In addition to my responsibilities intimacy, i serve in leadership roles on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. And as a member of the federal advisory committee. I spent most of my career and insurance regular can, previously serving in kentucky. I have a strong affinity for the statebased oversight. My testimony today will highlight the history of tennessee coops. My comments will focus on events this year that ultimately led to on october 14. They were awarded loans and advances to launch the company. In first offered plans 2014 with plans and five of disease eight Service Areas of tennessees eighth Service Areas. Options,mited network the company memberships and rate challenges were compounded by a population that was love healthy and sought less healthy and sought more services. The loss was 22 million in 2015. Enrollment grew financially, during open enrollment. And are the same period, medical costs continued to increase. The department and cha quickly recognize
Is it federal or state and local job . It is a job of every local government. City, county, state, federal. When i was in the state legislature i discovered we had passed laws that essentially banned 56 provisions from people who had been incarcerated. One was you wouldnt get a license to barber. Yet in state prison we taught barbering. Then the individual couldnt get a license. So we had to pass legislation to undo that. So when the war on drugs started in the 1980s we passed 2,000 laws of the years. We banned people from working. We need to look at a lot of legislation passed over the years and essentially unwind some of it. But we do have to create supportive services. People need support groups to help them do basic things, get their i. D. S, drivers license, may back child support, get their children back if their children have been entered into foster care. One of the things we dont pay a lot of attention to is the fact that a lot of people have been incarcerat incarcerated. The
Through archival footage. This sunday will feature ronald reagan. And on cspan saturday night at 8 30, the steamboat Freedom Conference debate looks at the effect of legalized marijuana in colorado and other states. Sunday evening at 6 30, coverage continues with former Maryland Governor and president ial candidate martin omalley. He will speak at a townhall meeting of the university of New Hampshire in durham. On cspan2 book tv, starting at 4 00, it is the boston book festival featuring nonfiction presentations. Including Jessica Stern on isis. Iraq and on two Afghanistan War veterans. Connectionsn the fiction writing and life. Sunday night, a Book Discussion with former first lady of massachusetts, anne romney. About her journey with multiple sclerosis. Get our complete schedule at cspan. Org. More than half of the Nonprofit Health Insurance Companies created under the aca have failed. andy and several of mandy and several others testified mandy cohen and several others testified. Ex
That from thend perspective of our refugee, there is no rights to enter a country career you have to somehow reach another countrys territory to claim that protection. Term it doesnt injure into the picture. Unless you are under the jurisdiction of another country. There are a lot of controversies over maritime indictments. A shipe ship flying knee flag obligates you. No agreement on that. The Supreme Court of the u. S. Said no. The convention, are convention obligations in their view do not apply extra territorially. Primarily maritime crisis. What that does is create an incentive to prevent people from lending. We have not seen that happening so far in this crisis. Bush backs from the shores of europe and god for bid we should ever see that. There are forces within europe who would like to see that. Turkey,ussions with other countries, are aimed at keeping people in the region. Disrupting those close to europe for all kinds of good reasons and perhaps some bad ones as well. Role, a h
To accommodate that request from our folks. And it began doing that. The situation is dire, and we are doing everything we can to preserve the network of providers to make sure their policyholders will continue to have coverage through the end of 2015. Now state regulators have the unenviable task, as i have had, of trying to wind down a company, at the same time conserving it in my state, unlike tennessee without the protection of the Guaranty Fund to assure the Health Care Providers that their bills would be paid. Let me talk for a few minutes about our relationship we do not have minutes. Youre out of time. Heres the thing, we have one vote. He . Lso have staff, is mr. Chairman, the problem is there down to two or three minutes. I dont think they will hold open for us. With all due respect, i will invite my members to go down and vote. Unless someone wants to be very quick. Come back as quickly as possible. We should be up to reconvene in about 10 minutes. Thank you. We are joined b