Right. We have a quorum. Obviously, these are unique times, as we could say. Given the Public Health recommendations issued by the department of Public Health and Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted the attendance of Board Members by telephone, directors rubke and torres will be participating by phone at my request. Caroline and others in the room here to assist with our City Attorney deputy City Attorney, susan cleavelandknowles. We will say, at the end, get through this together. I will ask Board Members to mute their phones. It sounds great right now, but if you want to speak, unmute the phones and let us know. For this meeting, we would like public to participate remotely about writing a question and contacting us electronically. Thank you for honoring this request. Going forward, we urge the public to write the board at mtaboard sfmta. Gov or calling 4154464470. That information is also on our website if you need that. We usually ask for speaker cards, but today, we are no
[ inaudible ] as i said, protecting Healthcare Workers and First Responders one of the top three priorities at the health department. I dont have the numbers to share in terms of number of Healthcare Workers quarantined. They are at high risk for exposure. We are working with Hospital Systems across the city to prepare for the potential for a substantial portion of the work force to be under isolation or quarantine. One of the key things we are working on is insuring there is adequate protective equipment in keeping with the cdc guidelines to keep workers safe so they can care for the people most vulnerable for this disease. Do we not have enough healthcare wore concernings. We have a robust Healthcare System and everybody is stepping up. That will be posted on the frequently asked questions. What services at city hall are going to continue . Essential services will be continued. Essential City Services will be continued both at city hall and a cross the city. That will be provided, ab
Lines. For those of you in eastern and central time zones, 2027488000. Mountain and pacific time zones, 2027488001. You can text us, 2027488003. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter we are cspanwj and on facebook, the post is up. We would like to hear from you, facebook. Com cspan. It is a poll that came out earlier this month from usa today dominated usa today in early december, a poll they did with sauce ipsos. A number of articles in this extensive peace piece. Here is susan page, the Washington Bureau chief of usa today, she writes about this poll, americans are united on this, they are sick and tired of being so divided. , social media,s and the news media have exacerbated and exaggerated those divisions sometimes for their own benefit. She writes more than 9 of 10, about as close to unanimity as a National Survey usually reaches said it is important for the United States to reduce that divisiveness. Some of the reporting from that poll on the
Also a surgeon and author of several books. His latest is the price we pay what broke American Health care and how to fix it. If you had to pick a Tipping Point for health care in america and where you saw the first break, where would that be . Guest really, if you had to identify the issues that are driving our affordability crisis, that nobody is talking about, that we need to talk about, it is number one, pricing failures, number two, the middleman industry, and number three, inappropriate medical care. Collectively, there is broad consensus in america about addressing these issues. But unfortunately, our discussion has been sidetracked into this false choice we have into whether or not you are pro or con health care. Sidetrackede choice we have into whether or not you are pro or con health care. I have yet to meet somebody who thinks that any industry has gone from nontransparent pricing to transparent pricing and then said this is a bad idea, lets go back to hiding prices. People
Policy at Johns Hopkins university in baltimore. Policy at Johns Hopkins university in baltimore and also there. H or surgeon his latest book is the price we , good morning dr. Mccarrick. If you had to pick a breaking point for American Health care, where would you put it . Guest if you had to identify the issues that are driving our affordability crisis, it is number one pricing failures, number to the middleman industry, and number three in appropriate medical care. Collectively there is broad consensus in america about addressing these issues. Unfortunately our discussion has been sidetracked into this false choice we have into whether or not you are pro or con health care. I have yet to meet somebody who thinks that any industry has gone from nontransparent pricing to transparent pricing and then said this is a bad idea, lets go back to hiding prices. People are getting hammered out there. People are getting crushed. They are hungry for honest pricing and health care. It is ironic.