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We have five state Insurance Commissioners. Thank you for coming from long distances, some of you, to be with us to give your testimony on how to help the 18 million americans in the individual Insurance Market. To give an idea of how many people are interested in this, senator murray and i invited senators who were not on our committee, which has about a quarter of the senate is on this committ committee, to come to a coffee with the five commissioners that weve just completed for an hour. We h...

The Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will please come to order. This morning were holding our first hearing on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to insurance in the individual Health Insurance market for 2018. We have five state Insurance Commissioners. Thank you for coming from long distances some of you to be with us to give your testimony on how to help the 18 million americans in the individual Insurance Market. To give an idea of how many people are intereste...

[inaudible conversations] please come to order. We are holding the first hearing on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to the individuals Health Insurance market for 2018. How to help the 18 million americans and the individual Insurance Market to give an idea of how many people are interested in this, we invited senators who were not on our committee, which has about a quarter of the senate on the committee. To come to. Weve got senators there so that is remarkable interest. We will each ...

This hearing is about taking one small step. A small step on the big issue that has been locked for seven years, Health Insurance. It is a step Congress Needs to pick by the end of this month. By the end of this month. To the 18 million americans, songwriters and selfemployed farmers, those that dont get their Health Insurance from the government or onthejob committees 18 million by their Health Insurance in the individual market and about half of them have zero Government Support to help buy th...

We are holding our first hearing on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access to into intervals Health Insurance market for 2018. We have five state Insurance Commissioners. Thank you for coming from long distances to be with us to give your testimony on how to help the 18 million americans in individual Insurance Market. Manyve an idea of how people are interested in this, we invited senators who were not on our committee, which is about a quarter of the senate on this committee to come to a cof...

One small step. The small step on a big issue, which has been locked in partisan stalemate for seven years. It is a step Congress Needs to take by the end of this month. Big to 18not so million americans. Get healthont insurance from the government are on the job, they buy them from that is the individual market. Nearly 300 million americans have Health Insurance. From a market. Buy it from a market. 9 million of those 18 million have no government help. Theyre the ones most hurts. Most hurt. Le...

Bill cassidy of louisiana and bill graham. What is in this measure . This is the last ditch effort therying to repeal Affordable Care act. What it will do is change the existing system of the Affordable Care act into a block grant. Ttates would get a se amount of money. They would take those dollars and implement either a plane similar to the Affordable Care act, they could go singlepayer or a conservative route and undo some of the parts of the Affordable Care act. Particularly the Consumer Pro...

Story talks about the measure being offered by bill cassidy of louisiana, and also Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. What is in this measure . Lastis is the republicans ditch effort at trying to reveal the Affordable Care act. Is change thed do existing system of both the Affordable Care act and medicaid, and change it. It would get a set amount of money to do whatever they wanted in their Health Care System. They would implement those planet like the Affordable Care act, or single care, are mor...

By the end of this month. The step is not so big that 18 million americans, songwriters to government workers, those who dont get Health Insurance from the government or on the job, 18 million is only 6 of those who have helped her in in america, so that is the individual market. Nearly 300 million americans have insurance. Health insurance. Buy it from a market. 18 millionthat is 6 of all of the insured, and 9 million of those 18 million have no Government Health to by their insurance. Byy are ...

A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are in a quorum call. Mr. Pryor i would ask that it be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Pryor mr. President , i rise to talk about the business on the floor, which is the omnibus appropriation bill. Let me start by thanking chairwoman mikulski for her leadership. She has put long hours in this over the christmas and new years break wh...