Test test test test captioning performed by vitac you dont know what else is coming down the pike. I dont want to oversell these tools. They are useful as a way to ballpark things and help consumers shop and compare. Its still a rough estimate because health care by its nature is an unknown in the year ahead. For those planned events and joel spoke about this the huge variation in price with no discernible difference in quality. We know, for example that neck mris will change from 230 to a tenth of that amount. There are certain instances where we can really come very far along in terms of helping people estimate costs and sort of partake in the favorable economics of smart decisionmaking. I had one more thing. Thats just about this whole issue when we talk about the tools for consumers of choice architecture design. Its how we present this information to consumers and theres been studies that consumers will go with the default so really have to think how were presenting the cost infor
Again to an impossibly distant 2015. , the year that film comes to mind as i think about the changes we are seeing in how seniors approach work and retirement, the topic of todays hearing. For most of the past century, seniors have been withdrawing as americansforce came to view retirement as a time of uninterrupted rest and leisure that could last for decades. Ofthe year 2000, only 32 werecans age 55 and older still working, and the average age of retirement had dropped to just 63, but the babyboom generation has reversed this trend. Today, 40 of workers 55 and older remain in the workforce, a ratio not seen since the eisenhower administration. Remainingoomers are in the workforce longer for many reasons, but one leading reason is the need for Financial Security. Many americans today dont have the resources they need to live comfortably and retirement without working. It used to be said that Retirement Security was a threelegged stool, the first leg being an employerprovided pension,
Expected to grow modestly this year and a solid pace through the next few years. Although real adjusted inflation grew weekly in early 2015, the economy now appears to be on firmer ground and we expect the pace of Economic Activity to pick up over the next calendar year and the next few years. After that, we expect to see moderate to constrained early growth in the workforce. Real gdp will grow by 2 this calendar year, by 3. 1 in 2016, and by 2. 7 in 2017. Above its potential or maximum sustainable rate over that time frame. The economy will grow at an average rate of 2. 2 , equal to its real growth rate. This will be driven by consumer spending, business investment, and residential investment. Over the next few years, the faster pace in growth output is expected to reduce the quantity of underused resource, or slack, in the economy. The estimate was about 3. 4 in 2014. Cbo next to narrow that gap to its historical average by the end of 2017. Although labor Market Conditions continue t
Now, federal and local Veterans Affairs officials and Health Care Providers visit the paralyzed veterans of america conference to talk about how to provide better access and specialized care for veterans with spinal cord injuries and diseases. All right, so, before we have dr. Baligh yehia come up and give what will be great keynote remarks, i want to start the morning off with having a conversation with you about something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industr
Something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industries. And if youre a healer, youve got some job security if you do it well enough, and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from the perspective of the patient, im willing to bet that somewhere on that list of what brought you into your respective discipline was a sense of compassion. What is compassion . Its a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune. Who are w