Meeting will come to order. This senator whitehouse. Let me ask first to put into the record a letter from our governor in rhode island which said in rhode island, we have seen exchange premiums decrease in two of the last three years. This has saved consumers 220 million since 2012. The story on the Affordable Care act is a good one. I would like to put this graphic into the record. To explain it briefly, the cbo estimate of where our healthcare costs are going to go in 2010 and then at this time, 2016 after the aca was in place they took a look at the Actual Experience and did new projections Going Forward based on the Affordable Care act, just in the following ten years, from 2016 to 2026, they are forecasting 2. 4 9 trillion in federal healthcare savings that relate back to the Affordable Care act. This is where that came in. We throw this thing out at our peril if you care about saving medicare, the savings to which are a significant part of this 2 . 9 trillion. With nothing to re
The era of the obama gridlock is over. Were going to make them squeal. American people have spoken. Theyve given us divided government. They expect the people they elect to get the job done. Just because you have divided government doesnt mean you dont accomplish everything. I look forward to working together to deliver for the American People. Former cbs reporter Cheryl Atkinson said her reporting was stonewalled. Alex rodriguez confessed to using steroids to federal officials. His credibility was pretty shattered already. Recovered safe and sound. We begin with president obamas response to the historic republican blowout victory in the mid term elections. The American People sent a message. One that theyve sent for several elections now. The they expect the people they elect to work as hard as we do. They want us to get the job done. It doesnt make me mopey. It energizes me. Because it means that its democracy working. Even sow, the president remained defiant that tuesdays elections
And much more. On consider this. Republicans now control the house and the senate. The era of the obama gridlock is over. Were going to make them squeal. American people have spoken. Theyve given us divided government. They expect the people they elect to get the job done. Just because you have divided government doesnt mean you dont accomplish everything. I look forward to working together to deliver for the American People. Former cbs reporter Cheryl Atkinson said her reporting was stonewalled. Alex rodriguez confessed to using steroids to federal officials. His credibility was pretty shattered already. Recovered safe and sound. We begin with president obamas response to the historic republican blowout victory in the mid term elections. The American People sent a message. One that theyve sent for several elections now. The they expect the people they elect to work as hard as we do. They want us to get the job done. It doesnt make me mopey. It energizes me. Because it means that its d
Workers there every day every shift. There are some large facilities and you see the nexus working really well together. Whether it is the helpline and cleveland connecting to the facilities or the line in houston went to the Major Medical providing that nexus to the transportation option is important. But the transit providers have to look at the functioning alternatives and it cannot just be rail. You have to look at the bus on the shoulder and the lanes that are changeable so we can do the trend toward. As we have different options for people to get to the medical transportation whether they are there to get the service or good job related to care for those patients that need it so critically. Where we cite these facilities. To understand the system, the Transportation System must Work Together so we are excited to see early in the process there is a dialogue of the Health Facilities and transportation so they can be together and have good access and better access for people to get
Your desk in your new office because americans will be watching to see if you follow through on that it promise. I also would like to follow up on senator frankens question. I think there was something there that didnt quite get answered. As you know, congressman, the one goal of the Affordable Care act was to push the Health Care Industry to provide Higher Quality care at lower costs. And under the aca, medicare was recently allowed to change the way that it pays hospitals for hip and Knee Replacements to a bundle. That means medicare pays a set price for the care associated with hip and Knee Replacement and then the hospitals, not congress, will decides the most effective implants, how to spend their money to deliver Better Service at higher cost. I supported this change because the Research Shows it really means you get better care at lower prices. But i know the policy is controversial because it affects how hospitals are paid, which in turn, affects how much money the manufacturer