here is how hhs will support these issues. hhs will take steps to increase access to medication abortion. federal law requires our programs to provide medication abortion in certain circumstances, such as the life of the woman, rape, or incest. now more than ever it is important that federally important programs are complying with the law. second, i'm directing the office for civil rights within hhs to ensure patient privacy and nondiscrimination for patients seeking reproductive health care as well as for providers who offer that reproductive health care service. third, i'm directing the department to examine its authority under the emergency medical treatment and active labor act to ensure clinical judgment of doctors in hospitals is supported in treating pregnant patients, including those experiencing pregnancy loss or complications, and reaffirming that abortion care can be appropriate to stabilize patients. fourth, i'm directing all agencies in my department to work to ensure that all providers, from doctors to pharmacist

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we are looking at public health emergency as something that hhs might deliver, might invoke. it really depends what does that allow us to do. we have over 2,000 cases but we have ramped up vaccinations, ramped up treatments, ramped up testing and with we will continue to look at policy options. >> you said back in may that you think we can get our arms around this. you said monkeypox is a virus that we understand. are you saying today, just like then, you think monkeypox can be contained? >> i do think monkeypox can be straforward segy on . we ctainl widely available. we have done that. now testing is far more frequent and common. >> it was slow. >> we have the capacity to do 90,000 e tests a week. sorry, 80,000 tests a week. tat's an extraordinary number. we will be releases hundreds of thousands of more vaccines in the next days and weeks. so there is a very substantial ramping up of response that is happening now. >> but i ask you about containment because you could have shifted allocation earlier. surged it differently. sooner switching from at risk individuals to areas w

the executive order directs hhs to identify ways to expand access to reproductive health services like iud's, birth control pills, emergency contraception. equally important, this order protects patient privacy and access to information, which looking at the press assembled before me, probably no more about it than i do. i'm not a tech guy. i am learning. right now and you use a search engine or the app on your phone, companies collect your data. they sell it to other companies. they maybe share it with law enforcement. there is an increasing concern extremist governors and others will try to get that data off of your phone, which is out there in the ether, to find what you're seeking, where you are going, and what you're doing with regards to health care. talk about no privacy. no privacy in the constitution. there is no privacy period. this executive order asks the ftc to crack on data brokers that sell private information to extreme groups or to anybody in my view, and provides private health information -- protects private health information in states with extreme laws. the executi

or the hhs secretary javier becerra pledge to do. there are four key components here, the first of which is safeguarding access to reproductive healthcare services including protecting access to medication abortion, that's something we have heard the hhs secretary talking about, protecting the privacy of patients at a time when there are fears in some of these states where abortion is now illegal that data from cell phones could be used in prosecutions in some cases, promoting a safety and security of patients and also coordinating the implementation of federal efforts by establishing a new interagency task force led by hhs and the white house's gender policy counsel to coordinate effort tons reproductive healthcare. all of this is going to require the hhs secretary xavier becerra to submit a report to the president within 30 days on his efforts on all of these fronts, and again there are not a lot of details. a lot of these are broad strokes where the white house talks about additional actions, for example, to protect and expand acc

the executive order directs hhs to identify ways to expand access to reproductive health services like iud, birth control pills, emergency contraception. uniquely important in this executive order protect patient privacy and access to information, looking at the press, they probably know more about it than i do. i am not a technology guy, i am learning. right now, when you use a search engine in the app on your phone, the collecting, companies collect your data and sell it to other companies, maybe share it with law enforcement, there is an increasing concern with extremist governors and others to try to get that data off of your phone, which is out there in the ether. you find what you are seeking, where you are going, and what you are doing regarding your healthcare. talk about no privacy. no privacy in the constitution? there is no privacy, period. this executive order asks the ftc to crack down on data brokers that sell private information to extreme groups, or are mining private information to sell to anybody. it provides private health information and it protects private health i

. >> protesters say hhs had plenty of time to prepare for monkeypox. they're angry over a lack of planning, but even more upset with how the federal government has responded during the last 2 weeks. the time to stop monkeypox is not in the summer of 2023. >> it is right. >> every speaker who took the megaphone monday afternoon echoed the same sentiment with monkeypox. we need more vaccines. the san francisco department of public health says around 4100 doses of the vaccine will be arriving this week after they requested 35,000 doses political director for equality, california tom temprano says hhs needs to do more to meet the need. the vaccine supply being provided to counties like san francisco and counties across the state by the federal government is simply inadequate. temprano says some of his friends have gone to the pain of monkeypox. it may not be life threatening, but he wants to see more urgency taken to stop the spread. it is really serious. and this disease and aside from, you know, the physical impacts will have really significant impact on

justine protesters say that hhs had plenty of time to prepare for monkeypox. they're angry over a lack of planning, but even more upset with how the federal government has responded during the last 2 weeks. >> the time to stop monkeypox is not in the summer of 2023. it is right. >> every speaker who took the megaphone monday afternoon echoed the same sentiment with monkeypox. we need more vaccines. the san francisco department of public health says around 4100 doses of the vaccine will be arriving this week after they requested 35,000 doses political director for equality, california tom temprano says hhs needs to do more to meet the need. the vaccine supply being provided to counties like san francisco and counties across the state by the federal government is simply inadequate. temprano says some of his friends have gone to the pain of monkeypox. it may not be life threatening, but he wants to see more urgency taken to stop the spread. it is really serious. and this disease and aside from, you know, the physical impacts will have really significant impact on

>> ella protesters say that hhs had plenty of time to prepare for monkeypox. they're angry over a lack of planning, but even more upset with how the federal government has responded during the last 2 weeks. >> the time to stop monkeypox is not in the summer of 2023. it right. >> every speaker who took the megaphone monday afternoon echoed the same sentiment with monkeypox. we need more vaccines. the san francisco department of public health says around 4100 doses of the vaccine will be arriving this week after they requested 35,000 doses political director for equality, california tom temprano says hhs needs to do more to meet the need. the vaccine supply being provided to counties like san francisco and counties across the state by the federal government simply inadequate from a lack of vaccines to the frustrations felt by those waiting in long lines last week, protesters let their voices be heard. senator scott wiener says the fda has signed off on millions of doses of the monkeypox vaccine in denmark to be sent to the u.s. and that san francisco needs to be

when the secretary of hhs does's 30-day review and puts out his report, they can in fact decide they want to have public health emergency declared. that could in the course of that declaration and that review, they could for example say, access to abortion is critical to public health. they could do that, and then that would set up for the fight -- it will be an important step to clarify, but the fda's rule in this work. >> that's the question for me now. because i don't actually understand this. we have a federal system that says drugs are safe and effective the fda. merrick garland issued a statement basically saying that the fda is the authority here on medical abortion. i don't know what the status is if you are in louisiana. can you get a telehealth appointment and get the drugs mailed to you? in mississippi, or north or south dakota, or ohio. what is the status and who will resolve all that? >> i think you just nailed. there is no clear status. so the states are banning abortion, banning access, there's an assumption that also covers medical abortion, and it's all those clarifi

officials from hhs the government accountability office and the medicare payment about your commission testify. this is two hours and 20 minutes. >> subcommittee on oversight and investigation will now come to order. today the committee is having a hearing in titled, protecting american seniors. oversight of private and public medicare plans. today's hearing will examine the quality of care that american seniors are receiving through medicare advantage plans and the fiscal sustainability of the medicare advantage program. due to the covid-19 public health emergency, members and witnesses can participate in today's hearing either in person or remotely, via online video conferencing. in accordance with the upcoming guidance with attending physicians, members, staff, and members of the press hearing in the meeting room are not required to wear masks. for members participating remotely, you my phones are set on mute for the purposes of eliminating inadvertent background noise. members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphone each time you reach to speak. please note that

until we come up with another strategy and so that's what i've been critical of the white house and hhs about is they've not really come up with an overarching strategy for how we're going to manage the next year or so of the pandemic. ultimately we're going to advance towards a universal coronavirus vaccine and working on that as well as other groups, but that's not going to be ready for at least a year or two so how do we manage the next few months with highly transmissible subvariants and a lot of discussion within the scientific community how to do that. instead what hhs and the white house tend to do is sitting back and letting suggestions coming from the pharma companies. what the white house and hhs really need to do is set the strategy and target product profiles for what you want and tell them what you want. >> do certain variants come back around? i wonder this because if we're getting a booster that would protect against ba.5 in october, ba.5 has already run through the country, the world really at that point. what's the point? >> i agree and i've been -- that's exactly what

the hhs office of the director general indicated they are facing serious -- 18 present or denied care that they need. another 13% -- private authorization for certain health services. organizations have raised concern that they are now being required -- to include coverage. another patient with endometrial cancer was denied. those denials were ultimately reversed or repealed, seniors with serious health issue should not be forced to spend precious time and energy --. plans private authorizations were resort -- were reversed. 75% were -- individuals disenrolled from their advantage plans and switched to original medicare at twice the normal rate. this suggests when care is most critical, many advanced -- might not be delivered. why the finish -- why the beneficiaries are just enrolling, hopefully we will have answers to that soon as well. it is not just access that is a concern under these plans but also the quality of the care itself. for example, studies indicated they are are concerning disparities in the quality of care. individuals on medicare advantage plan will experience. the q

the executive order directs hhs to identify ways to expand access to reproductive health services, like iud's, birth control pills, emergency contraception, and equally important, this executive order protects privacy and access to information. looking at the press assembled before me, you know more about it than i do. i am not a tech guy. i am learning. right now, when you use a search engine, or the app on your phone. companies like your data. they sell to other companies. they re-share with law enforcement. there is a concern that extremist governors and others will try to get that data off of your phone, which is out there in the ether. find what you're seeking, where you are going, and what you are doing with regards your health care. talk about no privacy. no privacy in the constitution. there is no privacy,. this order asks the ftc to crack down on groups. or information to any deep -- or anybody. it provides health energy and information to states with extreme laws. the executive order coordinates on the federal level. it establishes a task force led by the white house departmen

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same with the federal trade commission, calling on hhs to set some policy. but there are so many details that we don't know. the overarching part of what the president is looking to do to protect medication abortion and protect the privacy of those who might do a google search seeking reproductive services and not wanting that information sold and somehow used against them, those kinds of things thematically are important and the president is responding to that. how he can actually do things may be mostly using the bully pulpit. >> we have three branches of government and a system of checks and balances and ultimately the ability to change policy is up to the people and getting the people in positions of power to make the policy changes. that's what republicans did for a long, long time and that is how we are in the situation we are in now with roe v. wade overturned by the supreme court. kelly o'donnell, thank you very much and mary zeigler, thank you very much. >>> it could take weeks for boris johnson to officially exit office as prime minister. weeks. wh

the bill, as well as to have, for the first time, historic, historic opportunity for the secretary of hhs to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices. prescription drug, the cost of prescription drugs is a kitchen table issue in our country, and this legislation will reduce that cost but also give people hope and part of our lower cost, safer communities, lower-cost. again, we will bring this legislation to the floor. public safety bills, but at the time when we have the legislation coming over from the senate. and that inflation, inflation reduction package you know what it is, lowers costs of health care for millions, slashes prescription drug prices, historic action to combat the climate crisis and lowers energy costs and advances energy security. again it does what we want to do to fight inflation by lowering costs. it's fully paid for and no new taxes as president biden has said for families making under $400,000 a year. i talked with enthusiasm about the advances were making in preparing legislation, passing legislation and the rest as we speak your you right now oe floor. we ar

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the biden administration, specifically hhs, has stopped short of doing that. should you declare it a pandemic? should you declare it a public health emergency? >> we are seeing outbreaks that are out of control in many parts of the world and it's very important that we get our arms around this. >> but it's not an emergency here? >> in the u.s. right now, we're looking at public health emergency as a -- as something that hhs might deliver. but -- i mean, might invoke. but it really depends on what does that allow us to do? right now we have over 2,000 cases but we have ramped up vaccinations and treatments, ramped up testing. we're going to continue to look at all sort of policy options. >> san francisco holds about 10% of those 2,000 nationwide monkeypox cases with 197 reported cases. >>> now to the coronavirus. public health officials in marin county are telling people to wear high quality masks like n95 and kn95. but they are stopping short of a mandate, opting instead to emphasize the protection masks can offer. it comes as the newest strains of the virus a

that's why this executive order directs the department of health and human services, hhs to ensure all patients including pregnant women and girls, experience pregnant, experiencing pregnancy loss, get emergency care. they need under federal law. and the doctors have clear guidance and their own responsibilities and protections. no matter what the state, no matter what state they're in. the executive order protects access to contraception. and i'm about to sign. justice thomas himself said that under the reasoning of this decision, this with justice thomas said his concurring opinion. that the court should reconsider the constitutional right to contraception to use contraception, even among married couples. what century? used to be case? coke you can purchase a great wall, which is the current constitution late 60's. he said a married couple. in the privacy of their bedroom. could not decide to use contraception. right now in all 50 states and the sugar company. before double care act guarantees insurance coverage for women's health services, including including free birth control. the

this identifies the hhs secretary and other government officials to set up an inner agaency task force and directs hhs to protect medication to abortion and privacy and safety but some abortion rights activists saying the president needs to go further pushing for example for clinics, abortion clinics to be set up on federal land, that's something the white house has effectively ruled out and pushing for declaring a public health emergency, which the white house said it's still considering. the white house's gender policy counsel had jen kline address some frustrations just yesterday. >> i know it feels frustrating because we're taking action and asking for more action. you can't solve by executive action what the supreme court has done. the supreme court has taken away a constitutional right that was precedent for nearly 50 years and i think we need to be mindful, he is very mindful. we're all very mindful that can't be solved by executive action alone. >> reporter: ultimately, that's president biden's message, as well. lest doi g he's doing what he can via executive action but a right

over this 11 month mission, we have worked together with the public health and medical experts from hhs, including the centers for disease control and prevention, the u.s. health service, aspirin and the departments of defense and state to coordinate a dynamic nimble federal public health response rooted in clinical best practices to safeguard the health and well being of the american people in the health and well being of our afghan guests. we held countless briefings with state and local public health, met with hospital leadership in all safe haven states and had daily medical briefings with the clinical experts across the federal government. this was truly an all of nation public health and medical effort and one that reflects the very best of what a coordinated federal public health response should look like. i stand in awe. and i'm humbled by the commitment of my colleagues who on a moment's notice left their families and their loved ones for weeks on end as a part of this mission and so many others. during the last 18 months, i've had the privilege to lead these same individuals a

what would hhs public health emergency declaration enable the united states to do as a country? >> right, so that declaration, hopefully, essentially, it would ensure a coordinated response where we have a coordinated way of making sure that people are aware of the messaging around monkeypox, how it's transmitted, what do you do if you have symptoms of it. but also, ensure that there is surveillance, genomic early, around it. we are also finding, and researching ways to show more rapid testing. because right now, in terms of testing, is very difficult to get it on -- it involves multiple steps, and 6 to 3, four days to get the results back. we should ensure that we have an adequate supply of vaccines. so right, now we are seeing a pretty inadequate response to the monkeypox outbreak so far. we've seen that new york city, and, so a quarter native spots would make sure that we have the messaging in place and that we are able to push forward with the resources that are needed, to deal with this outbreak. >> let's hope the white house is listening. let's hope the department of healt

protesters say hhs had plenty of time to prepare for monkeypox. they're angry over a lack of planning, but even more upset with how the federal government has responded during the last 2 weeks. the time to stop monkeypox is not in the summer of 2023. >> it is right. >> every speaker who took the megaphone monday afternoon echoed the same sentiment with monkeypox. we need more vaccines. the san francisco department of public health says around 4100 doses of the vaccine will be arriving this week after they requested 35,000 doses political director for equality, california tom temprano says hhs needs to do more to meet the need. the vaccine supply being provided to counties like san francisco and counties across the state by the federal government simply inadequate. temprano says some of his friends have gone to the pain of monkeypox. it may not be life threatening, but he wants to see more urgency taken to stop the spread. it is really serious. and this disease and aside from, you know, the physical impacts will have really significant impact on th

the board also plans to vote on a resolution urging the cdc and hhs to speed up the distribution of vaccines. yesterday protesters rallied outside the san francisco federal building. they want more government action to curb the spread of the disease. gay and bisexual men make up the majority of these cases but protesters say it's important not to stigmatize the lgbtq community because anyone can get monkeypox from skin on skin contact. >> we know that doesn't work. we know that just continues to shame people for being people, how they are. >> we have a very short window to nip this in the bud. >> of the 267 probable or confirmed cases in the bay area, nearly half have been reported in san francisco, alameda and santa clara counties. san francisco expects to receive 4,200 vaccine doses this week. >>> truckers taking over the port of oakland, here's a live look at that port right now, where demonstrations by truckers are expected to continue today. they have trying to block traffic since monday to make their point. so the conflict here is over a pending state law that requires truckers to be e

associated press" says the president is expected to formalize instructions for the justice department and hhs to push back on efforts limiting access to federally approved abortion medication. and it includes the ability for women to travel across state lines to obtain abortion services. >>> the community of highland park, illinois, continues to grieve after monday's deadly parade shooting. today the first memorial services are planned for the victims of the rampage. bradley blackburn joining us from new york with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, services will be held today for three of the seven people who were killed at that fourth of july parade. the 21-year-old accused gunman remains in jail without bond, and the community in highland park is now doing what it can to heal. a message of hope is written on a storefront window blocks from the scene of monday's fourth of july mass shooting. on thursday fbi agents collected strollers, lawn chairs, and other items along the parade route and loaded them into a u-haul. all around highland park, residents are reflecting on frie

dhs is involved because it's the border, but it is a regulation under hhs authority under the cdc. there were 14 months from the time biden issued the executive order until the administration came out with the decision to remove the order on the border. the argument is you had plenty of time to conduct notice and comment and you chose not to do it. quite intentionally. they also treat the tail end of this pandemic as if it's the beginning of a pandemic meaning the government is doing that. states point out there was an emergency at the beginning of the pandemic when we did know what we were dealing with, we had a commendable disease. that concern doesn't exist in taking down the border order. again, pushing back on the good cause exception. i mentioned the fact that public comment was taken at the outset of the issuance of this order and consistent with what would be appropriate under the circumstances. issue an order, take comment, issue a final order. the states also pointed out the non sequitur, the governments argument they need time to takedown dhs argues for taking the time t

over the mission we've worked together to the experts from hhs including the centers for disease control and prevention and the clinical best practices to safeguard the health and well-being of the american people and of our afghan guests. we hold countless briefings with state and local public health, met with hospital leadership and all safe haven states and had a daily medical sinks with the federal government. this was truly and all of nation public health and medical effort and one that reflects the very best of what a coordinated federal public health response should look like. i stand and am humbled by the commitment of my colleagues who want a moments notice left thei families and loved ones for weeks on end as a part of the mission and so many others in the last 18 months i've had the privilege to lead the same individuals as we mobilize and partnership to vaccinate the workforce to stand up our domestic public health measures in response to the ukraine russia conflict deployed to the southwest border to provide technical public health assistance to ensure we optimize to the men

protesters say hhs had plenty of time to prepare for monkeypox. they're angry over a lack of planning, but even more upset with how the federal government has responded during the last 2 weeks. the time to stop monkeypox is not in the summer of 2023. >> it right. >> every speaker who took the megaphone monday afternoon echoed the same sentiment with monkeypox. we need more vaccines. the san francisco department of public health says around 4100 doses of the vaccine will be arriving this week after they requested 35,000 doses political director for equality, california tom temprano says hhs needs to do more to meet the need. the vaccine supply being provided to counties like san francisco and counties across the state by the federal government simply inadequate. temprano says some of his friends have gone to the pain of monkeypox. it may not be life threatening, but he wants to see more urgency taken to stop the spread. it is really serious. and this disease and aside from, you know, the physical impacts will have really significant impact on the d

executive order appears to codify a lot of those steps in this executive order and also requires the hhs secretary to submit a report to the president within 30 days on his efforts on all of these fronts. these steps do not go nearly as far as democrats are surging president biden to go on this. there is nothing here to establish clinics on federal lands, one idea that has gained a significant amount of traction, something that the governor of new york pressed president biden on last week but the white house said that could have dangerous ramifications and made very clear it's not a step they're going to take. >> faced pressure to do something wrong his supporters and abortion rights proponents, this might be the first sign that he's hearing that message. jeremy diamond, thank you very much. >>> today the january 6th committee will hear from former white house counsel pat cipollone who was very close literally to president trump as the capitol insurrection unfolded and just beforehand. it's a closed-door deposition but it will be videotaped and his testimony could play a key role in the