Published tonight is this short document that shows in spring of this year, in april of this year, the trump white house issued a secret permission slip to solicitor general noel francisco which excuses him from the ethics rules that would otherwise block him from being involved in any legal matter involving the law firm at which he was a partner, jones day. you can see the title there of the document. executive order 13770 waiver for noel francisco. signed by don mcgahn. i know you can read that, but i m told, trust me that s his signature, signed on april 24th this year. it s basically very simple language. i grant a waiver for noel francisco, solicitor general to participate in matters in which jones day, his former law firm represents a party. now why does he get permission to do that? why is he excused from the ethics rules that otherwise block him from doing that for good reasons? don t know. it doesn t say. no reasons given. there is just this terse
well, this is important. this is why cvs is trying to do this. the law is pushing up the premiums that are being paid by employers and their workers. and, companies as a result are looking for every piece in the law that gives them a chance to try to restrain that growth. in 2009, before the affordable care act the average, average cost of a health insurance for family of four was 13,375. 2010, it jumped to 13,770. a 1.7% increase. that is the year the law got passed. the next year it had a $103 premium increase, jumping to $15,000. last year it was 672, up 4 1/2%. now remember, companies now are paying an average, the companies pay most of this cost. they re paying an average of $11,429 out of that $15,745 that is being, the total cost of the insurance. and remember, the president said, pass the affordable care act and your premiums
Almost buried federal register regulation that people can comment on now. what it basically says is yeah, health care has to be affordable for the employee. but not for the spouse or the child dependent. it says the spouse is not a dependent under the affordable care act and it says we don t know whether there is going to be subsidy dees for spouses and comments that there are for other people. so affordable care act becomes kind of a misnomer when the spouse and the children up to age 26 are not receiving the same type of affordable care. we know that corporations pay less today and more less going forward for family and spouse coverage. brian: let s look at the average annual employer-based health premiums. if you re single in 2010, the coverage was $5,049. the family coverage is $13,770. let s fast forward to 2012,
A bridge too far, the supreme court will recognize that and we will prevail. the supreme court will likely announce the decision in june. and by then republicans will have chosen the presidential nominee and the supreme court s decision, whatever it may be, will become a red meat campaign issue. trace? trace: and now the president s health care law coming under fire in a new insurance survey. guest: the certify found that health insurance premiums rose 9 percent in the year 2012 and in the last year alone health care costs for a single worker rose from $5,049 to $5,429. for a family, from $13,770 to $15,073. and causing 20 percent of the rise in health care costs and specifically points to coverage for children, up to 26 years old and for prevention services such as mammograms as causing part of
The hhs secretary kathleen sebelius saying there may be a higher cost associated with getting insurance. is that what we heard in the beginning? or is the obama administration singing a different tune? theyville to admit the reality. the president said if the obamacare was passed, premiums would go down $2500 for the average family by the end of 2010. that s what the president said did it happen? no! the average premium for a family of four was $13,375 a year before the affordable care act passed. the year it passed trose to an average of $13,770, $200-some-odd dollars more. then $15,073. then the following year, 2012, it s $15,745. so we have seen pretty consistent increase. we have a delta approaching