Insurance and the Affordable Care act and every Health Insurance policy sold in america is subject to the law of the Affordable Care act. If the Supreme Court does with the Trump Administration and republicans are asking it to do, 20 million americans could lose their healthcare coverage, 600,000 of them, tens of millions of americans with preexisting conditions, including the 5 million in illinois will lose protections the Affordable Act currently gives them, 6 million americans have been diagnosed with positive results from covid19. Many more sadly, will be diagnosed in the years ahead. They, of course, must answer the question have you ever tested positive for covid19 and if they answer they will have a pre existing condition which the Insurance Company used to jump on to either raise your premiums or deny you coverage and if republicans have their way before the Supreme Court young adults up to the age of 26 will no longer be able to stand stay on their parents Health Insurance pai
Pieces, competition antitrust law and Consumer Protection which covers a wide swath of territory but includes everything from gardenvariety scams to fight the enforcement in both of those areas squarely in the middle of a lot of really interesting changes that our society is going through and technology which all of us are dealing and not many of us are using. Host technology and telecommute occasions have become a bigger part of your portfolio over the last couple of years, havent they . To some extent yes. I say to some extent because telecommute occasions are much more the purview of the Commerce Department then the ftc but for example with respect to privacy we do work there with respect to advertising claims we do work there and certainly technology is a big part of what we do. Host antitrust when it comes to technology, correct . Guest yes, very much so. Host there was a recent article in the wall street journal talking about the potential lawsuit against facebook. Could you tell
[applause] [laughter] mr. Biden hey, buddy. I have to tell yall it is great to see you. Hello, cleveland [applause] dont jump folks, i was reminiscing as we drove to the station. I spent the bulk of my adult life driving to an amtrak station. I commuted every day from wilmington delaware to washington, d. C. When i got elected as a young senator after my wife and daughter were killed , and i didnt plan on staying in the senate. But i agreed i would stay for six months. [laughter] a long time ago. I started commuting. Fact is, they tell me i have logged more than 2,100,000 miles on amtrak. So it is good to be here. It is not as fast as a helicopter, but i made a lot of Family Friends on amtrak. I am looking forward to getting on a train with you guys. I want to start by saying it is great to be in ohio. So many friends, local elected officials. It is an honor to be here with tiffany. I know how hard it is for her. I say i know. I was in the position of her children. My dad went through
8. The court i think knows to be very careful and cautious in how it proceeds in dealing with those difficult cases. Obamacare is another one. The Affordable Care act. All cases that are political charged questions and the court knows that they can only do so much in that regard or they risk makes the same mistakes. Justice breyer on the legacy of the dred scott. Theres a theory what he was trying to do was avoid the civil war. His friends in congress had been telling him that if you can get this thing decided once and for all by an institution with the prestige of the Supreme Court people will accept it, it will bring peace to the nation. Believed that . Perhaps, if he was being political. Dont be political for three one, its wrong. Two, the whole point of this institution that hamilton set up was to have a group of people who werent politicians who would be deciding this. If you wanted politicians to decide it give the job to congress. And third and just as important if judges are go
Restricting the number of hours a baker could work each week. Watch landmark cases tonight on cspan 3. And any time on cspan. Org. Now a hearing on the impact of the coronavirus on Mental Health. The house energy and commerce subcommittee on health discusses the benefits telehealth has provided americans and the need to continue after the pandemic ends. This is just over four hours 15 minutes. The subcommittee on health will now come to order. Due to covid19, todays hearing obviously is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will participate via Video Conferencing. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute to eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, youre going to have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. I just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue. Please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan mullin at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the reco