Enrollment. There are some lessons we learned. There is some really important steps forward we need to take. There are going to be Lessons Learned at the federal level and state level. And there should be. Number one is this kind of massive i. T. Build and the implications of that. I think the difference in how we approach it has to be reflected on. We have to rethink at the government side how we do these things. For us in rhode island, weve been very fortunate. Our systems working really well. Were moving to system stabilization as opposed to as opposed to fixing were fixing, but as opposed to having to redo. That issue is the core of all of our businesses. Its essential lesson learned. Its essential cooperation between state departments and state agencies and quasipublics and the state leadership. If you tonigdont have it, its difficult to make sure you accomplish your goals. Third, there are really fundamental problems in the basic law of the aca that need to be cleaned up. If we d
Cspan. Live monday night, our series continues. Rack cara car wreck. Behold him i was in the hospital person praying the other would be ok. The other person was one of my best friends. Didnt know i didnt recognize that at the site of the crash. Because i prayed over and over for him to be ok, then he wasnt, i thought nobody listens. God wasnt answering my prayers. I went through a long time of not believing, not believing the prayers could be answered. It took me a long time and a lot of growing up to come back to faith. Laura bush, monday night. Next, the challenges of implement a state Health Insurance exchanges. Speakers include the secretary for the kentucky cabinet for health and family services, a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama during the state of the union. And experts representing a la for you, maine, new jersey, and rhode island. This was hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation. It is an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning and welcome to our Robert Wood Johnson foundati
Didnt work so well, and what they perceive between now and the end of open Enrollment Period on march 31st as well as what plans theyre making for open enrollment next year which believe it or not is only nine short months away. So let me introduce our speakers now. First of all, Heather Howard is with us. Shes the Program Director of the state Reform Assistance Network thats a program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation and its dedicated to providing Technical Assistance to states under the Affordable Care act. Shes also a Public Affair lecturer at Princeton University and a faculty affiliate for health and wellbeing. Heather previously served as the commissioner of the new Jersey Department of health and Senior Services and worked before that in the u. S. Senate, the house of representatives, the Domestic Policy Council and the trust division at the u. S. Department. Were also privileged to have audrey hane. Chief officer for the ymca in washington, d. C. Governor steve bash
Next year or so, there are going to be ramifications for that. They relate to implementation of the law. They tie everybodys hands because we cant get agreement on moving forward. We need to move forward and fix the things that need to be fixed. The problems in the launch at the federal level scared away a lot of early adopters, particularly in the business community. Thats not a good thing. The federal government has done a great job recovering and theyre moving forward really well. But we have to acknowledge that there was some damage done in the context of the marketing and outreach. And that marketing and outreach piece has to be addressed. And we have to redouble efforts in that area. It is real private sector kind of Customer Service that we need to provide. Because were providing services to a range of people. Youve got the medicaid population. Youve got middle income and upper income individuals getting tax credits or buying as 100 of the cost. And then you have Small Businesse
The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , february 3, 2014. I hereby appoint the honorable thomas e. Petri to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2 00 p. M. Today. Will have more state of the state speeches for you to for you. Today, Oklahoma Republican governor mary fallin will be delivering her speech. That will be live at 1 30 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, cspan3. A specialtoday, Election Debate for the 13th Congressional District seat in florida. Filled,the seat to be held by the late representative bill young. He passed away in october of last or after serving 40 years in congress. Last year after serving 40 years in congre