Madam secretary item 12 is the review and approval of the Kaiser Permanente nonmade care rates and premium contributions for the active and retiree members early retiree member plan year 2021. This is an action item and its presented by mike clarke from aeon. Mike clarke from aeon, and if we could go to the cover slide. I am going to present today the Kaiser Permanente 2021hmo rates and premium contributions, active employees and early retirees. Next slide, please. This outlines the contents of the discussion. I will review the renewal and review two design alternatives, one that proposes changes to two copays to match those of the blue shield of california hmo plan designs and also status quo design for 2021 if no plan Design Changes were made from 2020 to 2021. Then well move to review of the rate cards and present recommendation for Health Service board consideration. And you can see the items that we have in the appendix that we may refer to during the course of the presentation. N
Pandemic, members of the House Appropriations subcommittee and on capitol hill to look at the virus. The hearing included testimony from former cdc director tom frieden and caitlin rivers from the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security. This is 2. 5 hours. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to thend labor, health, and Human Services and education appropriations subcommittee. Todays hearing is on the nations ongoing response to the coronavirus. On thether supplemental package, it has been bipartisan. Let me commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle clouding my friend and Ranking Member. Before i begin, i want to extend a very warm welcome to our witnesses, dr. Tom frieden, president and ceo of resolve to save lives and former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the cdc. From 2000 92016. Dr. Caitlin rivers, featured scholar at the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security and assistant professor in the department of Environmental Health and engineerin
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