It was congresswoman nancy pelosi who got everyones attention earlier today. What we have to do for the fix is thread the needle. What theyre doing tomorrow on the floor is unraveling the whole fabric. Heres the number you need to know for today, 106,000. Thats how many people have enrolled in the obama care exchanges since the first of october. The other number that you need to know, 7 million. Thats the administrations goal for signups in year one and they barely cracked 1 . Divided democrats are expressing frustration and theyre turning up the heat on the president to get the job done. We believe this needs to be fixed and it needs to be fixed now. I think we can get it fixed, but i do think that were going to have to take some kind of reparative action to reassure people that were trying to get it fixed. Today senator harry reid will meet with white house officials, and white house staffers will be meeting with the House Democrats today and tomorrow, members of the house will vote
Woodruff plus, from music rehearsals, to gardening classes. How some seniors are choosing to stay active by returning to their alma maters. Retirement communities like oak hammock, with ties to universities are a growing part of the american scene. Estimates are that there are fewer than 100 of them right now, but those numbers are growing. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. United healthcare, online at uhc. Com. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the death toll kept
Assisting individuals with federal and state benefit programs. Most navigators are nonprofit, nonpartisan Community Service providers and have effective privacy provisions in place. Those are the facts and the show good news. You talking your Opening Statement about the navigators were going from door to door and that is a concern. Thats why we have to have the real navigators in place so they can sign people up. Just yesterday hhs, doj and the ftc announced a massive antifraud effort. I would suggest we all Work Together to stop any kind of fraud in the system. With that i want to yield the balance of my time to the representative castor. I think the Ranking Member for yielding time. The enthusiasm i am hearing back home from so many of my neighbors, particularly when it comes to now the bar against discrimination for our neighbors that have preexisting conditions. Just over the past few weeks i met with Community Leaders and multiple sclerosis and diabetes, hiv aids, cancer that now
Is but heres a point that people miss. Seven other times the president has decided himself that parts of the law were unimportant and the law he side in fact was not going to endure. What about the preexisting Condition Program . This law was sold on the backs of people with preexisting conditions across this country and yet when someone showed up on february 1st of this year to enroll in the pcip program, they were told, sorry, sister, the program is closed. For 11 months people with preexisting conditions who were promised relief are simply wandering the country what they were supposed to do. Shop exchanges put off to 2015. Delaying final contracts with contractors. Delaying the employer mandate. Removing outofpocket caps. No premium information. This was promised to me by the administrator of cms in july in this committee that i would have this information by september 15. Mr. Cohen we are going the long way now to september 15th. Go to the website on healthcare. Gov. Come back and
Because our financial position , we havecarious considered to raise prices above the rate of inflation. It is important we discussed this issue today. Directspects have a bearing on pricing decisions that may impact the health of our customers. Quicklyic service is moving down a path to becoming a massive longterm burden to the american taxpayer. The legislation is a great starting point to get as off the path of disaster and onto the path of continued financial stability. We agree with the overall approach that provides important pricing and product flexibility and a strong framework for restructuring. Meet the goal of generating savings of 20 billion by 2017, the legislation must resolve our longterm Health Care Costs. I believe this is achievable. I am greatly encouraged by discussions we have had on this topic which i know we will continue to discuss next week. I would like to thank the committee for tanking this. I look forward to supporting your work. This concludes my remarks. T