Providing affordable employer based insurance plans. I want to thank everyone for attending this event today. On behalf of ada and the Pacific Business group on health i want to welcome everyone here and everyone watching remotely including those who are watching c span to today pfsh conference. We are going to discuss challenges of providing High Quality Health Care that is affordable for patients, employers and taxpayers. This is clearly a critical topic for government policy makers. The recent election obviously highlighted the disagreements among many people in this country about whats the best way for government to proceed in this area. And obviously changes our company. The expansion under aca is at a steep price and the Incoming Administration is looking for ways to get costs under control while insuring that people continue to have access to Health Insurance. Employers have long been at the forefront of this struggle for Affordable Health care. About 150 Million People under th
In 2007. It is about an hour. I had the pleasure of introducing him two years ago. When he was discussing luckiest man, the life and death of lou gehrig. Now to be introducing him as he discusses his book opening day the story of Jackie Robinsons first season feels like a book end experience. I was looking at the similarities of the two men he has chronicled in baseball and beyond other aspects of their lives. Both men share these qualities courage, commitment, and commitment was not just playing excellent but to citizenship and contribution to larger society. The other quality both had indeed was character. They both died young. But are remembered as sports icons and in both cases as spectacular as their baseball statistics were there was a lot more to each man. And of course they each represented fabled new york teams and i guess mortal enemies and as such as the transition in life as i started off the fan of one and later made the crossing to the other. But have an appreciation for
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Was here when it happened but wasnt in the pool. It happened around 1 00 oclock this afternoon. About a dozen kids were swimming but three were shocked. Our lifeguards acted immediately. They observed the young people in the pool immediately went over, they were able to pull them out after the power was shut off to ensure theyre safety. City officials dont know yet what caused the shock but they work but work was being done on the pump at some point today. Some reportedly said they felt the shocks before today. This is the first time that were weve heard there was an incident that there were shocks to our young people or adults that use that pool. Reporter now, again, the pool has been drained. It remains closed. Closed indefinitely were told. L and i and the Fire Department are investigating. Dawn . Shawnette, thank you. Investigators spending the day once again at Pennypack Park. Thats where a mother of two was found murdered after she went out for a jog. Tonight the reward for infor
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