She spoke at an event hosted by axios where topics included health care, expanded insurance access, and the rise of coronavirus cases in the United States. Hello and welcome to axios virtual event, health care 2021. Im sam baker, the Health Care Editor at axios coming to you from my home in washington, d. C. Id like to thank the crew for making this possible and id like to welcome our audience on facebook, youtube, twitter, linkedin and axios. Follow along at axios. Next 30 minutes we will unpack the best way to expand Health Insurance access and Health Insurance coverage in the United States an what that path forward looks like following the president ial election and in the midst of a pandemic thats getting worse every day. Our first guest is senator tina smith from minnesota. Senator, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you, sam. Its really terrific to be with everyone today. Id like to start off to just sort of frame this conversation. Obviously Health Care Access and coverage
During the next 30 minutes will impact the best ways to expand Health Insurance access and coverage and exactly what that path looks like following a president ial election and in the midst of a pandemic getting worse every day. The first guest today is senator smith from minnesota thank you for joining us. Thank you i enjoy being here today. I went to frame this conversation. Obviously Health Insurance coverage has been a hot topic for a long time. And with that gap in the system with millions of people lose their Health Insurance and the economic downturn the flex not just those people that family members and their Health Insurance. So i am just curious how has a shape to change the way specifically of healthcare covege . To see that differently now . Ou raise the right point here we are in the midst oa Global Pandemic that is searching fromhe state of minnesota and the upper dwest we had 56 deaths yesterda yesterday, maintain the highest ever and as we see infections go up and hospi
Welcome to the virtual healthcare 20 21 a. M. Sam baker the editor hear from axios think of making this possible and welcome to our audience on you to twitter and axios. Com. Also follow along on twitter during the next 30 minutes will impact the best ways to expand Health Insurance access and coverage and exactly what that path looks like following a president ial election and in the midst of a pandemic getting worse every day. The first guest today is senator smith from minnesota thank you for joining us. Thank you i enjoy being here today. I went to frame this conversation. Obviously Health Insurance coverage has been a hot topic for a long time. And with that gap in the system with millions of people lose their Health Insurance and the economic downturn the flex not just those people that family members and their Health Insurance. So i am just curious how has a shape to change the way specifically of healthcare coverage . To see that differently now . You raise the right point here
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