European princess, now a formal suspect. Spains christina is summoned over fraud and money laundering. And one of the biggest olympic operations in its history. One month before the winter games. Iraqs go is struggling to regain control of the two main cities in the countrys biggest province. A missile strike has killed 25 people. And in falujah much of the city is evacuated. Military reinforcements are preparing for a fullon offensive with the help of some of the local tribes. And it is these tribe thats could determine what happens next. Andy gallagher reports. Reporter a military offense if could be just days away, but for now the streets are deserted. But help may soon be on its way from the u. S. Government. Were accelerating our Foreign Military sales, and looking to provide an additional shipment of hell fire missiles as early as this spring. Reporter the iraqi army are edging closer with soldiers and equipment, backed up by sunni tribes loyal to their cause. And tensions mount.
The 10 required benefits. How much variation in his there in benefits Going Forward . We know from the bronze to the silver that has to do with the degree of coverage of premium but in terms of benefits how much variety is that is for the given product so what is that is a representation and across all types of products was the average rate of increase . Spittoons your question after 2014 the variability of benefits, you are correct there is the much lower variability among the level of insurance and deductibles as well as Provider Networks and of formulary. What you will see i think is we are competing more ought Customer Service and value added things that is the ability to help keep you healthy to get you engaged and the variability is greatly reduced. I have to go locale but we offer and again looking at that valueadded how to keep people engaging keep tight people healthy . With Congressional Research service of the question is a top Provider Networks. From where we set it may be
Different dynamics. An air tran area. Georgia, a state that has gotten some attention, an urban area like atlanta, you have a lot of different providers, lot of different providers competing, a lot of choice and variations of very competitive marketplace is. For providers as well as for plans. In other parts of the state we may be only insurer and then maybe the only hospital network. And so a lot of the variation for ross has to do with the provider network, the formularies, really with the underlying cost of care which gets automatically reflected in the rate. We cannot lose sight of the fact that ultimately on the cost of care. I would add to the point that from a rating perspective carriers of the flexibility to include the geographic rating factor. You may be across a different area and end up with variability because carriers can price based upon geography. If i could add three quick things. The first is it is important to emphasize that we have to look at aggregates instead of a
[inaudible conversations] to spend glass afternoon everyone then director of the center at the Atlantic Council event on behalf of my colleagues i want to welcome all love you to our second event in todays on afghanistan. For obvious reasons the attention is now focused from our side even though we know washington bag gets distracted by the crisis of the day we felt it very critical that we continue our focus on afghanistan and in particular because looking at this country and if the surrounding neighbors over the last five and a half years we felt it period important we continue with the issues of the critical juncture with the development of the policies so even while we wait for the final results of the election we felt it is critical to share with you of what to expect. I am delighted with of the transition and transformation and i am very pleased to welcome to day paul frost the chief far the imf and is a former colleague from my own days at the fund and has a very rich background
Poverty reduction, on developing needs, Building Infrastructure as well as this adequate money available to ensure that security is stable and security conditions are such that Economic Activity is unhindered by security uncertainties. Next, Monetary Policy should continue to focus on low inflation and the Exchange Rate should be managed flexibly. As i mentioned, the International Reserves afghanistan has does provide a buffer in terms of temporary volatility of the Exchange Rate. While the buffers have been built and allow accommodating some shops, policies do need to be proactive and flexible. In the case of enduring pressures, the Exchange Rate will need to be managed flexibly and complemented by competitiveness gains from a strength in Business Environment. Let me turn if i may to continue talking about fiscal policy but from the point of view of sustainability. Afghanistan needs to move towards fiscal sustainability. You can see in the slide that the red line represents projected