Coronavirus cases in the united states. Hello and welcome to axios virtual event, health care 21. I am sam baker coming from my home in washington, d. C. I would like to thank United Health group for making these conversations possible. I would like to welcome our audiences. You can follow along on twitter using the axios events. Over the next 30 minutes we will unpack the best way to unpack Health Insurance access and Health Insurance coverage in the united states, and what that path forward looks like both following the president ial election and in the midst of a pandemic that is getting worse every day. Our first guest today is senator thune smith of minnesota. Smithr, senator tina of minnesota. Thank you for joining us. Sen. Smith thank you, sam. It is terrific to be with everyone today. Sam i would like to start off to frame this conversation obviously, Health Care Access and Health Insurance coverage has been a very hot topic for a long time, but i think the pandemic has set of
Restaurants. All kinds of places they just got people inside and now theyre shutting down this must be a shock wave. A shock wave, vicki and katherine also stunning and devastating for the Restaurant Industry were here in San Francisco and restaurants were hoping that they can just keep going, but this is really going to make them roll back and the effects are going to be stunning they are telling us lets take a look at some video of the restaurants here in San Francisco. They were offering 50 of their indoor space to guess and now theyre told to pull back services mayor london breed that you heard and director of Health Doctor grant colfax announcing tuesday that the city is turning back on reopening. Now theyre pointing to the significant a rapid increase in covid19 cases plus hospitalization rates climb. For the Restaurant Industry that means Indoor Dining will halt affective friday night at midnight kron 4 spoke with the president of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association and owner
Following the break, day one of the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett continued. Sworn and and delivered her statement outlining her judicial philosophy and thought writing opinions and dissents. The remaining senators, including Vice President money also delivered remarks. This is just under two hours. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris also issued remarks. These are not normal times. 215,000 people and counting have died of this disease. Many businesses have closed their doors forever, shattering dreams and livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot, driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. In even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic, but these are not normal times. Senate republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the decidingourt to
Kamala harris also delivered remarks. This is under two hours. Tens of thousands of children are living in poverty and going hungry because their parents lost their jobs and cannot afford to buy food. Hundreds of thousands of Small Businesses have closed their doors forever, shattering dreams and livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. Not even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focused on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during the pandemic. But these are not normal times. Senate republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the Supreme Court to be the deciding vote to take Health Care Away from millions of people. President trump has been clear about what he is doing, he has repeatedly promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who will , and byown the aca nominating judge ba
And livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. Not even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing our attention on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic. But these are not normal times. Instead, Senate Republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the Supreme Court to be the deciding vote to take Health Care Away from millions of people. President trump has been very clear about what he is doing. He has repeatedly promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who will strike down the aca. By nominating judge barrett the president is keeping his promise. In her speech at the white house , judge barrett aligned herself with her mentor, the late Justice Anthony scalia, who twice voted to strike down the aca. To help the president keep his promise a republican colleague