First of all, im an associate pastor at the Public Affairs American University and i am delighted to moderate this panel. Today were talking about private insurance subsidy first ever selection. Im sure everyone in this room knows prior to 2014 the private Insurance Market in the individual market was the wild west. People would buy Health Insurance that was fully inadequate and extremely expensive but on the other hand you had people with employerbased insurance who were very happy with it as the model if you like what you have, you can keep it. The aca was very much focused on changing and improving the private individual market but also preserving the employer supported Insurance Market. Today we will hear from for experts with unique and intricate knowledge about the development, implementation of the future of private insurance and individual market and elsewhere. You have their files and i wont read their list of expertise. First, we had joel michael, partner at mcdermitt, will a
Live hearing start this week on russia and the u. S. Election elections. Tomorrow executives from google, facebook and twitter testify on russias use of social media before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee. Live at 2 30 p. M. On cspan three. Hearings continue wednesday is the social media executives testify before to committees. The first is at 9 30 a. M. Eastern before the Senate Intelligence committee and later at 2 00 p. M. Before the house intelligence committee. Both live on cspan2. You can also watch the hearings stream live online at cspan. Org or listen live with the cspan radio app. Former california congressman henry waxman talks about his experiences drafting healthcare legislation. That set rules for Prescription Drug prices. He served as chair and ranking democrat on the House Oversight committee. Okay. So i like to get started with our lunch keynote address. My name is aaron behind. Im an associate professor of medicine at harvard medical center. I run the program on regul
That focuses on pharmaceutical some laws and regulations and clinical all caps. Where the largest independent academic groups in the country. Its my pleasure to be here and i want to thank the American University putting together a great program. On the other sponsors which has been a fantastic conversation. We spent time talking about the future of healthcare policymaking in our lunch session will be focused on a particular area, pharmaceutical prescription drugs are the most costeffective interventions we have a medicine. Industry plays Important Role in bringing the products forward. In recent years prices have begun to rise which is made breakthroughs unaffordable for patients leading directly to bad consequences when patients are unable to afford their medication. It also makes up about 20 of healthcare spending overall. Fortunate to have one of the key players. To establish this current pharmaceutical marketplace and representative henry waxman who served in the house for 40 yea
Thank you, phil. I want to thank you all for being you this afternoon and i , welcome all of you to Georgetown University. Behind me is Isaac Hopkins hall. [cheers and applause] right there. [applause] which we are here to dedicate this afternoon, along with and craft hallemarie b the oldest building of our , campus just a short walk from here. I wish to offer a special welcome to our community who are present this afternoon, some traveling a great distance to be here for this day which includes this dedication, our liturgy of remembrance, contrition, and hope which concluded just a few , moments ago, and special gatherings and presentations into the afternoon and this evening. I welcome all of you. Especially the members of the , hawkins family and all of the extended members of your family. We are grateful and honored by your presence and by the efforts nation to share in the events so many around our with us, online and in gatherings in southern universitys in new orleans and baton
Later on this afternoon, temperatures up near 60 degrees. Nothing too wrong with that. Now, lets check on traffic on 270 heres Melissa Mollet. 65 Miles Per Hour 270 southbound, people are actually going a little faster than they should, just because they can. Its nice and clear, zropt any road work to worry about. Beltway, innerloop and outer loop moving along nicely. Fairfax to the beltway, your time 9 minutes. Also a 65mileperhour speed there on 66 inbound and outbound, clear in both directions. Prince georges county,overall, looking good. And 50 into and out of town, rolling along just fine. Ill see you back here at 5 11 with a live look at 95. Im angie goff here at the li live desk. We want to take you to the scene of a fatal fire, this is in woodland hills. This is chopper 4. This is a new development. Basement of one of the townhomes in the 1800 block of windjammer way. You can see from these pictures, extensive damage done. We know that many families were displaced. News4 is on