There a motion. Missouri any comments no nope ill call for a vote. All in favor, say i. Thank you. Ill note no Public Comment for the item. The audience this is the first time ive chaired ill not get it right so. You have a skilled secretary here to help you laughter so we move on to item 3 the directors report. Good afternoon wanted to lead the issue on the waiver because we do have a couple of is to have staff people to address this so ill leave that alone and move on to the next item and right after my report well have a couple of Staff Members to report on that the San Francisco Health Commission has worked with the San Francisco Police Department the dope project for the current overdose just to let you know San Francisco has the largest number of over disposes in california weve work hard to curve those Overdose Deaths on thursday august 27th the Police Department said a Police Officer o Police Officer said saved the life of that person the june incident marked the first time the
Like the Substance Abuse medical is the bridge to reform waiver as of 13 it is a demonstration waiver 1115 waiver called the organized Delivery System of medical waiver so the state amended the state plan and made a parole to cms approved this august to show it if they increased the Services Covered by drug medical that they could by organizing the system and having smooth trisz from levels of care and using evidence based practices they could improve the care and overall costs of medicaid would not go up you can opt in or not opt the community likes a demonstration waiver they should we we already do so were coming in and the bay area was chosen as phase one so there are several tasks for Substance Abuse services im in charge of one to have the implement plan with the timelines for everything and another one to set rates we negotiate with the state and make a new contract we want the rates to be realistic because if you compare grants the drug medal there is a huge increase in account
Yes absolutely. That happens, but usually it is not quite so at the point it is going to print it but it could be like i said feedback from the retailer or there is another coverage that has the same they didnt realize that we need to change. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Starting now on booktv, Laurence Tribe argues the Roberts Court is regretting constitutional law in areas such as free speech, privacy, Voting Rights and president ial power. Looks at prominent cases handled by the Supreme Court going back to Citizens United. This is about an hour. [applause] thank you very much, clare. One of the research assistance, i should say thank you all for coming here on this gorgeous day when you could be outside and enjoying the weather. I am glad something drove you all here. I am glad to be talking to you and appreciative of your being here. One of the research assistance, a terrific kid named max went home to New Hampshire in late spring and spent some time
He is our guest this week on the communicators. Commissioner welcome. The debate on Net Neutrality is a moving target right now on the hill and the fcc getting ready to do something. Whats the debate morph into at this point in your view . Guest first, peter thanks for having me on yet again and you picked a good time. The agency is em broiled in a number of high profile issues, Net Neutrality first and foremost among them. To me, the debate has morphed into a political football which i think is unfortunate because it obscures some Common Ground namely that everyone believes in a free and open internet. And i, for one, embrace as a part of that thenchairman powells four internet freedoms lawful content, applications of ones choice the freedom to attach devices to ones network and transparency in terms of service plan information. The question is how do we embrace those four freedoms in the context of regular ration . Regulation . I, for one, believe the bipartisan consensus that has be
Its still far foo high. We know they work. Tell e we know theyve made huge differences in peoples lives. Theyve taken people from extreme poverty and brought them up. Theyve taken people only the edge and brought them out of poverty. They are some of the best partnerships in many ways, that people have ever known. Despite this some of the people in this town so many people in this town that dress well, that get good titles that have good salaries, good benefits, including hemtcare paid by the taxpayers of the united states, so many people want to cut and undermine and emasculate these programs that clearly work. They want to do that, in large part, because of their view of government. That government can never work. That government should never be on the side of people in the mid lt class or government should never be on the side of people that aspire to the middle class of low income workers. This fight has been going on for a long time. Ralph Waldo Emmerson spoke about the innovators