Health insurer is dramatically cutting its participation in health care exchge leavi consumers in those markets with fewer options. And the company isnt pulling back gradually. Instead, aetna is doing it all at once. The reason . Its running up big losses in markets where patients are sicker than the company they would be. It is another blow to president obamas Signature Health reform law and follows the move of two other major insurers. The move raises a lot of questions about the landmark progra aetna says its cutting aca Exchange Programs by 70 nationally next year. Because after losing 230 million in the Second Quarter that kind of loss is unsustainable. It is a major aboutface fort aetnas ceo who just six months ago said that he p on the excha. Critics say the timing is curious, coming just after the department of justice moved to block aetnas acquisition of huma. Maybe then they were trying to butter up the department of justice to approve their merger with huma. Now, when the go
Health insurer is dramatically cutting its participation in health care exchge leavi consumers in those markets with fewer options. And the company isnt pulling back gradually. Instead, aetna is doing it all at once. The reason . Its running up big losses in markets where patients are sicker than the company they would be. It is another blow to president obamas Signature Health reform law and follows the move of two other major insurers. The move raises a lot of questions about the landmark progra aetna says its cutting aca Exchange Programs by 70 nationally next year. Because after losing 230 million in the Second Quarter that kind of loss is unsustainable. It is a major aboutface fort aetnas ceo who just six months ago said that he p on the excha. Critics say the timing is curious, coming just after the department of justice moved to block aetnas acquisition of huma. Maybe then they were trying to butter up the department of justice to approve their merger with huma. Now, when the go
Health insurer is dramatically cutting its participation in health care exchge leavi consumers in those markets with fewer options. And the company isnt pulling back gradually. Instead, aetna is doing it all at once. The reason . Its running up big losses in markets where patients are sicker than the company they would be. It is another blow to president obamas Signature Health reform law and follows the move of two other major insurers. The move raises a lot of questions about the landmark progra aetna says its cutting aca Exchange Programs by 70 nationally next year. Because after losing 230 million in the Second Quarter that kind of loss is unsustainable. It is a major aboutface fort aetnas ceo who just six months ago said that he p on the excha. Critics say the timing is curious, coming just after the department of justice moved to block aetnas acquisition of huma. Maybe then they were trying to butter up the department of justice to approve their merger with huma. Now, when the go
Also hear from an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council and head of nuclear institute. Hearing expected to start in just a moment. Chairman is about to sit down. We should see the gavel come down here in a moment. Live coverage on c span3. Good morning and welcome to our hearing legislative proposal to advanced the use of Nuclear Energy. I want to thank all of our witnesses that advance and ill be introducing each of you before your fiveminute opening statement, but we want to thank marvin fratel for the great job he did at the Nuclear Energy institute and i think its plan to go on and look at other challenges at the end of this year, so were delighted hes here. He served as neis president chief executive order since 2009 and has long and distinguished year advocating for the Nuclear Industry. Nuclear energy is an integral part of our industry policy. The Current Fleet roughly 100 operating Nuclear Power plants safely and reliably generates about 20 of our nations electri
To think very long and hard about the least cost, least risk approach. Oregon especially since 1999 but even back dating back to 1980 has treated Energy Efficiency not as a boutique thing to do every now and then, but as a genuine resource that a utility should rely on. It is a costeffective resource and should be at the top of the list of any utility acquisition as being the lowest cost resour resource. So between planning, Energy Efficiency, weve been able to maintain our low cost. We are below average and weve been below average for dwight quite some time. We dont expect the Clean Power Plan to fundamentally change that because of the tools that you would use to meet the clean power provisions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. In my direct in southwest arkansas has already been announced to be closed and theres study thats show that rates will increase from 20 to 60 because of this closure. The the obvious negative effects are direct loss. The higher rates will put a disproportional burden