Satisfied with the Affordable Care act with their plans, except for those with high deductibles. A survey found. With the majority of people satisfied, what incentive do democrats have to change it . Guest well, i think there would argue that those people, you know, if they are going to the doctor for a flu shot or getting some minor procedure done, yes they would have to pay more. But if they have a cancer diagnosis, they are not going to go bankrupt for a 20,000 hospital bill, at they would have perhaps previously. So i think democrats would argue that at the end of the day it is still a good deal. And that perhaps it is to be more Consumer Education on what people are buying when they go to sign up. Host key west, florida. It. The democrats. Good morning. Caller good morning. Hello, jennifer. Getting back to the of portable health care act, in 1974, hawaii made Health Insurance provided by employers mandatory. And in the last 40 years, it has been very, very successful. In fact, it
We provide training. We deal with issues of implicit bias , which is a huge issue of why people do what they do and getting to understand the impact of it. We have the department of justice has a Civil Rights Division which everyone is aware of with pattern of practice investigations, most recently the agreement in cleveland. The ferguson report. We have a lot of services. And i think the way we respond to crisis, the way we respond to whats happening in the country is, one, to provide assistance to communities. I think the attorney general said it best that we cannot federalize local Law Enforcement, and thats not the intent. Theres a reason why would why we created these 16,000 departments, it was about local control. But we can help set up standards by which the 16,000 agencies should be able to follow. And we should assure that whether its two officers or 20,000, that they are engaging in constitutional policing and that the impact to the community is the same. We can also provide
Us on facebook or twitter. Finally, send an email. We get to your calls, here is some of the news from overnight. Tom coburn will not serve out the rest of his term. On thursday night that he will not serve the rest to steperm and intends down because of deepening health problems. In his statement, he acknowledged that he is battling a recurrent cancer and will continue to fight for his priorities are in the remainder of his time in office. Both carolyn and i have been touched by the encouragement we have been received, he said. As a citizen, he is convinced that he can best serve his children and grandchildren as shifting his focus elsewhere. He notified aides earlier in the day. Earlier in denied the evening. The decision to resign marks a shift in his plans from an interview earlier this month. He said he had believed he was healthy enough to serve out his term, but acknowledged that circumstances could change. The decision will be made in conjunction with family as to how to best i
Additional support is provided by from the tisch wnet studios in new york, ari sreenivasan. The house of representatives voted 407 to nothing to grarnt back pay to 800,000 federal employees now furloughed. The senate also is expected to approve the legislation. In a separate development, chuck hagel said the pentagon is ordering most of its furloughed civilian employees back to work, he did not say exactly how many. Meanwhile, there are new signs the Government Shutdown is damaging the economy, thousands of home buyers may not be able to qualify for mortgages because of the furloughing of irs workers. The irs often verifies the income of home buyers trying to get a lone. For weeks now, washington watchers have been saying resolution of the conflict will hinge on the actions of two men, president obama and House Speaker john boehner. Well have two conversations with the reporters who cover each of them. For more, were joined by janet hook of the wall street journal, i have to ask, does
Gentlemen, the board will come back to order now, please. Here we go. Okay. The next item, item 12 presentation and discussion regarding the work of the mayors 2030 Transportation Task force to develop a coordinated set of Transportation Priorities and identify new Revenue Sources. Thank you. Director. As ive been informed the board since the beginning of this calendar year, the mayor state of the speech identified transportation infrastructure and dealing with the funding needed to resource it as a priority for him for this year. He soon there after established a task force bringing together a wide range of stakeholders to tackle this issue in the same way he brought people together to address business tax and pension reform and Affordable Housing so this comes from a string of successful collaborative efforts to solve difficult problems. Fortunately he tabbed two people in the system and monique, the city deputy controller who really has done the lion share of the work on top of a bi