Guest speaker, someone i have known for many years and consider a mentor and friend. Is the president the Blue Cross Blue Shield association, a National Federation that supports Blue Cross Blue Shield companies, including Blue Cross Shield michigan. The system, through its federation of insurers covers one out of every three americans. I think that it is a very important statistic. It is something nobody else does. It serves every zip code in the united states, meaning in every zip code in america, someone has a blue cross card. It is one of the most trusted brands in Health Care Conversations on health care and his involved inconversations on health care and health care reform, so everyone has access to quality, Affordable Health care. Scott has devoted his career to improving the health of all americans. Through parts of that identify Health Issues and challenges and provide insights to improve the quad of care across america. Scott was named president and ceo of bcbsa after serving
Michigan. The system, through its federation of insurers covers one out of every three americans. I think that it is a very important statistic. It is something nobody else does. It serves every zip code in the united states, meaning in every zip code in america, someone has a blue cross card. It is one of the most trusted brands in Health Care Conversations on health care and his involved in health care reform, so everyone has access to quality, Affordable Health care. Scott has devoted his career to improving the health of all americans. Through parts of that identify Health Issues and challenges and provide insights to improve the quad of care across america. Scott was named president and ceo of bcbsa after serving four years as Senior Executive Vice President , including two years as chief operating officer. Prior to that, as an exec at a Vice President for system development, he was in charge with new Business Strategy and the bc Bs Technology evaluation center, which is renowned
Good morning. It is saturday, july 11. Im ali velshi. The United States has reached yet another milestone. More than 70,000 new cases of covid19 in a single day. Hospitalizations and deaths are rising at a significant rate. Icus in multiple hospitals in several states have reached capacity. And in an eerie echo from the spring, the city morgue in phoenix has become so full so quickly that officials have called in refrigerated trailers in which to store bodies. Nonetheless, President Trump felt last night was the perfect time to commute the prison sentence of his former Campaign Adviser roger stone. Just before he was set to report to federal prison. In february, stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to congress about his efforts to contact wikileaks while russia interfered in the 2016 president ial election. Stone was also convicted of witness tampering and obstruction. During his trial, stone was reprimanded to making a threatening post on social media aimed at the pres
Us. President trump working phones today in advance of a big trip including his first facetoface with vladimir putin. Trying to predict President Trump is a fools errand. I have to assume a lot of discussion about syria, very important. Hopefully a reference to the situation in ukraine, also pretty dire. I have very little confidence that the president will bring up the russian attack on our Voting System last november. More on that in a moment. Congress home for the fourth of july but talks on a Senate Obamacare replacement deal continue, and, yes, its complicated. I mean, the bill is just being lit up like a Christmas Tree full of billion dollar ornaments and its not repeal. We dont repeal the regulations. We dont repeal the subsidies. And the president adds a body slam to his war on the media and in a style he calls modern day president ial. Hes the most genuine president and the most nonpolitician president that weve seen in my lifetime and hes demonstrated, whatever the content of