[bleep] is gonna change. I do it save jobs. Check you out. And i do it to make money. This the profit. [upbeat music] [truck beeping] watch your back. A. Stein Meat Products is a prime beef wholesale business in brooklyn, new york. For 75 years, theyve been selling Quality Meats to new yorks finest restaurants and butcher shops. Thats beautiful. And shipping their product all over the country. We carry a lot of choice and prime meat. We only carry a highend product. Howard mora. I also need about 20 prime loins. And alan buxbaum. What are you waiting for . Are sons of the original two founders. Together, they now run stein meats. And over the last 18 years, theyve grown their revenue from 4 million to 50 million annually. When our fathers first started, it was much smaller. It really expanded the business. Meat is a competitive business. And sellers like stein work on a very low profit margin. Meats priced like the stock exchange. You sell stuff for pennies a pound over your cost. And
I dont know how long the waiting list is. And you know, there are other things. Try calling durable equipment sometime and waiting on the phone for 45 minutes or a half hour. The other thing, my doctor ive seen for 30 years is cutting back. And the only reason i knew, because i was in to see him, but when you go online to make an appointment, you dont get him, you get apparently hes training the new doctor why doesnt kaiser send out an email saying he is retiring and you can see this other doctor, instead of looking online. If i went online, would have started calling up and saying why cant i see my doctor ive seen for 30 years . You know, kaiser needs to get down in the weeds and fix some of the issues before they start spending money on the warriors and the sharks. Thank you. President breslin thank you. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none. Now well go back to number 8. Back to the regular scheduled agenda. Item is the finance reporting as of june 30, 2019, and as of september 30,
Waiting list. I dont know how long the waiting list is. And you know, there are other things. Try calling durable equipment sometime and waiting on the phone for 45 minutes or a half hour. The other thing, my doctor ive seen for 30 years is cutting back. And the only reason i knew, because i was in to see him, but when you go online to make an appointment, you dont get him, you get apparently hes training the new doctor why doesnt kaiser send out an email saying he is retiring and you can see this other doctor, instead of looking online. If i went online, would have started calling up and saying why cant i see my doctor ive seen for 30 years . You know, kaiser needs to get down in the weeds and fix some of the issues before they start spending money on the warriors and the sharks. Thank you. President breslin thank you. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none. Now well go back to number 8. Back to the regular scheduled agenda. Item is the finance reporting as of june 30, 2019, and as of
We have a forum. Quorum. Number 4, please. Approval with the possible modifications of the minutes set forth blow, regular Meeting Minutes from november 14, 2019. Action item. President breslin okay. Has everyone read the minutes . I have no corrections. I would like this comment, according to the minutes i talk too much. [laughter] so im going to try to be better. I keep you all here. Its terrible. But i have no corrections. Since he has no corrections, ill second the motion. President breslin all right. Any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, all those in favor, aye . All those opposed. There are none opposed. Its unanimous. Item number 5. Item 5, general Public Comment on matters within the boards jurisdiction. This is a discussion item. Please come forward. Good afternoon, commissioners, my name is richard rothman, retired city worker. I thought after i retired i wouldnt have to come to these meetings, but i guess i do. I want to talk about the health fair. I went to the one
Consideration, i think it would be most helpful to our membership. Absolutely. And do apologize for the miscommunication during open enrollment. It was our intent, we had started conversations with january to try to get ahead of this, and it was slow to respond once they notified us of building their own network. Commissioner follansbee one point and request for the future. One point, how does brown and toland update their open panel list of primary care . Is it updated every day . Every month . And how do members access that . So brown and toland update the health plans weekly with changes as in terms if a physician based on the policy qualifies to close their panel, then they notify us and we notify the health plan of that change within a week. So we send it out every week depending on when they send us notification. The lag would be about two weeks. And then the burden is on the health plans when they load it. We can also there is a phone number there for Member Services and that is