About the u. S. Economic outlook iand the federal debt at an oversight hearing. Keith hall was asked about health care costs, immigration policy and government funding. He testified before the Senate Budget committee. I think this has the potential to get a lot of good information. Good morning and welcome to the Congressional Budget Office im proud to say this is the third such installment of the continued oversight under my chairmanship and im glad to see the House Budget Committee will follow the lead with additional oversight later this month. We have a congressional budget act that provides the committee with the authority to review the continuing basis by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties. Present the opportunity to review the performance and served as the forum for discussing ways in which it can be more effective and attentive to the needs of congress. While improving its operations, the first director of the cbo instructed staff in the 1976 memo and s
Health Insurance Market for 2018. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then well introduce our five witnesses. Welcome to you. After their testimony, senators will have an opportunity to ask the witnesses five minutes of questions. To begin with, we ought not to take for granted the three hearings this committee has had over the last ten days. For seven years hardly a civil word was spoken between republicans and democrats on the Affordable Care act. It was trumpcare versus obamacare day in and day out. But for the last ten days senators from both sides of the aisle have engaged in serious discussion for several hours at a time about what congress can do between now and the end of this month to help limit premium increases for 18 million americans next year and begin to lower premiums in the future. And also to prevent insurers from leaving the markets where those 18 million americans buy insurance. Last week, between the meetings held before our hearings, such
Reports its first decline in annual revenue and profit since 2001. The dow component said revenue fell for the third consecutive quarter, as iphone sales dropped from a year ago. But remember, despite the falloff in numbers, apple is still the most profitable american company. And it did issue a rosie outlook. For the latest quarter, apple earned 1. 67 a share, one cent better than estimates. Revenue fell 9 to more than 46 billion, just about in line with expectations. The stock popped, then dropped, in initial after hours trading. Josh lipton has more now on apples results. Reporter 45. 5 million, the big number in apples latest earnings reporting and first to iphone units in the companys fourth quarter. That was a drop of about 5 year over year, but it did beat analysts expectations of 44. 8 million. Question for investors is where this iphone franchise heads from here. Bears will say the best days are behind it. Like a lot of hardware you will see dropping average prices and margins
Reports its first decline in annual revenue and profit since 2001. The dow component said revenue fell for the third consecutive quarter, as iphone sales dropped from a year ago. But remember, despite the falloff in numbers, apple is still the most profitable american company. And it did issue a rosie outlook. For the latest quarter, apple earned 1. 67 a share, one cent better than estimates. Revenue fell 9 to more than 46 billion, just about in line with expectations. The stock popped, then dropped, in initial after hours trading. Josh lipton has more now on apples results. Reporter 45. 5 million, the big number in apples latest earnings reporting and first to iphone units in the companys fourth quarter. That was a drop of about 5 year over year, but it did beat analysts expectations of 44. 8 million. Question for investors is where this iphone franchise heads from here. Bears will say the best days are behind it. Like a lot of hardware you will see dropping average prices and margins
Reports its first decline in annual revenue and profit since 2001. The dow component said revenue fell for the third consecutive quarter, as iphone sales dropped from a year ago. But remember, despite the falloff in numbers, apple is still the most profitable american company. And it did issue a rosie outlook. For the latest quarter, apple earned 1. 67 a share, one cent better than estimates. Revenue fell 9 to more than 46 billion, just about in line with expectations. The stock popped, then dropped, in initial after hours trading. Josh lipton has more now on apples results. Reporter 45. 5 million, the big number in apples latest earnings reporting and first to iphone units in the companys fourth quarter. That was a drop of about 5 year over year, but it did beat analysts expectations of 44. 8 million. Question for investors is where this iphone franchise heads from here. Bears will say the best days are behind it. Like a lot of hardware you will see dropping average prices and margins