Please come to order. We have a vote at 11 45 but that should leave us an opportunity to hear from our witnesses and have good time for questions. I told our witnesses that i was to d lited to be talking about something other than the individual Health Insurance market. And im really quite serious about that because we know that the larger issues in health care are much more than the 6 of the people whom have to buy their Health Insurance in the individual Health Insurance market. So were glad to have this discussion and a subject on which both republicans and democrats have a lot of interest and we look forward to your advice. Today were holding a hearing to look at what can be done to encourage people to make healthier lifestyle choices to help prevent serious illnesses and reduce Health Care Costs. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then well introduce the witnesses. After the witnesses team, senators will each have five minutes of questions. Let me say i w
Please come to order. We have a vote at 11 45 but that should leave us an opportunity to hear from our witnesses and have good time for questions. I told our witnesses that i was to d lited to be talking about something other than the individual Health Insurance market. And im really quite serious about that because we know that the larger issues in health care are much more than the 6 of the people whom have to buy their Health Insurance in the individual Health Insurance market. So were glad to have this discussion and a subject on which both republicans and democrats have a lot of interest and we look forward to your advice. Today were holding a hearing to look at what can be done to encourage people to make healthier lifestyle choices to help prevent serious illnesses and reduce Health Care Costs. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then well introduce the witnesses. After the witnesses team, senators will each have five minutes of questions. Let me say i w
Please come to order. We have a vote at 11 45 but that should leave us an opportunity to hear from our witnesses and have good time for questions. I told our witnesses that i was delighted to be talking about something other than the individual Health Insurance market. And im really quite serious about that because we know that the larger issues in health care are much more than the 6 of the people, every one of whom is important, who have to buy their Health Insurance in the individual Health Insurance market. So were glad to have this discussion and a subject on which both republicans and democrats have a lot of interest and we look forward to your advice. Today were holding a hearing to look at what can be done to encourage people to make healthier lifestyle choices to help prevent serious illnesses and reduce Health Care Costs. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then well introduce the witnesses. After the witness testimony, senators will each have five mi
Thanks, everyone. Welcome, everyone. They say timing is everything. What better time than for the white house to descrop the news that it is putting off a major deadline on the Health Care Law penalties and what better time to push the deadline until after the midterm elections next year. Monica, you say timing, there is secret about the timing. No, it is not a coincidence. This is dropping faster than the titanic. They understand, the white house understands that you have tough democrats who wrote this monstrosity. They are saying this is a train wreck and it is so complex as to be incomprehensible. They know this thing is unworkable and now they are hearing from businesses. This is what we have been talking about for four plus years now. Businesses are cutting hours. They are laying off workers. There are higher taxes coming and higher premiums in place. None of this is ready to go. The state exchanges arent ready to go. All of this is collapsing underneath its own weight and absurd
Thanks, everyone. Welcome, everyone. They say timing is everything. What better time than for the white house to descrop the news that it is putting off a major deadline on the Health Care Law penalties and what better time to push the deadline until after the midterm elections next year. Monica, you say timing, there is no secret about the timing. No, it is not a coincidence. This is dropping faster than the titanic. They understand, the white house understands that you have tough democrats who wrote this monstrosity. They are saying this is a train wreck and it is so complex as to be incomprehensible. They know this thing is unworkable and now they are hearing from businesses. This is s what we have been talking about for four plus years w. Businesses are cutting hours. They are laying off workers. There are higher taxes coming and higher premiums in place. None of this is ready to go. The state exchanges arent ready to go. All of this is collapsing underneath its own weight and absu