remarks from the president and ceo of the blue cross-blue shield company, scott serota, talking about the changing role of health care delivery and what issues providers, purchasers, and consumers face as the health care law is put into practice. this is about 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everybody. let me welcome you to u.s. chamber. it s my pleasure today to introduce our distinguished speaker, scott serota. scott is the president and chief executive officer of the blue cross-blue shield association. the blue cross-blue shield is a confederation of 49 locally operated blue cross-blue shield companies. the blue system insures nearly 100 million americans or roughly about one out of every three of us across the country. scott has been president and ceo since the year 2000 after serving two years as chief operating officer before that, and prior to all of that, he was executive vice president for system development, responsible for new business, st
about the new tennessee photo law is something i learned at that november 1st informational meeting in our county. the state directer of elections, the state directer of elections was in attendance and stated that out of the nearly 175,000 tennessee people who need a photo id on their license or are registered to vote and don t have a license, only 2300 have obtained the free photo. now, this law went into effect july 1, 2011, 175,000 approximately will need the photo, and as of november 1st, only 2300 have actually got the photos. i think you d consider that to be progressing at a snail s pace. i fear that many of these people will be denied their right to vote in the future. in conclusion, this voter photo law is, quote, a solution in need of a problem. thank you very much. tonight on the communicator, directer of voice of america, david ensor on how u.s. government funded news is changing. after that, remarks from the president and ceo of blue cross blue shield, scot
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rights. i have a more specific policy question. the payroll tax cut is set to expire at the start of next year. this would result in $120 million of higher taxes for working americans and. my question is, how will the house leadership respond to the president s call for a payroll tax cut extension? republicans in general do not believe taxes should of on everybody, especially in an economy like this. that provision is a priority for the white house. it is part of the discussions on going on how we resolve the budget is used by the end of the year. we will continue to focus on that. we do not believe taxes should go up on anybody. the last of the questioners is anthony from the young conservatives. like you, i worry about our nation s ballooning debt. i am not convinced about the balanced budget amendment, which you have been a proponent of an. justice scalia has said it would result in a lot of lawsuits because a balanced budget would be up to the courts. how we resolve
david ensor. host: david ensor, how would you describe the mission of voa and how it s evolved over the last 50, 60 years? guest: you know, the mission has actually stayed pretty much the same since 1942 when we went on the air, on february 1, 1942, and that is to try to provide a truthful and accurate news broadcast to all the different countries that we broadcast to, and also to explain to them what s going on in the united states and what, what this country s all about. that mission has remained the same, but the way that we do it has changed dramatically, and right now it s changing because the ways humans are communicating with each other are changing so rapidly at the moment. so where the history, most people think of voa as a broadcaster on short wave with the huddled masses in eastern europe listening on a radio and listening at the door if secret police might come, that s kind of an out-of-date image. we re on facebook, we re on twitter, we re on satellite tv, we