north shore university hospital in long island. 10 million a year? let s all join a nonprofit. the insanely expensive hospital bills you get are not making wide eyed fresh out of med school doctors and nurses wealthy. in fact, if you re a go-getting chief executive, health care and pharmaceuticals is the sector to be in. exploiting sick people through vital but vastly overpriced services that might bankrupt them. it s a great gig. among the 200 highest paid executives, those in health care and pharmaceuticals are paid on average $37 million. more than telecommunications, real estate, they don t come close. and the tax exempt hospitals are cash cows. the largest nonprofit compensation package went to the ceo of nonprofit hospital ascension, he made a cool 17.6
north shore university hospital in long island. 10 million a year? let s all join a nonprofit. the insanely expensive hospital bills you get are not making wide eyed fresh out of med school doctors and nurses wealthy. in fact, if you re a go-getting chief executive, health care and pharmaceuticals is the sector to be in. exploiting sick people through vital but vastly overpriced services that might bankrupt them. it s a great gig. among the 200 highest paid executives, those in health care and pharmaceuticals are paid on average $37 million. more than telecommunications, real estate, they don t come close. and the tax exempt hospitals are cash cows. the largest nonprofit compensation package went to the ceo of nonprofit hospital ascension, he made a cool 17.6
there. i had an opportunity to spoke with the governor before he took the stage and he shared tactics in nebraska and what he expects from president trump on key issues such as health care and trade. one of the things we ve done in nebraska is turn our unemployment system into a reemployment system. by that, we re asking anybody to taking the benefits to sit down with a coach and produce a resume , we reduced the unemployed, areduced payouts by 14 million a year and able to lower the unemployment insurance tax saving nebraska businesses 17.6 million. elizabeth: correct me if i m wrong, what i m hearing there is the power is in the state with something like this? absolutely. that s the whole problem with the last administration, they tried to take power away from the states. what we believe is that the states will actually do a better job of administering these programs because we ll tailor them directly to our people. elizabeth: news of the week, obviously, the president
uninsured. that number has been reduced by 17.6 million in the country and we want to make sure that we keep reducing that number. right now, open enrollment and the marketplace, an important part of that. we think there are about 10.5 million folks who are still out there who are eligible and that s who we are hoping to reach during this open enro enrollme enrollment. your message to them is first of all, the computer glitches have been fixed, that it s not that difficult, but what about the premium costs? affordability is a very important part of our messaging. as one talks about the premium costs, understanding that financial assistance is available. eight out of ten americans who are in the marketplace receive that financial assistance. we know that for folks in the marketplace right now, seven in ten of those can come back and shop and find a plan with that financial assistance for $75 or less a month in premium payments. the new york times had a fascinating map that shows
provision of the affordable care act taking effect, 17.6 million americans have gained health care coverage. on the other hand, many uninsured say they cannot justify the cost. critics argue the plan is impossible to sustain and if it includes too few customers who purchased insurance and companies would have to raise rates on paying customers. obamacare. i mean, look at the disaster that the rollout of obamacare is continuing to be. i think we owe the american people a specific agenda for how we would do things differently. the marketplace would be open for three months and those who abstain will see a penalty on the 2017 tax returns of 2.75% of annual household income or $695 per person. harris, back to you. that s a chunk of change. an out-of-control car plowed into a crowd of trick-or-treaters and at least three people are dead including a grandfather who was out with his 10-year-old granddaughter. now investigators say the driver may have had a seizure moments