Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, after seven years we have heard the stories from our constituents, from our patients, from our friends, from our families who have suffered under the Affordable Care act. Today, well have a chance to vote on a plan that will rescue and revitalize the market and lower costs and increase flexibility for patients to choose and keep a Health Insurance plan that works for them and their families. However, before we can do that, we have to pass a bill that will insure that members of congress and their staffs are treated the same way as the rest of america. So lets be clear. We firmly believe that members of congress should live by the same rules as everyone else. Period. The bill were considering now will make a simple technical correction to insure that the American Health care act and its amendments apply equally to everyone when signed into law. Over the last several months we have worked thoughtfully and thoroughly with our colleagues in the senate to achieve ou
Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, after seven years we have heard the stories from our constituents, from our patients, from our friends, from our families who have suffered under the Affordable Care act. Today, well have a chance to vote on a plan that will rescue and revitalize the market and lower costs and increase flexibility for patients to choose and keep a Health Insurance plan that works for them and their families. However, before we can do that, we have to pass a bill that will insure that members of congress and their staffs are treated the same way as the rest of america. So lets be clear. We firmly believe that members of congress should live by the same rules as everyone else. Period. The bill were considering now will make a simple technical correction to insure that the American Health care act and its amendments apply equally to everyone when signed into law. Over the last several months we have worked thoughtfully and thoroughly with our colleagues in the senate to achieve ou
The trading session. Julie hyman has the latest. He had this huge rally yesterday after the fed minutes. Starting tos are drift today. I want to start with commodities. Lets start with oil, because we are seeing Goldman Sachs make a call that the mild winter cause oilpact could to fall below cash cost of 20. Their forecast for brent remains at 50 a barrel. Citigroup says that commodities have not fully priced in the effect of the higher rate, a rate increase, which is contrary to the conventional wisdom with the plunge we have seen in commodities. Definitely some negative tone on commodities this morning. I found ather front, cool chart to look at on my bloomberg terminal. This looks at the average temperature at laguardia airport. What i have done is look at the last 10 years nec eight of the month this far have had above average temperatures. November, the average is 23 above the average of the past 10 years. When we talk anecdotally about the warmer weather, that puts it in real ter
Gerri and act on story tonight, it would be helpful for users guide to obamacare if we knew how these changes are doing, how many people applying. Theyre not answering the question, health and Human Services sector the health care. 7 million visitors. People are excited. Some numbers on how many people actually getting yearold. They dont expect that until next month. That is according to one government official. With more on this, of fellow. I could barely get that out because im so angry. Let me tell you now were being told were not giving in numbers well, the high the numbers. Is now the one deceit. That is what we saw with the premium rate. Didnt tell a story that there really wanted to. They spotted to say that the premiums are lower than the projected. Gerri the out of pocket costs will be astonishing. People get on. But they find is that theres jacket how much theyre expected to pay. You have to help me your. How is it possible that this is a program that were paying for, targete
How it might be, those barriers might be remedied. Discussion about government failures are highly theoretical, rhetorical, deeply politically, philosophical level rather than at an analytical level based on empirical evidence. And so thats, if i have a contribution to make to the people at cato, that may be to enrich that particular kind of evidence for conclusions that you probably have no need for fortification about. Kiddo followers are aware of and indeed have been a size in your own minds. I have a lot of data on the decline in Public Confidence in the federal government. I will only mention a few points of special interests. Even among democrats, there has been rapid and precipitous decline in confidence. 41 have favorable views of federal government in 2013. Thats 41 of democrats. That is down 10 in one year and this is before obamacare was launched. According to the Brookings Institution, 56 of democrats believe that the federal government is mostly or completely broken. And i