To introduce todays participants. We will discuss the future of health care and i will begin by introducing our guest speaker, someone i have known for many years and consider a mentor and friend. Also, a National Federation that supports Blue Cross Blue Shield crossies, including blue shield michigan. The system, through its coversion of insurers one out of every three americans. I think that it is a very important statistic. It serves every zip code in the coded states and every zip in america, someone has a blue cross card. It is one of the most trusted brands in health care [no audio] and conversations on health care and health care reform, so everyone has access to quality, Affordable Health care. They are committed to improving the health of all americans. Health issuesd and challenges and insights to improve the quality of care. Scott was named president and years as serving four Senior Executive Vice President , including two years as chief operating officer. Prior to that, the
Guest speaker, someone i have known for many years and consider a mentor and friend. Is the president the Blue Cross Blue Shield association, a National Federation that supports Blue Cross Blue Shield companies, including Blue Cross Shield michigan. The system, through its federation of insurers covers one out of every three americans. I think that it is a very important statistic. It is something nobody else does. It serves every zip code in the united states, meaning in every zip code in america, someone has a blue cross card. It is one of the most trusted brands in Health Care Conversations on health care and his involved inconversations on health care and health care reform, so everyone has access to quality, Affordable Health care. Scott has devoted his career to improving the health of all americans. Through parts of that identify Health Issues and challenges and provide insights to improve the quad of care across america. Scott was named president and ceo of bcbsa after serving
Michigan. The system, through its federation of insurers covers one out of every three americans. I think that it is a very important statistic. It is something nobody else does. It serves every zip code in the united states, meaning in every zip code in america, someone has a blue cross card. It is one of the most trusted brands in Health Care Conversations on health care and his involved in health care reform, so everyone has access to quality, Affordable Health care. Scott has devoted his career to improving the health of all americans. Through parts of that identify Health Issues and challenges and provide insights to improve the quad of care across america. Scott was named president and ceo of bcbsa after serving four years as Senior Executive Vice President , including two years as chief operating officer. Prior to that, as an exec at a Vice President for system development, he was in charge with new Business Strategy and the bc Bs Technology evaluation center, which is renowned
The sfgov tv. Maybe we could fix that. Back to you, supervisor safai. Supervisor safai thank you. Were going to call up kelly here in a moment. Shell have an opportunity to speak and play out a plan. We want to allow gloria and raquel, one of the families that are currently in subacute care to come up and speak about their experiences and their conditions their sister. Then we will ask San Francisco for health care housing, jobs and Justice Coalition mark erickson, salini am i saying that right . Salini. And then from the California Nurses Association c. N. A. And then were going to ask benson nadal from the longterm Care Ombudsman Program and well open it up for Public Comment. So again i just want to end with its this is this is gutwrenching. This is heartbreaking to see the conditions, to see the individuals living and trying to survive and again this is something i have never experienced. And i understand that its it is heartwrenching to experience that type of circumstances with t
That they were going to shut down the subacute unit at st. Lukes hospital. I was a bit taken aback and i know many members of the community were as well. And so we came in that week, spoke with my colleagues supervisor ronen, whose district this actually resides in st. Lukes. But, you know, for the residents of my neighborhood, st. Lukes is a lifeline and has always been a lifeline. And will continue to a lifeline. Most recently evidenced by the fire that happen in the our district, just a week ago, where two members of our community passed away from smoke inhalation. So just want to say that this is not an easy conversation and never has been an easy conversation. But one thing that we did note, and i just want to underscore, there were human beings in these beds. And there are currently still human beings in these beds. And so we came in, we asked for an emergency hearing. We had that hearing. We were not satisfied with the answers that we got. And then we asked for a hearing under e