Participation today. We have a Wonderful Group from Georgetown University medical center, medstar, as well as from the university at large. So we are really delighted to have the opportunity to welcome each and every one of you and particularly pleased to welcome dr. Patrick conway. I thought before professor introducing dr. Conway i wanted to publicly thank the generosity of the mcculley family who has underwritten the schools to offer this kind of extraordinary gift of leaders and health care to address your university and schools community. Some of our past lectures mike from human services, academy dr. Diana mason, American College of healthcare executives and now dr. Patrick conway is added to the list. So we are really just delighted to have you with us. Those of us who are involved in prepareing Health Professionals to the future, Health Leaders are particularly interested in your topic around Health System transformation and medstar as well are equally interested in perspective
In the technology area, we already witnessed a different kind of thinking. Right now we still enjoy leadership and we still enjoy standard leadership. So were able to apply some of our influence. Over time come as you know, especially in the area of Technology Evolves very quickly. By not being there, we will very quickly lose our ability to impact. Once it is harmonized based on the United States standards, for example, all the businesses will suffer because that means we potentially have to create different that the products, different sets of services. That will ever stamp act our ability to expand commerce. Thank you are a match. Too many of the other panelists want to comment on that . Yes. I know john lancaster, we are colleagues together on the United States institute of peace. I dont mean to put words into his mouth, but it is their laments to it the United States can expect to do in terms of influence in other countries. You dont have to be exactly what we would like you to be
One is talking about what happened before the Affordable Care act. If we could take our seats and welcome to this important hearing this morning. The purpose of todays hearing is to explore the Success Stories of the rollout of the Affordable Care act in states throughout the country, where teamwork and cooperation has proven to be exceedingly effective. We will also hear from a federal panel that will talk about the federal rollout and some of the challenges that have presented themselves. Normally, we have the federal panel first and the state panel second, but at the discretion of the chair, i reversed it, but require the federal leaders to be here to hear from the state exchanges and from individual Business Owners about how the situation could be improved. Id like to begin by quoting, i think it was mark twain, who said, a lie can get halfway around the world before truth gets out of bed in the morning and puts its boots on. So this morning, were going to try to give truth a chanc
One is talking about what happened before the Affordable Care act. If we could take our seats and welcome to this important hearing this morning. The purpose of todays hearing is to explore the Success Stories of the rollout of the Affordable Care act in states throughout the country, where teamwork and cooperation has proven to be exceedingly effective. We will also hear from a federal panel that will talk about the federal rollout and some of the challenges that have presented themselves. Normally, we have the federal panel first and the state panel second, but at the discretion of the chair, i reversed it, but require the federal leaders to be here to hear from the state exchanges and from individual Business Owners about how the situation could be improved. Id like to begin by quoting, i think it was mark twain, who said, a lie can get halfway around the world before truth gets out of bed in the morning and puts its boots on. So this morning, were going to try to give truth a chanc
That isolated bases in cincinnati was unacceptable. He charged that we would get to the bottom of it. We have gotten to the fact that it is not isolated to cincinnati as was said. It is not isolated to washington. It goes to your chief consuls office. Discovery, do our that is where the rub is. You promised us full cooperation and yet the office of chief consul apparently has 70 attorneys delivering for documents a day per attorney, and they look like this. Print, 6103. Inute documentss working on , four pages a day or lawyer her lawyer. Per lawyer. This minimal reduction is required by law . I have a couple statements. Take take lisi to redact information specific to taxpayers. All information, bottom line, whether redacted or unredacted is delivered to this congress. You have delivered less than one percent six use me for standing but i have to get over your stack. You have delivered less than one percent of the documents to the committee. I disagree with that conclusion. That is wha