The committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Senator murray has an important meeting right now and she has asked me to proceed with the hearing because we have six excellent witnesses and we want to make sure that we hear from each of you, and we want the senators to have a chance to ask questions of each of you. So patty should arrive about 10 00. When she comes, why, well interrupt and let her make her Opening Statement and then we will resume the hearing. Good morning, senator murphy. Nearly a year ago dr. Brent james from the National Academies testified before our Senate Health committee with a startling statistic. Up to onehalf of what the American People spend on Health Care May be unnecessary. Let me repeat that. Up to half of the 3. 5 trillion the United States collectively spent on health care in 2017 was unnecessary according to dr. James, and many of the other witnesses at our hearings agreed with that. Thats 1. 8 trillion, three times as much
Alternates. Il call roll. Director forbes. Here. Director baptiste. Present. Why director lipkin. Why present. Director syed. Present. Director tumlin. Present. Chair gee. Here. Directors we have quorum. Am item 3 is communications. Wield like to note process for the public to comment. Members of the public may comment on the meeting during Public Comment period in person or remotely. The call in line as a courtesy and may be disrupted due to technical difficulties. In person comment will be taken first. Remote comment after. The public call in line is on the agenda and dialing strukdzs should be scrolling at the bottom of the screen on sfgovtv. Are there communications. Next item. Item 4 is board of directors now and old business im not aware of any. Next item. Directors. Item 5 is the executive directors report. Executive directo van de water is here were excited bring in items to you that we have been planning on for over 2 years now. And these will advance the third and final leg o
Director chang and are alternates. Il call roll. Director forbes. Here. Director baptiste. Present. Why director lipkin. Why present. Director syed. Present. Director tumlin. Present. Chair gee. Here. Directors we have quorum. Am item 3 is communications. Wield like to note process for the public to comment. Members of the public may comment on the meeting during Public Comment period in person or remotely. The call in line as a courtesy and may be disrupted due to technical difficulties. In person comment will be taken first. Remote comment after. The public call in line is on the agenda and dialing strukdzs should be scrolling at the bottom of the screen on sfgovtv. Are there communications. Next item. Item 4 is board of directors now and old business im not aware of any. Next item. Directors. Item 5 is the executive directors report. Executive directo van de water is here were excited bring in items to you that we have been planning on for over 2 years now. And these will advance th
Alternates. Il call roll. Director forbes. Here. Director baptiste. Present. Why director lipkin. Why present. Director syed. Present. Director tumlin. Present. Chair gee. Here. Directors we have quorum. Am item 3 is communications. Wield like to note process for the public to comment. Members of the public may comment on the meeting during Public Comment period in person or remotely. The call in line as a courtesy and may be disrupted due to technical difficulties. In person comment will be taken first. Remote comment after. The public call in line is on the agenda and dialing strukdzs should be scrolling at the bottom of the screen on sfgovtv. Are there communications. Next item. Item 4 is board of directors now and old business im not aware of any. Next item. Directors. Item 5 is the executive directors report. Executive directo van de water is here were excited bring in items to you that we have been planning on for over 2 years now. And these will advance the third and final leg o
Director chang and are alternates. Il call roll. Director forbes. Here. Director baptiste. Present. Why director lipkin. Why present. Director syed. Present. Director tumlin. Present. Chair gee. Here. Directors we have quorum. Am item 3 is communications. Wield like to note process for the public to comment. Members of the public may comment on the meeting during Public Comment period in person or remotely. The call in line as a courtesy and may be disrupted due to technical difficulties. In person comment will be taken first. Remote comment after. The public call in line is on the agenda and dialing strukdzs should be scrolling at the bottom of the screen on sfgovtv. Are there communications. Next item. Item 4 is board of directors now and old business im not aware of any. Next item. Directors. Item 5 is the executive directors report. Executive directo van de water is here were excited bring in items to you that we have been planning on for over 2 years now. And these will advance th