Or a newcomer from a distant land, the complexity of the medical system in the United States is difficult to comprehend. Gerard anderson, Health Policy specialist, has a simple way to explain it. Gerard anderson i take them to a grocery store, and i show them all the different cereals, and say,e want toave oicen america. It doesnt seem to give us Better Health re, it doesnt seem to give us lower costs, but it does give us choice, and we value choice above everything. From a practical point of view, the first decision many consumers are confronted with is how to finance their health care. The choices are simply to pay for it themselves, or to enroll in a private or Public Health insurance plan. A lot is said about the marketplace of health care. Well, for half of people who are getting their health plan through an employer, their employer offers such a narrow range of plans that they the consumer feel that they are cut off from options they really would like to have. Many employers only
Organization oh z work and why they are hoping the 113th will shift to the left. An upcoming budget battles between president obama and the 113th congress. After that, looking at the tenure of House Speaker john boehner and what his legacy will be. Plus your emails, phone calls, on cspan. [applause] Chris Christie delivered his state of address today and discussed Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. The house is expected to vote on an additional 51 million in the package. This comes courtesy from the statehouse in trenton. This is 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Lieutenant governor guadagno, madam speaker, mr. President , members of the legislature, fellow New Jerseyans, since George Washington delivered the first state of the union in new york on this day in 1790, it has been the tradition of executive leaders to report on the condition of the nation
Remaining balance on the citys state revenue last reserve fund of [speaker not understood] 810,605. We point out we recommend approval of that 6. 6 million. We are recommending approval of 3,8,000,9 34 shown on page 5 of our report. And that is for monies that would cover unavoidable or already incurred costs. And then the balance of 3,580,4 61 which is shown in table 6 on page 36 of our report, we consider that to be a policy matter only because the board determines the priorities of what should be expended from the city state Revenue Reserve lost fund. So, our recommendation are on the bottom of page 36. We recommend that you amend the ordinance to delete the Human Service agencies, appropriation for inhouse supported Services Administration and reduce a million 114,76 total requested appropriation by 581,300. That would reflect revised total of 5 34,0 06 remaining for the department of Public Health. And we recommend that you amendedth proposed ordinance on page 2 to reduce ,169,175
Thank you. We have ms. Howard here from our Mayors Office of budget. Good afternoon, supervisors, kate howard, [speaker not understood]. Im here before you to approve an event over the supplemental thats before you appropriating fund from our state revenue lost reserve to a variety of programs that were reduced in the governors budget last year. I also have with me staff from the Human Services agency, the department of aging Adult Services, juvenile probation, the department of Public Health, and the Arts Commission in the event that there are specific questions about any of the appropriations. As you will remember, last year the governors budget proposed and it was adopted by the legislature a number of reductions in both local revenues and direct cuts to services that affect the city of San Francisco. In anticipation of those cuts, the city appropriated 15 million pending final approval of the budget and so those funds are set aside in the event of state cuts. We are recommending in
The city state Revenue Reserve lost fund. So, our recommendation are on the bottom of page 36. We recommend that you amend the ordinance to delete the Human Service agencies, appropriation for inhouse supported Services Administration and reduce a million 114,76 total requested appropriation by 581,300. That would reflect revised total of 5 34,0 06 remaining for the department of Public Health. And we recommend that you amendedth proposed ordinance on page 2 to reduce ,169,175 offsetting appropriation from state loss Revenue Reserve by the same 580,300 to 6,589,585. And our second recommendation is to amend the ordinance on page 2 to delete the 1,800,000 source of funding for the children with families commission. And on page 5 to delete that same 1,800,000 appropriation no longer needed by the commission. They have sufficient funds in their budget. So, its not under budgeting that. It would be fully it would be fully budgeted. Its simply that in this request its no longer needed. And