Care of the many will rest upon the shoulders of the few. Give our senators this day the understanding, humility and faith to be ambassadors of reconciliation. Lord, help them to have no anxiety about anything as they trust you to empower them to do their best. Cleanse the inner fountains of their hearts from all that may defile them, sustaining them always with your mercy and grace. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to calendar number 368, which is the shaheenportman, Energy Efficiency legislation. The president pro tempore the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to calendar number 368, s. 2262 a bill to promote Ener
The speaker pro tempore the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. O lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a new workweek we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to adapt the resources need by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make and be mindful of the millions of americans who rely upon them to consider the welfare of the nation in their negotiations of this day. All this day and through the week may they recall your words spoken through the profits to be mindful of the most vulnerable among us and so to do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approva
Imagine from the title of its organization and this includes more than 3000 Public Schools and agencies and state employers covering more than a million and a half and david is here to tell us about the calpers reference pricing and its impact on health care and the cost as andrea has said that he might been promised that he might. We thank you for coming. Thank you, ed. Okay. Im going to talk about this program for hip replacement and it provides Health Benefits for 1. 1 million members statewide and that includes active and retired state employees including school districts. About a third of those end up in the preferred provider organizations with Anthem Blue Cross of california and we spent about 7. 75 billion and the impetus for referencebased pricing was also a variety of studies in this includes for Knee Replacements and we looked at cost drivers and it turned out that the osteoarthritis is one of the drivers in about a third of those costs come from hip or Knee Replacements. In
Examine child nutrition programs and then a hearing on Nuclear Waste and then a trade between the United States and mexico. At a Senate Hearing on child nutrition witnesses talked about how school meals effect the health of children. Debby stabenow chairs the agriculture committee. This is an hour and a half. Well, good morning. The Committee Meeting will come to order. We are pleased you are here. I want to welcome everyone to the committees first hearing as we begin to reauthorize Childhood Nutrition Programs. These conversations couldnt come at a more critical time. 16 million children dont have enough to eat in this country. At the same time, Childhood Obesity rates have tripled over the past 30 years. Something is wrong with this picture. These are not just a threat to the health of americas young people they are a threat to the future of the National Security. For generations the u. S. Military has depended on the strength and courage of Young Americans to form the worlds most el
Sometimes a thousand dollars a month. I mean, you know, its a wide range. Some people will get subsidies and support and pay less. But theres this group in the middle who make just enough, they get no subsidy, and the price of their premiums for their plans is going up dramatically. But moreover, and this is just what after 36 meetings in my own district their deductibles, their deductibles, they fear, are at a level where unless you have a Catastrophic Health event in your family, you really dont have Health Insurance because youre paying upwards of 12, 15,000 where it was 2 or 3,000. And so they may go without, because you have a guarantee issue. So you can always go to the emergency room, right . The penalties are not more than the premiums. I think this is the chaos im talking about out there on the ground in communities all across america. A quick follow up . Sure, of course. Has there been time to actually figure out as this legislation has been going on which is the worst case .