Madam secretary item 12 is the review and approval of the Kaiser Permanente nonmade care rates and premium contributions for the active and retiree members early retiree member plan year 2021. This is an action item and its presented by mike clarke from aeon. Mike clarke from aeon, and if we could go to the cover slide. I am going to present today the Kaiser Permanente 2021hmo rates and premium contributions, active employees and early retirees. Next slide, please. This outlines the contents of the discussion. I will review the renewal and review two design alternatives, one that proposes changes to two copays to match those of the blue shield of california hmo plan designs and also status quo design for 2021 if no plan Design Changes were made from 2020 to 2021. Then well move to review of the rate cards and present recommendation for Health Service board consideration. And you can see the items that we have in the appendix that we may refer to during the course of the presentation. N
Simonetti is watching the markets and Hillary Vaughn is on capitol hill. Lets kick it off with hillary. Reporter melissa, Bernie Sanders is out of the 2020 race but he is not off the ballot and he is still has his eye on the Democratic National convention this summer. I will stay on the ballot in all remaining states, continue to gather delegates. While Vice President biden will be the nominee, we must continue working to assemble as many delegates as possible at the Democratic Convention where we will be able to exert significant influence over the party platform. Reporter former Vice President joe biden is now the presumptive nominee for the democratic party. Biden often attacked sanders for his calls for a Political Revolution but now today biden is thanking sanders for being the leader of a movement saying this, quote, while the Sanders Campaign has been suspended, it is impact on this election and elections to come is far from over. Well address the existential crisis of climate c
Its a cul distancing. But if we pull back too quickly. Those numbers will go through the roof. Now at 9 protests around the state calling on Governor Newsome to reopen california for business similar to what a number of other states in the nation are beginning to do good evening, everybody im pam moore and im ken wayne Governor Newsom says he plans to release a road map tomorrow on how to reopen this tape of some bay area businesses are making plans now on how they can reopen while still keeping social distance. Governor says he is using 6 factors to determine exactly how soon the state can ease its restrictions they are expanding the testing protecting higherrisk groups, including Senior Citizens and people in facilities such as Nursing Homes ensuring that hospitals have enough beds and supplies to care for patients. Progress in developing treatments. The ability of schools and businesses to support physical social distancing and the ability to decide when to reinstitute stay at home
Mean thats good. 100 did people within a short period of time. This is going to be a rough 2 week period. As a nation. We face a difficult few weeks. Its so bring a number as that is we should be prepared for it. Is it going to be that much. I hope not and i think the more we push on the mitigation the less likelihood would be that number but as being realistic. We need to prepare ourselves that that is a possibility that that serve no magic bullet. Theres no magic vaccine or therapy. This just behaviors. Each of our behaviors translating into something that changes. The course of this viral pandemic. Thats the Coronavirus Task force and the president james as they are saying if everybody continues doing what were all doing through the end of may. Those are the low numbers, a 100 to 200,000 americans dying yeah that was a best Case Scenario as you mentioned if everybody did what they were supposed to do. We always talk about flattening the curve thats the death toll. If we flatten the
Indication of yesterdays rally. Dow futures up 121 points. Thats half 1 , s p futures up 13 and nasdaq up 24. Dow on track for worst quarter since 1987, s p 500 having worst quarter since 2008. Speaker nancy pelosi looking for a phase 4 coronavirus package calling for Infrastructure Spending now and more money sent directly to americans. Major retailers furloughing staff as Stores Remain closed, macys, stores, the gap, cutting payroll impacts hundreds of workers. Unemployment rate could top 32 . Mornings with maria live right now. We want to check Global Market this is morning. Last day of the First Quarter in europe, green across the board. Dax index in germany higher by 200 points. World Health Organization says there are signs the coronavirus may be approaching a peak in europe. In asia meanwhile markets were mixed, take a look at the numbers on asian markets, best performer there korea up better than 2 although japan was down 1 . China says factory activity is growing, purchasing M