And and and it enables those senior stage successfully over many years. Thank you. [applause] thanks to the cochairs for your remarks and if you could please join us on stage. I am hoping we will have time for question and answer but i wanted to ask a couple of questions on the minds of many of you watching so maybe we should jump right in the first talk about the cost implications of the recommendations and there are some items with respect to cost of Health Care System specs i am happy to say a few words but thank u. S. The leader of the task force of any other team of researchers and writers if we could take a moment to recognize those who are involved. [applause] a good part of the indigenous for this report is in fact, the fact that we are increasingly aware of the role of the cost curve of increasing Budget Expenditures costs related to Medicare Medicaid Social Security are three of the most important drivers of deficits is a function dramatically as it is a mention 78 billion ba
The members from california for celebrating. It marked the anniversary of the 19 amendment. Heres a tweet from susan davis. Forg the occasion to call gender pay equality. And jackie bierce spoke at her alma mater, the all girls Mercy High School along with world war ii rosy riveter. In it is tim kaine tallahassee, florida. He participated in two events. He spoke at a but at a Small Business incubator for support of Small Business and he also took part in a Voter Registration event. We will show you both of those now and then take your phone calls. Good afternoon. Wife, anne. I am tim kaine. [applause] senator from virginia and Hillary Clintons running mate. This is the third time i have been imported since i have been added to the ticket. My wife was past two weeks ago and was the secretary of education in virginia. She stepped down to go all time on the campaign trail. We are here in florida doing some events and we are about to go over to a and then florida a m to do a Voter Registra
Do that. I can make any particular specific comments about plans are actually think i think those are the things to look out to better understand whats going on. What i can say, in 2015, employerbased insurance and marketplace insurance were very different when it came to apply the deductible to Prescription Drugs benefits. Employerbased insurance, less than 10 applied. Marketplace insurance, i think the majority of plans may be as much as 70 you have to meet a deductible. For some of the tiers at least before you received Prescription Drug benefits. And so postaca all of you know theres a requirement that you cant discriminate in benefits, and we jointly with sister agencies including the insurance regulators and folks from the Health Department looked at the tiers on the formulary and with help of outside researchers there was a pattern that evolved that certain hiv drugs are classified in the highest out of pocket tiers, and based on that we thought it was discriminatory benefit des
About this report is what it shows us is weve got a whole lot more work to do so that we can confront this threat and hopefully we know our committee has come together in a bipartisan fashion but this is an issue that should have no party lines because this is an American Issue were talking about safety to our people and hopefully we can convince the rest of our colleagues to move Forward Together to confront this crisis. Thank you congressman vela. The chair recognizes mr. Hurd from texas. Thank you chairman and Ranking Member thompson, the chairman katko, that was pleasure working alongside of you. I spent almost over nine years as an undercover officer in the cia. I was the guy in the back alleys chasing al qaeda and the taliban and having seen enemies like that up close and personal and seeing what isis has evolved into is scary. There are clear and present danger to the United States and we need to do everything we can to stop them in their tracks. One of the shocking things for m
Director of covered california which is my States Health insurance marketplace which has helped connect so many of my constituents with Health Insurance. You know, california made a conscious decision to be an active player with the Affordable Care act imminimum meantation. There have been efforts to make california a leader. We have cut our states uninsurance rate by 28 . Pretty remarkable in my opinion. California shows that when a state is invested and buys into the stakes of the Affordable Care act, prices can be held under control, quality plans can be made available for purchasers. I look forward to hearing how covered california could serve as a role model for states looking to get the best value for their residents while promoting highquality care. And ill yield back to the Ranking Member. Thank you, gentle lady. I know we asked for u nnanimous be entered into the record. The committee is holding an investigative hearing and has a practice of taking testimony under oath. Do any