[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Good morning, and welcome to our witnesses, several of whom have traveled the considerable distances to be here today for this important hearing on paid family and medical leave. Before we move to our scheduled committee business, i want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragic passing of pamela moomau, a valued member staff of the staff of the joint committee on taxation for over 28 years. A reminder, again, of the considerable talent that exists sometimes outside of the glare of publicity. Pamela began her career at the joint committee on taxation in may of 1991, and over the years applied her skill on many legislative issues, both large and small. Her colleagues on the joint committee on taxation have said that pam was tireless in her dedication to the work of the joint committee, and that she readily accepted projects that were analytically difficult and often data deficient. She was in her office cheerfully worki
There are some commissioners excused and rafael nadal him and is also excuse. We have a quorum. Item number 4, please. Item four, approval of possible bulk possible modifications of the meetings set forth below. June 13th, 2019, and the special Meeting Minutes from july 11th, 2019. Are there any corrections to the minutes . Of either meeting . Seeing none, i will entertain a motion. I will move that the minutes from june 13th and july 11th meetings be approved. Second. Okay. Any Public Comment on this item . All right. All in favor . Aye. Any opposed . It is unanimous. Item five is general Public Comment on matters within the boards jurisdiction. Is there any Public Comment, anyone who would like to speak at this time or have a question . Hello, i am a retired teacher with the united educators of San Francisco. Is this an appropriate time to give feedback on the presentation last time . Because i wasnt here until the end and i did have some feedback to give because im thinking it might
The question is, we are trying to restructure the way we approach Healthcare Delivery. Where does this impact on quality and cost and accessibility, and even sometimes the published outcomes that come from some of these vendors are a little tainted by their own desire, you know, they are forprofit, quite frankly. Give me a list of nonprofit vendors who are there to improve Healthcare Delivery to low cost, and maybe i will be a little less suspicious. Understood. We could certainly come back and talk about our own independent actuarially where it is validated, or where another Consulting Firm is paid to evaluate this from an independent standpoint. I will share with you the average health plan in the u. S. It is 15. The highest in the nation happens to be kaiser. And these solutions that we are talking about our up above 75 and higher. It is a dramatically different experience. Were talking about cohorts, so of course, they will be experiencing this differently. Thank you so much. I loo
There are some commissioners excused and rafael nadal him and is also excuse. We have a quorum. Item number 4, please. Item four, approval of possible bulk possible modifications of the meetings set forth below. June 13th, 2019, and the special Meeting Minutes from july 11th, 2019. Are there any corrections to the minutes . Of either meeting . Seeing none, i will entertain a motion. I will move that the minutes from june 13th and july 11th meetings be approved. Second. Okay. Any Public Comment on this item . All right. All in favor . Aye. Any opposed . It is unanimous. Item five is general Public Comment on matters within the boards jurisdiction. Is there any Public Comment, anyone who would like to speak at this time or have a question . Hello, i am a retired teacher with the united educators of San Francisco. Is this an appropriate time to give feedback on the presentation last time . Because i wasnt here until the end and i did have some feedback to give because im thinking it might
There are some commissioners excused and rafael nadal him and is also excuse. We have a quorum. Item number 4, please. Item four, approval of possible bulk possible modifications of the meetings set forth below. June 13th, 2019, and the special Meeting Minutes from july 11th, 2019. Are there any corrections to the minutes . Of either meeting . Seeing none, i will entertain a motion. I will move that the minutes from june 13th and july 11th meetings be approved. Second. Okay. Any Public Comment on this item . All right. All in favor . Aye. Any opposed . It is unanimous. Item five is general Public Comment on matters within the boards jurisdiction. Is there any Public Comment, anyone who would like to speak at this time or have a question . Hello, i am a retired teacher with the united educators of San Francisco. Is this an appropriate time to give feedback on the presentation last time . Because i wasnt here until the end and i did have some feedback to give because im thinking it might