Coronavirus cases in the united states. Hello and welcome to axios virtual event, health care 21. I am sam baker coming from my home in washington, d. C. I would like to thank United Health group for making these conversations possible. I would like to welcome our audiences. You can follow along on twitter using the axios events. Over the next 30 minutes we will unpack the best way to unpack Health Insurance access and Health Insurance coverage in the united states, and what that path forward looks like both following the president ial election and in the midst of a pandemic that is getting worse every day. Our first guest today is senator thune smith of minnesota. Smithr, senator tina of minnesota. Thank you for joining us. Sen. Smith thank you, sam. It is terrific to be with everyone today. Sam i would like to start off to frame this conversation obviously, Health Care Access and Health Insurance coverage has been a very hot topic for a long time, but i think the pandemic has set of
My name is Jane Campbell. I am fortunate to be the president and ceo of the United States capital Historical Society. I just took this job in february. This is my new adventure. This organization has been around for more than 50 years. And we are delighted to have you join us for a celebration of the distinguished history of the Senate Finance committee. We begin the program tonight with the presentation of colors by the United States Capital Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Please join in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Right shoulder. Forward march. Thank you. Very much. You may be seated. Our celebration this evening is possible because we have generous support from the bank of america. From grant thornton, allergan , the National Retail federation, the association of global automaker
Joseph bannister is the only pilot in history to captaintwo navy frigates. He fired the first shot. This sunday night, author Robert Kerson on the search for the pirate ship the Golden Fleece. He started off his life not as a pirate but as a noble english sea captain, a gentle man, who is trusted by wealthy shipowners to sell their ship the Golden Fleece, this 100 foot long sailing ship, between london and port royal, jamaica which was known as the wicked city on earth and to carry valuable cargo like sugar and indigo dyes between london and port royal. He did that responsibly for years. But then one day in 1684, for reasons no one could determine Joseph Bannister stole the Golden Fleece and recruited a tough pirate crew and went pirate. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan q a. This week, missouri senator Claire Mccaskill hosted the second in a series of roundtable discussions aimed at combating Sexual Assault on College Campuses. It included College Officials and victims advocates.
Affordable care act. We wanted to start with the chairman of the Senate Health committee, lamar alexander. He has been holding a series of hearings. Here is the senator talking about the goal. [video clip] our goal is to come up with in a census consensus early next week. Hopefully we can have senator mcconnell an Agreement Congress can pass by the end of the month that will limit premium increases next year and begin to lower premiums after that and prevent insurers from leaving the market. That is our schedule. What happens if we dont succeed . Last year, or percent of american counties had one Insurance Company on the exchange. This year 36 have one insurer. Of counties half will have one or zero counties on the exchange. We have heard from state Insurance Commissioners that this monopoly in so many. Ounties drives up premiums without costsharing reductions, the Congressional Budget Office, the joint committee on taxation, and as our witnesses have said, premiums will increase 20 in
Naoam leavy. Want to do an update on the Affordable Care act. We wanted to start with the chairman of the Senate Health committee, lamar alexander. He has been holding a series of hearings. Here is the senator talking about the goal. [video clip] our goal is to come up with in a census consensus early next week. Hopefully we can have senator mcconnell an Agreement Congress can pass by the end of the month that will limit premium increases next year and begin to lower premiums after that and prevent insurers from leaving the market. That is our schedule. What happens if we dont succeed . Last year, or percent of american counties had one Insurance Company on the exchange. This year 36 have one insurer. Of counties half will have one or zero counties on the exchange. We have heard from state Insurance Commissioners that this monopoly in so many. Ounties drives up premiums without costsharing reductions, the Congressional Budget Office, the joint committee on taxation, and as our witnesse