Hicap program does and what this update means from the California Department of ageing. Briefly, our Hicap Program, it stands for. [ inaudible ] its a medicare focus program, providing community education, one to one counseling and advocacy to Medicare Beneficiaries as well as people soon to be Medicare Beneficiaries. Services within that are explanation of medicare benefits, explanation of Health Care Insurance terminology, a review of insurances available to consumers such as medigap pals and medicare pals, health with claims and procedures, as well as counseling around longterm care insurance. I want to note that the work that the counselors does is just above and beyond education. Its also helping people make educated decisions about their services. They will work people around what their decisions are and help them make the best decisions related to medicare benefits. We subcontract or funds to selfhelp for the elderly who administers hicap. They then serve the community through t
Comments or questions of the public . Hearing none, all the question. All in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Youre on, shireen. Okay. Good afternoon, commissioners. So im going to start my report talking a little bit about the federal the president the president s budget proposed budget. Just to i know that its basically intent in policy, but i want to talk through some of the detail about what the administration is suggesting just to give you an idea of where theyre going. So eddyesterday, the president sent his vision of the 2019 budget. It does layout priorities for discretionary programs and the trajectory of mandatory programs over ten years. Much like last year, the budget request includes steep increases for defense discretionary programs and deep cuts to nondefense discretionary programs. It funds those programs at 60 billion below what congress intends to spend. Also, the president would cut Discretionary Spending by 2 over the next decade, which would sla
We are moving along with the National Governors Association Winter meeting. The next session should be getting underway. We wrap later on this afternoon around 3 15 with the Closing Remarks from Asa Hutchinson and john hickenlooper. This panel on education the future of innovation in education with the governor of washington and the governor of south dakota, meant to get underway shortly and when it does we will have live coverage and we cover this National Governors Association Meeting throughout the day today on cspan. We were here yesterday and if you missed some of that, including the australian prime minister, we have that for your website, cspan. Org. Minutesrunning a couple late. This panel meant to get underway about three minutes ago on the future of innovation in education. Thisel yet to comment 2 00 afternoon talking about tearing through veterans through innovative treatment and rehabilitation and then the National Governors Association Winter meeting wrapping up around 3 1
Item 3, approval of the january 3rd, 2018 meeting minutes. Do i have a motion to approve . So moved. Second. Any comments or corrections . Comments or questions of the public . Hearing none, all the question. All in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Youre on, shireen. Okay. Good afternoon, commissioners. So im going to start my report talking a little bit about the federal the president the president s budget proposed budget. Just to i know that its basically intent in policy, but i want to talk through some of the detail about what the administration is suggesting just to give you an idea of where theyre going. So eddyesterday, the president sent his vision of the 2019 budget. It does layout priorities for discretionary programs and the trajectory of mandatory programs over ten years. Much like last year, the budget request includes steep increases for defense discretionary programs and deep cuts to nondefense discretionary programs. It funds those programs at 60 bi
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