World. For the incredible job theyve been doing. I came here, wasnt feeling so well. I feel much better now. Were working hard to get me all the way back. I have to be back. Because we still have to make America Great again. Weve done an awfully good job of that. But we still have steps to go and we have to finish that job. Ill be back. And i think ill be back soon. I look forward to finishing up the campaign the way it was started in the way weve been doing. The kind of numbers weve been doing. Weve been so proud of it. This was something that happened. Its happened to millions of people all over the world. Im fighting for them. Not just in the u. S. Im fighting for them all over the world. Were going to beat this coronavirus or whatever you want to call it. And were going to beat it soundly. So many things have happened. Look at the therapeutics, which im taking right now. Some of them. Others are coming out soon that are looking like miracles, if you want to know the truth. Theyre m
We are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. This is the third virtual subCommittee Hearing and the ways and Means Committee. As with our previous hearings i want members to know that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantial debate, substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with the Ranking Member, mr. Smith, and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are resected in these new virtual formats. Before i turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedural to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee willfi keep microphones needed to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for a fiveminute statement. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras
Election that may lead on for a while. Jimthan joining us now is karen of morgan stanley. Lets start with that question on the election. So many things we have been told to care about have not ended up mattering. Is the election any different . The election will matter, i just dont know when. Going into the election, there will be some risk that needs to be taken off the table, but when we think about both candidates, what is the main driver for the Economic Policy . The pandemic. Do we get a vaccine, second lockdown. That will be the main driver. If you think about a bride and presidency, you have to see growth coming from the fiscal side, expansion. If it is a trump presidency, probably more from the private side. Either way, both politicians have a plan to generate growth. It is up to the voters to decide which is better. I think both are going to matter. The point that another person brought up earlier, if there is a contested election, thats a problem. Markets can deal with uncert
Decide not to do that, it is very important for people to meet outside, wear face coverings, social distance, hygiene measures that i talked about. Be thoughtful how we engage outside of our immediate house old with people highest risk of dying from the disease, people older with chronic conditions. Given what we are seeing in San Francisco and across the state we are having increasing cases. San francisco knows how to do this. We did it and i am grateful for everyones contributions. We did it in march, april, may. We can do it for the fourth of july. Thank you. Next questions from cathy novak with k cbs for dr. Colfax. How willin how many patientsn quentin are treated in San Francisco hospitals . 18 patients transferred from san quentin to San Francisco hospitals. Second question for dr. Colfax. Are San Francisco hospitals preparing to receive more patients from san quintin . Is that going to affect Hospital Capacity. Right now it is good for indicators. People can find it on data sf
Back to their active benefit which i have to say is a better benefit than what we were covering at first. Does anyone have any idea when that happened . Im just curious. Its something that we actually have been working with the School District over the last year, to consider taking over the dental benefit on their behalf. And weve asked that question and have not found anyone who knows the answer. So we can take this offline, but yeah, anyone that we spoke to, they could not document the history of how that got back to the School District. Commissioner zvanski okay. Well talk about that later. President breslin anyone else have anything else to say . I have a couple of questions. Okay. I dont see a page for the for the retiree h. M. O. Design elements. Theres one for the retiree p. P. O. Design elements and theres one for the h. M. O. Elements, but not for the retirees. I dont see that, the copays for the h. M. O. S. Am i missing something . Yes, i know there are appendix pages that ha