Journal article but it had a map of the state of california and and all of the locations. And then the location of automotive facilities in favor all along the same track moving from that midwest and from the south. But the lot of activity in the Silicon Valley area. Allot of automotive in that area. This is the big change. Guest one of the things that killed kodak that it stayed in rochester new york it was Great Technology bad bill all the work was digitals ober now they are in the mobility business. In that is a big part of the future dependent on Wireless Networks so you want to be where the innovators are. Is a big change and people who live and work differently i hope we can get that national will to have that conversation. Faq very much t14 will come to the l. A. Times festival of books everything connects the Building Blocks of family not family life also a host the nations weekly pied cast you have been here before you know the rules no personal recordings you can watch us on
Questions. Thank you. Chairman issa, Ranking Members cummings, members of the committee, thank you for an opportunity to be here. Cms strives to be as responsive as possible. I understand that we have already provided over 140,000 pages of documents to this committee. Transparency is important and thats why im pleased to be here today and have the opportunity to answer your questions. We will continue to produce documents. In the almost five years that ive had the privilege to work at cms, my focus has been on how we can best serve our beneficiaries, including seniors on medicare, adults and children on medicaid and chip andenrolli marketplace. I work ro to reduce cost, improve quality in ways that make a difference. Were making real and important progress. As of august 15th this year, we have 7. 3 million americans enrolled in the Health Insurance marketplace coverage. These are individuals who have paid their premiums. We are encouraged by the numbers of consumers who have paid their
Of the team to make those decision, its very difficult as a thirdparty partner participant to make that kind of assessment without the actual knowledge and data. As a former businessman, i would say that a site that couldnt accommodate a few hundred people simultaneously signing on and people waiting for weeks or months, security wasnt the reason that that should not have launched, but i appreciate that youre here on security today. The gentlelady from new york, a place where i. T. Comes first for many of her constituents is recognized for five minutes. Thats true, true of the west coast, too. I just want to note that this is the committees 29th hearing on the Affordable Care act and the sixth on the website. Oh, come on, please. I want to focus on some very positive things. And thats the cost growth is slowing to historic lows and that was one of the huge challenges that we confronted k the whole time that ive been in congress, is the just the whopping cost in health care in our coun