What do i mean by the Bigger Picture . For starters, think about this for a second the fourth largest city in the u. S. Has been taken off line but for the most part, the state and local authorities seem to have it under control. While harvey has been a real tragedy for the millions caught in its path, the Natural Disaster hasnt been accompanied by any man made catastrophes like during katrina. Trumps visit to texas wasnt a fiasco if anything, it was workmanlike the president has had a real gift for being divisive in recent weeks, but if you only focus on the negatives, you miss the good things. Like the 3 gdp growth, smashing figure by the way. More important, though, the president is acting president ial the fact that we have now a world class Reclamation Project in houston that he can lead. This storm hit a heavy republican state im betting they could get tens of billions quickly to rebuild the moment the flood waters recede its going to be a massive shot in the arm for the nation,
Been a fan before i was in congress of going beyond the saids initiative feds policy. I felt like q1, q2 and q3 do not create the job increases that policymakers at the time thought. I have been concerned as we go back and look backwards since 2008 that said officials have always been a little reluctant to talk about some of the unintended consequences such as a distorting the price mechanism in our economy, depressing cap rates for real estate or running up equity prices which i think are a result we have flooded from qe2 into our economy affecting prices. Today, i have not heard discussion, we talked about the Balance Sheet and Interest Rates , i want to talk about the money multiplier affect in your toolbox. We flooded the system with reserves, but we have a money multiplier down at apples rates , 1930s types rate. I guess my view, you shouldnt lower Interest Rates on banks as raising rates and planting this very thoughtful, careful shrinkage of the Balance Sheet . Chair yellen the
Heres this golden person and then they turn out not to be golden. And most of us deal with that better than she did. They reject her. They reject her and of course they reject her because shes rejectable. There are pictures of her in this book when she was young when she was seeing franklin in the beginning. Shes beautiful. She was. She was beautiful. She didnt know it. She didnt think she was. And of course pictures we see of her shes not. She was. Thats something that surprised me. Were going to invite you all to come up to the microphones in the aisles and ask questions and while were setting up for that, let me ask you one final from me. As you delved into the personal relationships of the Franklin Delano roosevelt wing, whats the Biggest Surprise for you . When we did this . Whats the latest surprise you came upon in the relationships . I guess my theory was that Theodore Roosevelt was terribly important in the lives of both eleanor, who was his niece, and franklin. And that was j
Of center is Carrie Banahan who comes to us all the way from kentucky pictures responsible for the implementation and operation of the kentucky exchange. Into my far right, mila kofman who want a shorter commute. Shes the executive director of the d. C. Exchange. If youre watching us live today on cspan2, we welcome you and encourage you to tweak your questions to us. Will try to get them to our speakers, to answer today. You can use the hashtag oe3, and you also we will be live tweeting today, so we welcome you of course to live tweet with a picnic in the hashtag is oe3. Im going to turn over now to sara collins with the Commonwealth Fund. Thank you. Enka, maryland dont have of pashtun thank the panel succumbed and also extend a warm welcome to the audience. In looking ahead to the 2016 open enrollment period, an estimated 29 Million People remain uninsured. Hhs estimates about 10. 5 Million People are eligible, uninsured people are eligible for coverage through the marketplaces. In a
So the Affordable Care act is working in the District Of Columbia, just like its working in kentucky and in most states. We, according to the census our uninsured rate dropped by 20 . And in the District Of Columbia, as many of you know, we, we had a very low uninsured rate for many years. Through the years weve invested a whole lot in coverage expansion and expansion to medical care efforts. So my whole team was very proud when the census report came out that it really did matter that we were on the ground finding the hardtoreach population. Were not done yet, and we wont stop until every Single Person, child, individual who lives in the district or works in the district has access to affordable, quality, health care coverage. Since october 1, 2013, when we opened for business, over 166,000 people have come through us. On the individual marketplace side, over 24,000 people have come through us, on the medicaid side, over 120,000 people were found eligible for medicaid. We have no wron