Whether its a matter of medical research, pure food and drugs, contagious diseases or the delivery of health care the Public Health service plays a significant role. How the Public Health service became what it is today is really the story of Public Health in america. A story thats still unfolding. Throughout the years, the Public Health service has fought its battle in plagueridden cities and the corridors of power in washington. Todays Public Health Service Agencies are challenged by an ever changing world. And they respond. The centers for Disease Control and prevention strive to protect citizens from infectious and nonInfectious Diseases. The Health Resources and Services Administration supports the training of Health Professionals and sends them to underserved areas. The National Institutes of health conduct basic research on diseases such as aids. The food and Drug Administration hastens the approval process to bring new drugs to the public. The Substance Abuse and mental Health
Maintain normal Monetary Policy for as long as possible and fixing will be key. President trump wants to return to the campaign trail as his doctors say he is not a transmission risk. The u. S. And europe are not on the list for easing curbs. Haidi markets coming online for the start of the brandnew trading week. Lets go to sophie kamaruddin. After inome enthusiasm cap the best week since april. Australia posted record shipments when it comes to iron ore, putting some down pressure on the commodity. Gold holding about 1900 per ounce, after its second weekly gain. 2300 for bullion, early 2021. The aussie dollar under pressure. It had fallen by 4 . 4 . The offshore yuan on the retreat. Looking forward to the fix to see if that will add more weakness on the offshore yuan. Futures, nikkei Futures Holding steady while the 106,s trading around testing the 65 day line. Todays south korean markets come back online after the long weekend. We have korean trade data later today. Won trading korea
Commissioner scott this is commissioner scott. I move the acceptance and staff recommendations contained in the presentation now on page 29 and ive forgotten the earlier page and the resulting rate cards that have been presented. President breslin do i have a second . Vice president follansbee this is commissioner follansbee. I second the motion. President breslin any other discussion . Commissioner zvanski commissioner breslin, im sorry. I was muted, but i do have a couple of questions, if i may. President breslin certainly. Go ahead. Commissioner zvanski ive noticed for some employees, the employee and family plus rate have been going down im sorry for the echo and im wondering why those rates or at least the outofpocket seems to be diminishing. I was curious about that, and i may have misunderstood something. I thought i saw somewhere there was a charge for a u. H. C. Dental h. M. O. , and im wondering what happened because i thought we had delta for employees. And the last thing, i
Board commissioners, the Health Service system staff and members of the public. I wish to thank all the people who have worked many hours to make this meeting possible. Please note that our board secretary Natalie Ekberg and many of the Commission Secretaries across the city have collaborated to learn about these meetings. I also wish to note that our internal team has worked behind the scenes to provide the technical support, including marina coridge, Brian Rodriguez and others have stepped in to help manage our Public Comments today. I want to share my gratitude and thanks to all of you, as well as the Health Service staff who have helped make this meeting a reality. And finally id also like to acknowledge the Citys Department and Technology Staff of government tv for their time and energy into preparing our team. The staff and board commissioners appreciate all of your dedicated work, and i would like the board secretary to share her remarks regarding how to conduct ourselves in thi
My concerns about longterm sustainability. President breslin okay. Who made the motion again . Clerk commissioner lim. President breslin would you like to withdraw your motion or modify i think the concern of commissioner follansbee is getting all the commissioners i mean, getting all the health lines answer questions about increases. Id be willing to withdraw this, but remember the timeline, although i wont be there for the next meeting regarding the renewal for next year. President breslin commissioner lim, you will be there for the next meeting in may. Clerk no, he will not, president breslin. His term ends tomorrow. Commissioner simanski would be there, as long as we get others sworn in. President breslin well, i think its fair if they have the same questions across the board here, so they could be done at the next meeting and dispose of this. Just some clarification, and i think mike would be able to help me on this one. Blue shield this is a flex funded plan, unlike kaiser. Its n