And utah. This hearing runs about three hours. [ gavel tapping ] the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Were holding our second of four hearings on stabilizing premiums and insuring access to the individual Health Insurance market for the year 2018. Thats our focus, and we are delighted and honored to have the governors of five states with us here today. Thank you, gentlemen. We know how busy you are. Youve come long distances to be here, and we appreciate it very much. We look forward to hearing from you. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement. Well then introduce the five governors, after they almost sounds like a singing group, doesnt it . After that testimony, the senators will each have an opportunity to ask the witnesses five minutes of questions. We just left a meeting where the governors met with senators not on our committee. We had 30 senators there, similar to yesterday when we had the state Insurance Commissioners
Governors of massachusetts, montana, tennessee, colorado, and utah. This hearing runs about three hours. [ gavel tapping ] the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Were holding our second of four hearings on stabilizing premiums and insuring access to the individual Health Insurance market for the year 2018. Thats our focus, and we are delighted and honored to have the governors of five states with us here today. Thank you, gentlemen. We know how busy you are. Youve come long distances to be here, and we appreciate it very much. We look forward to hearing from you. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement. Well then introduce the five governors, after they almost sounds like a singing group, doesnt it . After that testimony, the senators will each have an opportunity to ask the witnesses five minutes of questions. We just left a meeting where the governors met with senators not on our committee. We had 30 senators there, similar
At the table is james gelton, Senior Vice President for policy. An operation under the ee rrisa industry. Explain what the Erisa Industry Committee is all about . Eric for sure is an association that represents about 100 of the very largest businesses, each with at least 10,000 u. S. Employees. Those businesses offer comprehensive and Health Retirement benefits to their employees. We represent them on benefits issues. Lets get systems numbers. How Many Employers offer Health Insurance. There are 178 million americans who get Health Insurance through a job. And thats a significant number of folks. How much are their Companies Paying for the premium these days . Whats the average . Well, so, i think its important to note that on average the company pays about 80 of the cost of premium and as well as the Overall Health care costs. So the employees are paying usually 25 of the premiums. That monthly cost that an employee pays, thats only 1 4 of the cost. Take us to large employers and how
At the table is james gelton, Senior Vice President for policy. An operation under the ee rrisa industry. Explain what the Erisa Industry Committee is all about . Eric for sure is an association that represents about 100 of the very largest businesses, each with at least 10,000 u. S. Employees. Those businesses offer comprehensive and Health Retirement benefits to their employees. We represent them on benefits issues. Lets get systems numbers. How Many Employers offer Health Insurance. There are 178 million americans who get Health Insurance through a job. And thats a significant number of folks. How much are their Companies Paying for the premium these days . Whats the average . Well, so, i think its important to note that on average the company pays about 80 of the cost of premium and as well as the Overall Health care costs. So the employees are paying usually 25 of the premiums. That monthly cost that an employee pays, thats only 1 4 of the cost. Take us to large employers and how
Will increase by 15 to 20 by 2018. Meanwhile, the nations wealthiest will get tax breaks. Is this wealthcare or health care . Into the firing of u. S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Not very long ago, the president was saying he was going to keep the u. S. Attorney there in new york and then suddenly, i guess he has changed his mind. Amy when attorney general Jeff Sessions asked for the resignations of 46 u. S. Attorneys, bharara refused to step down and then he was fired. Soon after, bharara sent a cryptic tweet suggesting he might have been in the middle of investigating trump. We will look at what it all means. Then as a copy owned by President Trumps Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner is set to receive more than 400 million from a chinese firm, we will look at how kushner is keeping parts of his real estate empire, despite his key role in the white house. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Lose Healt