Thank you steve. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to our dc members and or guests. It is wonderful to be here at the Detroit Economic Club. Organization is long attracted some of the nation his most distinguished thinkers and innovators. It is my privilege to introduce todays participants. Well engage us to the capitated rating discussion about the future of healthcare. The may begin by introducing our guest speakers, someone who ive known for monday years and consider him a mentor and a friend. Scott promises the president and ceo of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association National federation the source 36 independent communitybased and locally operated Blue Cross Blue Shield companies. Including Blue Cross Blue Shield of michigan. The Blue Cross Blue Shield system through his federation of insurers, covers one out of every three americans. I think this is the very important statistic. What else does this frankly. It serves every zip code in the united states. In every zip code in ame
The joint costs of raising a child. The hearing is over two hours. Good afternoon. Thank you for being here to join us for this hearing of the joint economic hearing committee. The American Economy is thriving. The current expansion is the longest in history. Unemployment has remained below 4 over the last 18 months. We have seen consistently solid gdp growth and job creation. , notwithstanding the successes, for many parents across this country, raising a family has become harder and more expensive. The New York Times recently reported that based on the survey adults between the ages who are parents or plan to be, they discovered interesting trends. Childrenur had fewer or expected they would have fewer children than they expected to be within the range of ideal. Economic concerns were foremost among the reasons, that they fell short or believed in the future they fell short of what they would consider ideal. These social Capital Project has documented trends in what we associationalr
Im executive Vice President of external affairs at the center for American Progress and i have the immense honor of welcoming all of you here today. As we all know Robert Mueller will appear tomorrow before members of congress to detail how the russian government worked to sabotage the 2016 elections and how donald trump and his allies sought to aid, abet and cover up this operation as seemingly at every turn. The president has lied over and over again, and claiming that the Mueller Report found no evidence of collusion and tomorrow the American People will hear what the special counsel actually uncovered. This time around those findings wont only be contained within the margins of the 448 page legal document but this time around the public will hear the fact directly from Robert Mueller himself. Facts which are utterly and unquestionably damning. The Mueller Report describes at least 37 meetings and 272 contacts in total between russia linked operatives in the Trump Campaign. Those co
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The gaza strip has been suffering a crisis and difficult humanitarian circumstances, israel started two wars on gaza that resulted in destroying the infrastructure and ruining most fields. Israel has been imposing a siege on the strip for more than seven years, in addition to blocking the crossings and preventing people from traveling. Palestinian women played a significant role in من highlighting these issues. This indicates that the Palestinian Society is developed and knows the importance of media. It was introduced to it in a miserable condition as israel is imposing a bloccade and encroaching the palestinians. Therefore there must be a palestinian reaction to document this situation. So the palestinians media was the first to play the role in this field by graduating a palestinian generation. Practically, the beginning of journalism and Production Companies in the gaza strip witnessed a difficulty in women engagement. I can say that i lived two eras. The first was at the age of