High pressure systems to the north. What it is doing is putting the squeeze on the Hawaiian Islands and allowing those winds out of the east to gust. We just checked, over 40 Miles Per Hour in some of those locations. That is going to complicate fire efforts. Look at the aerial video that you are seeing on your screens right now. This is imperative. The fire that impacted the west side of maui, the location, the economic hub of hawaii where all the resorts and businesses are generally located, where people go as tourists to visit, well, the fire ran out of room to burn. It literally moving into the ocean as it had nothing else to char. It was incredibly harrowing. Adjectives use like dyer and apocalyptic. You can see exactly why with some of these first aerial visuals that we are getting. Now, everyone in hawaii knows how to handle a hurricane. Everyone knows how to handle volcano as well. As difficult as it can be. This caught people off guard. As a meteorologist, we were watching Hur
Largest health care player in the american system. A huge and growing federal entitlement. A little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment, from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees. Total Program Spending will double. Today, roughly, one trillion dollars. Within ten years, it will be nearly two trillion dollars. At the same time, medicare is rapidly changing. Today roughly half of all Senior Citizens are enrolled in Medicare Advantage. A system of private coverage, which is the leading alternative to traditional medicare, and Medicare Advantage, a defined contribution system. What that means is what that means is the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary, plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare coverage. The question before the house, and before the main nation, is a very big one. That is how do we provide high quality medical care to a huge and rapidly growing older population. At a cost th
With these Television Companies support cspan 2 as a public service. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen for coming. Our topic todays medicare. The Largest Health care player in the american system. A huge and growing federal entitlement. A little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment, from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees. Total Program Spending will double. Today, roughly, one trillion dollars. Within ten years, it will be nearly two trillion dollars. At the same time, medicare is rapidly changing. Today roughly half of all Senior Citizens are enrolled in Medicare Advantage. A system of private coverage, which is the leading alternative to traditional medicare, and Medicare Advantage, a defined contribution system. What that means is what that means is the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary, plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare coverage. The question before the house, and b
Ladies and gentlemen, coming. Our topic today is medicare, the largest care player in the american, a huge growing federal entitlement. And a little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees and total Program Spending will double today, roughly. Its 1 trillion. And within ten years it will be nearly 2 trillion. At the same time, medicare is changing. Today, half of all seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or a system of private coverage, which is the alternative to traditional medicare. And Medicare Advantage is a defined contribution. And what that means is, is that the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary to the beneficiary chosen plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare. The question before the house and before the nation is a very, very big one. That is, how do we provide high quality medical care to a huge and, rapidly growing older population
Largest care player in the american, a huge growing federal entitlement. And a little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees and total Program Spending will double today, roughly. Its 1 trillion. And within ten years it will be nearly 2 trillion. At the same time, medicare is changing. Today, half of all seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or a system of private coverage, which is the alternative to traditional medicare. And Medicare Advantage is a defined contribution. And what that means is, is that the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary to the beneficiary chosen plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare. The question before the house and before the nation is a very, very big one. That is, how do we provide high quality medical care to a huge and, rapidly growing older population, often at a cost that is affordable not only to seniors, but a