Family had to resort to asking their neighbors to pay for their sons medical bill. Story after story after story about medical insurance denials convinced me that the Affordable Care act will make a difference in reforming Health Care Coverage practices by the Insurance Companies as well as enabling families to avoid the financial travails of bankruptcy. Let me say finally, connecticut has been a leader in Insurance Markets with many leader insurers headquartered in my home state. I am proud that connecticut has been that leader, that its home to many Insurance Companies, and that Access Health connecticut, the individual marketplace in connecticut has been working tirelessly and successfully with these Insurance Firms to put together a groundbreaking exchange. The Kaiser Foundation recently found that the likely cost for a family of four in hartford, connecticut, earning 60,000 a year would be 122 a month. Thats a cost of about a Starbucks Coffee every day. The products being offered
Sure. Thank you. I would only say in the view of many economists, the issue about how to correctly measure inflation is a completely different discussion. And the issue of whether we can fix poverty in old age. And in my view, personally, if the chained chiropractic pi is a better way to measure the cost of living for senior, we should do it. We need to focus on the issue of inadequate ability in control over resources. We did provow the not going there we proposed a change in the indexization of benefits prior to retirement nap generated enough money to raise survivor benefit which are important. And raise minimum benefits to 120 of the poverty line. So lets just stop there. I want to bring it to your attention. Senator. If i can. I want to go back to the point senator machin raised. When he talk about the decision between using a chained cpi for some people err not others you are acknowledging as its been laid out, were talking about over time a cut in benefits. I think that senator
Harder. The child shall lead them sort of thing. She set the example for the town and it is great that westerly has a person that we can be very proud of and tell the rest of the country, look what were doing on the shore. If everyone gave a Little Something back and took a little time out of their day to do something for others, the world would be a better place. Something for others, the world would be a better place. From cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, this is early start weekend. As a standoff in alabama enters its fifth day, a 5yearold boy remains hostage underground. Now, new information about his captor. Sex, lies, and murder, the jodi arias case is unfolding like a late night movie. Ill talk with nancy grace who has been inside the courtroom all week. And forget all that exercise, are there foods that can burn your fat . Well break down the facts and the myths. It is saturday, february 2nd, good morning, everyone, glad youre with us. Im randi kaye. We start in alabama and t
By and a sneak peek at 30 rock. We say goodbye, kind of an end of an era around here. Major guest star on that program tonight, well save that for later. Starting with the powerful storms, al roker is strtracking them. Good morning. Good morning, matt and savannah. Massive tornado, may be rated an ef4 when all is said and done. You can see how huge it looks on the ground. Lets look live right now in adairsville, georgia. You can see some of the destruction that was left behind, at least one fatality in this system. We look at some of the aftermath now that went on as rescue workers got to the scene. There was one area where 100 people were trapped inside of a factory, causing big problems there. You can see cars tossed around like toys, and more damage throughout the rest of the south, as well. In fact, we had heavy rain, a lot of flooding from the carolinas, all the way into the southeast, where it was a real mess. Now, as we go to the maps and show you exactly what happened. Heres th
The white house chief of staff retired general john kelly spoke out in second briefing in many weeks in a forceful and personal defense of President Trump. After trump sparked controversy on monday about whether former president s reached out to the families of Fallen Soldiers and invoked kellys son who died an as a marine officer in 2010 when defending claim. He michigan by describing what happens when Service Members are killed in action. He asked me about previous president s and i said i can tell you that president obama who recollects was my commander in chief when i was on active duty, did not call my family. That was not a criticism. That was just to simply say i dont believe president obama called. Thats not a negative thing. I dont believe president bush called in all cases. Also explained the origins of the conversation. After Federico Wilson said the president telling her that her husband knew what he was signing up for was cruel saying they were what now chief of staff chai