price inflation to the lowest level in 50 years. premiums for employer-based coverage have been driven down as well. earlier this month, kaiser reported that this year s cost growth is the lowest on record. that, hadprojected premiums ground at the rate we saw over the previous decade, instead of the slower rate of the past four years, employer coverage would be $1800 more today. thisu are an employer, means it is easier for you to hire workers. if you are an employee, it means you can be keeping more that in your paycheck tomorrow. if you are a taxpayer, it means a healthier economy. improvements to our health delivery system are also having an impact on costs to taxpayers as we spend dollars more wisely. $160 billionyers in spending medical dollars more wisely. in a further example, the accountable care organization models we are testing through medicare are saving $370 million and counting. at the same time, they are delivering care that is more coordinated to beneficiarie
addressed this issue. inocating an amicus role certain cases at the discretion of the court. that seems to me like a reasonable way to increase public confidence in the work of the court. the work of the court is necessarily classified, much of it. it is not a secret court. we know the court exists. we know who is on it. it does operate much of the time in a classified environment because information being presented is classified. one weighed to build additional trust is to have an amicus role. that is one that makes sense. they do not have the resources to monitor the things that they are asking nsa and others to do. almost three years the nsa was clearing data without reasonable suspicion even though the courts had required it. when the new administration came in they realized what was happening, within a week reported it to the courts, and i want to say although there is no contrary advocate on the other done an exemplary job in terms of trying to present contrary argument
the weapons. it became lucky. obama issued a redline challenge. they brokered a deal in which syria gave up chemical weapons. they can still use chlorine gas and other things not classified officially as weapons. they are terrible and brutal. the syrian civil war led to serious not having chemical weapons. ub. it makes the regime more tolerable from an israeli point of view. as for the alternative, there is a phrase going around they are at the fence. israel holds most of the golan heights. rebels have taken an area known by. someone who might be the free syrian army. the israelis watched this. they are at the fence. the response has been, in secret. try to make contact with everybody. try to be as friendly as we can. you heard about the hospital northern israel? which is a good part of publicity? they are treating wounded people from the syrian civil war? is that an intelligence bonanza opportunity to interview people and send them back in. treat only your favorite peop
c-span. this labor day weekend, the president used his weekly address to talk about his administration s efforts to raise the minimum wage. response went over jobs into the economy. hi, everybody. whether you re firing up the grill, fired up for some college football, or filling up the car for one last summer roadtrip happy labor day weekend. we set aside labor day to honor the working men and women of america. and this labor day, we ve got more to celebrate. over the past 53 months, our businesses have added nearly 10 million new jobs. last month, for the first time since 1997, we created more than 200,000 jobs for six straight months. and for the first time in over a decade, business leaders worldwide have declared, two years running, that the number one place to invest isn t china it s america. so there are reasons to be optimistic about where we re headed. and the decisions we make now will determine whether or not we accelerate this progress, whether economic gains
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