITH CARRIE AND
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| 00:24:59 |
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CMS. MAY I POINT OUT THAT MEDICARE IS A CENTRALLY PLANNED GOVERNMENT-REGULATED SYSTEM OF PRICE FIXING. PRICE FIXING SYSTEMS ADJUST BY HAVING GOVERNMENT...
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| 00:25:11 |
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PRIORITIES GOVERNMENT TOOLS ARE BLUNT AND THEY'RE INEXACT. GOVERNMENT DECIDES WHO GETS TREATED, GOVERNMENT DECIDES HOW MUCH THEY GET TREATED, GOVERNMENT...
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| 00:26:52 |
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WE HAD 5 BILLION LEFT AND WE HAD TEN AND THE DIFFERENCE WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND IN THIS BUDGET IS ABOUT $10 BILLION. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN SOME ADDITIONAL...
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| 00:27:10 |
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BUDGET REFLECTS OUR DECISION THAT POOR PEOPLE SHOULD BE PUT FIRST, IT REFLECTS OUR POSITION THAT WE OUGHT TO BE FOCUSING ON THOSE UNDER 200 PERCENT,...
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| 00:28:07 |
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ASSUMES THE LAW IS AS IT IS. HAVING SAID THAT, I WILL TELL FROM YOU MY OWN VIEW, WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS ON A LONGER TERM BASIS. WE'VE ASSUMED THE...
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| 00:28:22 |
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IN JUNE, AND WE'LL BE A FULL PARTICIPANT IN IT. LET'S GO TO THE BACK. >> SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE ALREADY BEEN QUICK TO CALL THE BUDGET DEAD...
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| 00:28:55 |
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TO DEAL WITH THESE PROBLEMS AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS CREATE A BUDGET WHICH BEGINS TO ILLUMINATE IN SPECIFIC TERMS WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE UNLESS...
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| 00:29:07 |
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BETTER WAY AND AS WE BEGIN TO DEAL WITH THE TRIGGER WE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL IDEAS, BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DON'T WANT TO DEAL...
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| 00:30:09 |
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OF FEE FOR SERVICE AND LET THEM REALLY COMPETE? >> THE LAW WAS WRITTEN IN A WAY TO ASSURE THAT IN FACT THERE WERE MARKET FORCES AVAILABLE IN EVERY MARKET,...
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| 00:30:33 |
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IT TO WHERE COMPETITION CAN BE CONDUCTED OVER A BIGGER RANGE OF AREA THAT WILL INVITE MORE COMPETITION, AND THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED WITH PART...
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| 00:32:21 |
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AS I INDICATED I THINK YOU CAN COUNT ON THE FACT WE'RE GOING TO BE RESPONDING ON THE REQUIREMENT ON THE TRIGGER, WE'RE FIGURING HOW BEST TO ANSWER THAT....
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| 00:32:42 |
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ONE AND -- TO THE WANES ON THAT AND I'LL LET YOU DEAL WITH CARRIE AND OTHERS. >> I WONDER IF THE PROPOSAL TO COVER THE UNINSURED IS THE SAME AS LAST...
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| 00:32:54 |
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PEOPLE DO YOU ANTICIPATE IT WOULD COVER? >> THE PHILOSOPHY AND PROPOSAL ARE THE SAME. HOWEVER, IN THE INTERIM, I THINK IT IS CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT...
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| 00:33:09 |
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WE NEED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. HERE'S MY PROPOSAL. IF YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE COULD SOLVE THIS DISCRIMINATION PROBLEM,
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| 00:33:19 |
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I'M OPEN TO THEM. ACTUALLY, HOW MANY PEOPLE DEPENDS ON THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL, BUT THERE ARE ESTIMATES THAT ARE BEING DONE INDEPENDENT OF US THAT WOULD...
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| 00:34:43 |
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CORRESPONDING OPERATING DIVISION HEADS. IN BOTH CDC, THERE ARE THE BIOTERRORISM GRANTS, AND IN PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, THERE ARE HOSPITAL PREPAREDNESS...
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| 00:35:58 |
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PLEASE TAKE A FEW OF THE CMS QUESTIONS. AS IT HAPPENS, CARRIE
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| 00:36:03 |
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WEAMS WAS MY PREDECESSOR. HE SERVED IN THIS ROLE PREVIOUSLY SO YOU'LL RECOGNIZE HIM. >> AS WE SAID PREVIOUSLY, THERE WILL BE A MORE DETAILED BRIEFING...
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| 00:36:32 |
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RICARDA ALONZY SALVAR, L.A. TIMES, CAN YOU GO OVER THE S CHIP PROPOSAL AND HOW IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION WAS AT LAST YEAR DURING...
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| 00:36:58 |
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POVERTY LEVEL. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME -- A LITTLE BIT MORE STRINGENT
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| 00:37:08 |
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POLICY ON SOME OF THE EXPANSIONS. ONE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES THAT YOU'LL SEE IS IN THE NUMBERS THE SECRETARY WENT OVER SOME OF THAT. WE TOOK OUT A CHEAPER...
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| 00:38:14 |
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HERE. >>
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| 00:38:25 |
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YOU MENTIONED 250 PERCENT CAP ON S CHIP. IS THAT GOING TO BE A HARD CAP, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE AUGUST 17TH GUIDANCE, WILL STATES HAVE A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY...
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| 00:38:47 |
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OF GROSS INCOME, 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL LEVEL. >> DAN BUCK. JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP,
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| 00:39:02 |
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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STATES UNDER YOUR PROPOSAL, THEN, THAT ALREADY HAVE EXPANSIONS BEYOND 250 PERCENT, AND IS THERE -- YOU MENTIONED GROSS INCOME,...
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| 00:39:19 |
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LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START WITH 250 PERCENT OF GROSS INCOME AND MAYBE SET ASIDE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT STATES START HIGHER AND THEN SAY THEY'RE...
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| 00:39:39 |
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PART OF YOUR QUESTION. >> WHAT HAPPENS TO STATES THAT ALREADY HAVE EXPANSIONS? >> CURRENT ENROLLEES ABOVE 250 PERCENT, THESE POPULATIONS WILL BE ...
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| 00:40:00 |
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INELIGIBLE. >> I WAS CURIOUS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS PROPOSING FOR DOCTOR PAYMENTS UNDER
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| 00:40:09 |
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MEDICARE AND WHAT DO YOU THINK CONGRESS SHOULD DO ABOUT THE EXPIRATION OF THE INCREASES ON JULY 1ST AND HOW WOULD YOU FUND THOSE INCREASED PAYMENTS IF...
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| 00:40:24 |
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ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE. AS THE SECRETARY SAID, IF THE CONGRESS WOULD MOVE TO MAKE SOME SORT OF PERMANENT FIX OR A FIX BEYOND WHERE WE ARE...
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| 00:40:44 |
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OFFSETS. CHARLIE, I THINK THAT DOES IT FOR ME. 742G, THERE MAY BE OTHER QUESTIONS. >> YEAH, FOR THE TWO OPTIONAL SESSIONS, THOSE WHO WANT TO GO TO THE...
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| 00:41:18 |
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VON ESHEN BACK THERE BE THERE. ARE YOU OKAY TO MEET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL OPERATING DIVISION HEADS? DO YOU WANT TO PASS THAT MIC ? I THINK IT'S BEST THAT...
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