So lets bring in our financial course want to say fisherman who is in new york for us good to see you sir if you bring us up to date with the latest on how the markets have digested this data. Yeah well hellenized seems like the markets have recovered after they did indeed in these plants as a first reaction to these numbers but i think most people expect that the Consumer Price index to buy is the key indicator for inflation rose only slightly more than expected in january and at the same time the dollar is recommitting at the moment and thats helping Domestic Companies to say competitive still the fed is getting more and more concerned that the economy might be overheating not only due to the higher prices but also because of techs reform and the volume americas economy has seen in the years after the crisis was financed with cheap money thanks to these low rates and if this is going to change this might affect the economy in a negative way because you mention trump his passion the t
[inaudible conversations] please come to order. We are holding the first hearing on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to the individuals Health Insurance market for 2018. How to help the 18 million americans and the individual Insurance Market to give an idea of how many people are interested in this, we invited senators who were not on our committee, which has about a quarter of the senate on the committee. To come to. Weve got senators there so that is remarkable interest. We will each have an Opening Statement and then introduced the five witnesses. After the testimony, senators will have an opportunity to ask witnessewitnesses questions andl do it in five minute rounds. This committee includes 23 United States senator nearly one quarter of the members of the senate and that includes senators with the widest divergence of views and has a republican majority of only one. Working together the last two years, weve been able to agree on big steps, big issues about which we have b
This hearing is about taking one small step. A small step on the big issue that has been locked for seven years, Health Insurance. It is a step Congress Needs to pick by the end of this month. By the end of this month. To the 18 million americans, songwriters and selfemployed farmers, those that dont get their Health Insurance from the government or onthejob committees 18 million by their Health Insurance in the individual market and about half of them have zero Government Support to help buy that insurance. 18 million is only 6 of those who have Health Insurance in america. So thats the individual market. Nearly 300 million have Health Insurance, e. 18 million have the individual market that is 6 of all of the insured and 9 million of the 18 million have no government help to buy their insurance and are the ones hurt by higher premiums and copayments and deductibles. A 35yearold making 48,000 a year in lynchburg would receive no tax benefit to cover her 7,100 a year premiums. 7,100dol
We are holding our first hearing on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to into intervals Health Insurance market for 2018. We have five state Insurance Commissioners. Thank you for coming from long distances to be with us to give your testimony on how to help the 18 million americans in individual Insurance Market. Manyve an idea of how people are interested in this, we invited senators who were not on our committee, which is about a quarter of the senate on this committee to come to a coffee with commissioners that we have completed for an hour and 31 senators were there. That is a remarkable level of we will have an Opening Statement and we will introduce the five witnesses. Ask questionskend in fiveminute rounds. This committee includes 23 United States senators. It includes senators with the whitest diversions of abuse. It has a republican majority of only one. Working together during the last two years, we have been able to agree on big steps, big issues, about which we have
To the big story. Two stories corporation your privacy on the internet. Facebook is facing a class action lawsuit, accused of reading private data and handing it over. And the Justice Department spending half a Million Dollars on an enhanced Linkedin Profile that will give them access to profiles of all 250 million linkedin users. You have no expectation of privacy online. Well, maybe you should, but you dont. Its gone. But you should surely expect the companies who have access to your private information to keep it secure. Bill harris is here. Hes a former paypal ceo and he knows a few things about the internet and security and privacy, dont you . Yes. Yes, you do. Theres a distinction. Facebook reads your posts, gathers the information, sells it. Yes. Stuart theres a lawsuit about that. Yes. Stuart i say that your privacy in that sense has gone. Youve lost it, its not there anymore, but we should expect privacy of our personal information. My mothers maiden name, for example, my Soci