Economic data in the u. S. , 7 00, we have the Weekly Mortgage application. That is a volatile number. 8 30, the account balance. 2 00, fomc followed by Janet Yellens News Conference. We will carry that live. That is a very big deal. Doesnt paint a malaysia 370. We will talk about that in a bit. Alicia Central Bank Cut their gdp forecast. Malaysia Central Bank Cut their gdp forecast. We have been supplying so much liquidity to world markets, that has helped other economies, malaysia is an example. I would argue the central bank is in considering any of that given all of the turmoil. They basically did not acknowledge it at the last meeting. They said, deal with it. On your own. Earnings before the bell, fedex is the one you want to watch. After the bell, guess. Stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities. Not much going on. On to the second screen. Currency markets. We will get to that in a moment. Sort of. Ly, even the Australian Dollar putting on a bit, a stronger aussie dollar. Putin ral
Recommendation which is that we Reform Health care regulations to promote a system effectively. Malpractice is often brought up. Thats typically handled at the state. The scope of practice for Nurse Practitioners and physician assistants and other nonphysicians did typically done at the state level. Often that is the place where not only is the scope of their practices determined but the limit to which they can practice is determined. Another recommendation encouraging consumer selection of high valued based on information. Having transparent information of cost and quality. States again have the capacity to harness that data. In early 30 states now we have allpayer databases where the state has accumulated information from all of the plans. Those could be used to drive that kind of information. And lastly the final recommendation, help from a Population Health and personal responsibility for health. This recognizes that health is very much in ecosystem. It involves the health of peopl
After this experience. She has been able to find a plan that helps her avoid all six of her doctors including a five specialist in the primary care physician. Here is the catch. The new plan . Its out of pocket costs are now going from 4 ,000 to 45 00 range. Its now going up to an expected 5,900. It was a tough decision for her to make. She ultimate decided to pay more money in order to keep seeing the doctors that have been treating her for the past four to six years. Its a real live story of a Medicare Advantage recipient in the country whose out of pocket costs are going up because of obamacare. Its wrong. It is unfair. It should not stand. I yield the floor. Mr. President . Senator from New Hampshire. Thank you, mr. President. I came to the floor yesterday to share so many stories im receiving from my constituents about them receiving cancellations for policies they wanted to keep, higher premium under the law. Each story is very sad. I feel badly for the people of my state and acr
Case against the specifics. You know why . They cant. Is there a republican senator who will come to the floor and defend the right of a Health Insurance company to turn down a person or a family because of a preexisting condition . Thats the situation we faced when we passed the Affordable Care act. Theris there a family in america that doesnt have someone with a preexisting condition . Most families do. My family has in the past and does now, too. And preexisting conditions can range from the very, very serious to things which are chronic and manageable, from asthma and diabetes to cancer survivors. The list is long. The Affordable Care act says you cannot turn down a person in america for Health Insurance because of a preexisting condition. The republicans say they want to repeal that, they want to go back to the day where you can turn down a person because of preexisting condition, then have the courage to come to the floor and say it. They wont. The bill also says, the law also sa
Kids health care. Thank you, and i yield the floor. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy thank you, mr. President. Thank you, the senator from california for telling the stories of people in california which are not unlike the stories in connecticut, an exchange that is working. A flood of people signing up way above expectations from where we originally thought the numbers would be. Would be. I thank you as well for pointing out what is the reality, which is that over 40 times, republicans in the house of representatives and senate voted to repeal the Health Care Reform law, and even well over the last five years, using over and over again this montra of repeal and replace, knave offered stlowtly no replacements. Mr. President , there was a story in one of the trade publications down here this morning saying the republicans were just going to change their strategy, that instead of piling on repeal vote after repeal vote, they were no