Good morning. Senate committee on Health Education labor and pensions will please come to forward. Were holding our fourth hearing this morning on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to insurance in the individual Health Insurance market for 2018. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then well introduce our five witnesses. Welcome to you. After their testimony, senators will have an opportunity to ask the itnesses five minutes of questions. To begin with, we ought not to take for granted the three hearings this committee has had over the last ten days. For seven years hardly a civil word was spoken between republicans and democrats on the Affordable Care act. It was trumpcare versus obamacare day in and day out. But for the last ten days senators from both sides of the aisle have engaged in serious discussion for several hours at a time about what congress can do between now and the end of this month to help limit premium increases for 18 illion americans n
After their testimony senators can ask the witnesses five minutes of questions. To begin, we ought not take for granted the three hearings this committee is had over the past ten days. For seven years, hardly civil word was spoken between republicans and democrats on the affordable character. It was trump care versus obama care, day in and day out. For the last ten days senators have engaged in serious discussion for several hours at a time about what congress can do between now and the end of this month. To help limit premium increases for 18 million americans next year. And begin to lower premiums in the future. And also prevent insurers from leaving the markets for those 18 million americans by insurance. Last week between the meetings held before hearings like the we had today and the hearings half of the senators participated in bipartisan conversations about Health Insurance. I want to thank senator murray again for her leadership in helping make that happen. These have been focu
Bloomquist is off and in the news questions remain on why a man opened fire on a Las Vegas Concert as the investigators unveil the potential plans to target other events. And two men have died following two separate shootings and the search continues for the gunman. The big story on action news is breaking news in bethlehem township. Where a murder suspect is now in custody following a standoff with police. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene where police blocked off a portion of oakland and hecktown road prompting the lockdown of nearby schools. Police arrested a man suspect the in the death of a husband and wife last night. Gray hall is live with the latest. Reporter it appears that this situation is resolved. Three schools placed on lockdowns and that has been lifted and the suspect is in custody and any minute we expect an update from police. Police warned this location if bethlehem township that officers were engaged with a lockdown situation with a man if his car. He is identified as
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