This is real money. This is real money, and you are the important part of the show. Join the live conversation. There was some intriguing news from the megaretailer target. It did not involve the breach of the Customer Credit cards, but it was a Public Relations headache. The Company Announced it would end Health Coverage for all parttime workers, more than 36,000 people. Company Officials Say its good news for the workers, because by targets administration theres better coverage on is state and federal insurance exchanges. The Health Care Exchanges are gaining in popularity. As of three weeks ago 2. 2 Million People signed up. The department of health and Human Services estimated that 79 of all enrollees, selected plans that came from financial assistance. Many of targets parttime workers qualified for plans. The latest figure shows that twothirds of these people had insurance before signing up. A third did not. Its becoming clear that obamacare is having a hard time ensuring american
You are the most important part of the show. Tell me what is on your find my tweeting me or hit me up on facebook. The Great Recession gave birth to a phrase that helps describe the profound changes that are now sweeping america and other industrialized countries. The new normal. Its partly the idea that developed economies are now growing a lot slower than they once did. So even as economies bounce back, life will not return to what we used to consider normal. Its also about what this new economic reality means for investors, for businesses, governments, and regular working people. One example is the income nonexistent wage growth we have seen. Thats making the new normal feel down right miserable for many americans. Even as the job and Housing Market regain strength. Today were exploring various ways the new normal is playing out in your lives, and well start with the job market. The jobs recovery has been slow but steady. But this recovery has not pumped enough life into the middle
Thank you. Gentle ladys time expired. Thank you, mr. Chairman for holding the hearing and thank you for being with us. Last week when the contractors built the system were here, i asked them all under oath if they had actually delivered the system they were contracted to build. And all four of them answered yes. I want to ask you, did the contractors deliver the system that you contracted them to build . I dont think i can accurately answer that question. What we know is weve a system that doesnt function properly. We definitely know that. As we fix things, well know more about what is broken along the way. And ill be able to so would someone in your office know someone oversaw the implementation and they said this is the product we contracted and paid hundreds of millions of dollars to build or wasnt. Does somebody have the ability to get that information . We can say that products tested individually verified individually. But clearly was an integrated system. And dont work well toge
The final word is with you. I should mention the fact aclu and have made some strides on that. But i get some concerned about low voter turnout because i was taught by my parents who were immigrants to this country my mother grew up in nazi germany my father was russian and escape communist i was taught how precious a live is and how fragile democracy is so i always go to. To go back to the survey data what keeps people out of the polls is not the registration and voter identification that theyre not interested in the political process. If you want to increase turnout that is a cultural issue starting at the Elementary School level. But to the point where i feel guilty if i dont go to the polls and vote. Many americans are not raised that way or taught that. In nuclear not doing enough to do that. Also to anchorage people those that worked in the election process the problem is they cannot get enough people to work at the polls on election day. It is a tough problem the average age of
Underwritten or excluded whatever medical condition they had in the first place. So these were typically oneyear contracts. If they use the plan because they got sick nor a car descent or a victim of Domestic Violence, sometimes they would be thrown off the plans or rates would go up . Yes. I think thats important to note, madam secretary. And im intrigued as well that my understanding is that last month hhs conducted an analysis that found that nearly six out of tun uninhere issed americans will pay 100 a month. Theyll have a plan if that is their choice. And that number would be even ier, would be better if more states chose the option of using federal funds to expand medicaid to cover the low income population . Thats just a marketplace snapshot. Those are people that will be in the marketplace. Madam secretary, i dont think i heard anyone from the other side of the aisle today, my republican colleagues, ask you how can Congress Work with you and support you in fixing this website a