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 following the president ial election and in the midst of a pandemic that is getting worse every day. Our first guest today is senator tina smith of minnesota. Thank you for joining us. Sen. Smith thank you, sam. It is terrific to be with everyone today. Insurance has been with us for a long time but how has the pandemic shaped how you view this problem of health care coverage. Do you see that differently now . Sen. Smith here we are in the midst of a Global Pandemic. Thatt is the pandemic asserted in my home to state of minnesota and the upper midwest that is surging in my home state of minnesota in the upper mi
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
Wechat on sunday. Back to the race for a treatment for covid and a cure, at least a vaccine roche unveils a new Antibody Test and Vice President calls on trump to step down and tech volatility, the s p and the nasdaq aiming for a rebound to end what has been a turbulent week for stocks. So we will start with tiktok and wechat, jim, just listening to you and andrew a moment ago doesnt sound like you see a whole lot of material to salvage this in the next 48 hours. I think that walmart feels like its given everything it can, i think that the people in the private equity have given everything, oracle, difficult to tell whether they think they can do more, but they had really felt that when pretrump it was looking like it was 43 owned by u. S. , 14 by international, chinese own 45 posttrump they are talking about u. S. Owns 53, international owns 11, chinese own 36 i think its the chinese owning 36 is the Sticking Point david, what level do you think the president would allow this deal or
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Member crawford present. Member larkin present. Member mathews absent. Member pantoja present. Member sanderlin present. Xhiefdz present. Im going to read the ramaytush ramaytush ramaytush are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush rahmytoosh ohlone olonee who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. Responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. Territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you natasha item thank you natasha item 2. Opportunity for the public to comment on any matters within the committees jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. Please line up at the 30e78d limited to 3 minutes per speaker. For the record there are no inperson c