lobbying group known as america's health insurance plans which represents insurance companies like cigna and anthem wrote a letter to congress on april 8th asking for assistance against the unknown's of the pandemic like subsidies for employers and consumers but even cigna see it made it to the global investment bank u.b.s. that expensive coated 1000 medical claims were actually being offset by cancelled elective surgeries and other procedures and a model developed by u.b.s. shows insurance companies will benefit if up to 14 percent of the u.s. population is infected with covert 19 that would be about 45000000 people compared with just over 1000000 confirmed infections as of late april so in reality ahab's asked from congress was just a way to make extra profit off your coughing fit. which is no less the range than a health insurance see where in the sure with the same phrase but that's no surprise given our healthcare model is profit driven and not people driven and while congress is enjoying world class government funded health care they need to be doing more to ensure that everyone's

we reached out to, both, cigna and the nurses union.na told us it was not responsible for making the choices of what's covered. tonight, the union gave us this statement. our hearts go out to sylvia laroy and her family. while we are not able to discuss the details of individual cases due to confidentiality issues and hipaa requirements, we can tell you we are working to ensure that sylvia gets the care she needs. again, if you would like to help, please go to gofundme.com/help-a-front-line- nurse. i will be donating as well. and we'll put it on our facebook and instagram pages as well. a lot more ahead tonight including new details about the food supply chain. what some major meat-processing plants are now saying about reopening. as homes become schools. at&t has created a $10 million dollar fund to help educators and families keep school in session. because the key to keeping kids learning, is keeping kids connected. noticks and fleas?o simplifies protection. see ya! heartworm disease? no way! simparica trio is the first chewable that

we reached out to both cigna and the nurse's union.na told us they are not responsible for making the choices of what's covered. the union gave us this statement. our hearts go out to sylvia laroy and her family. while we're not able to discuss the details of cases due to confidentiality and hipaa requirements, we are working to ensure sylvia gets the care she needs. we'll continue to follow that and see if that's true. let's hope it is. again, in you'd like to help, please go to the gofundme page on the screen, gofundme.com/f-help-a-front-line -nurse-and-baby-get-proper-care. >>> what some meat processing plants are saying about reopening. every financial plan needs a cfp® professional -- confident financial plans, calming financial plans, complete financial plans. they're all possible with a cfp® professional. find yours at letsmakeaplan.org. they're all possible with a cfp® professional. at&t has created a $10 million dollar fund become schools. to help educators and families keep school in session. because the key to keeping kids l

their research has shown that almost 50% of americans are feeling a mental challenge you to covid-19 cigna i'm reporting on increases in anti-anxiety medicine saw 34% increase marshall marched arm in the last year so it's clear that there is a problem w toe and the unite nations are also predicting that there's going to be sort of like a trail of mental alth issues that come behind the covid-19 crisis. >>and of course this presents with a lot of challenges because it's hard to find mental health services on a good day. and now we're having to adopt and for some people they don't have the technology. a lot of people don't have time to see if you don't have privacy how do you think there be do you know if you're trying to talk about domestic violence in your pardons there or you know your families around and you need a private quiet high potential stays to therapy and so that's been a challenge for people. >>doctor white says therapy saved her life at one point and there's no reason to feel embarrassed about researching. a therapist and then also reaching out for help. if you have difficulty

this is still under the imperial control because of the imperial cigna on the train. people would come to the eastern terminus for medical treatment or as much medical treatment as they could get. they were also fleeing the civil war which was beginning at that time in russia. this is not a railroad photo, but here's the united states flag in russia. the united states we're going to see who is there by invitation. this is a regulating station already. this is where the narrow gates track meet the standard gates track. there is a sailor there. who is this guy here? wait. wait a minute. naval officers are there. this is where supplies were brought about a month's worth of supplies at the regulating station. that's what it was called. you see some of the supplies, lumber in the back. and they were by telephone called, please send supplies, whatever they needed, ammunition, water, food. whatever was needed at the trenches, and then they were dispatched for 20 miles on the narrow cage. this was the meeting place. look here's that guy again. here's that guy again. he is ins

our deep appreciation goes to the foundation walmart, cigna and mastercard center for their support of opportunity in america series. focusing on advancing strategies and ideas to help small businesses thrive in working people and small businesses are taking extraordinary challenges in many a small businesses in the economic opportunity center to recognize the ethnicity and gender to play the outside role in who has access to opportunit opportunity. and we see today black and latino the health risk are black and latino small businesses with ability with covid-19 and to get them through. today is but talk to explore the history of the racial divine and the consequences and how we can emerge the current crisis what we had accepted as normal but a healthier society and a stronger economy to the nation's ideals and shared destiny. so grateful that so many of you have chosen to join us for this conversation that has included people who are different in terms of race and ethnicity and gender and race district of columbia have big cities and small towns and nonprofits and the time we are stru

cigna accomplished utilization data and they've noticed appe appendicitis and mini strokes and they think going to happen is this is going to be collateral damage to the viral infection is people haven't sought medical help for serious illnesses over the last two mont months. >> it's a pretty incredible statement. you could be undercounting covid-19 and having -- the excess is so enormous that both things could be true. i realize that. but, but, you do believe the bottom line is that is it possible that you have more people, and i would presume the answer to this yes, it possib's possible you have more people dying than you had before, we just aren't categorizing them that way. >> we're seeing in new york in new york city there would be 35 out of hospital deaths and now they're seeing 200 per day. some of that may be covid deaths but a lot is other illnesses not treated in the hospitals. >> you and i were talking about brazil. everyone is talking about the warmer countries and what that means for the united states in the summer. in brazil where the president has called this a little flu,

their research has shown that almost 50% of amfricans are feeling a mental challenge you to covid-19 cigna i'm reporting on increases in anti-anxiety medicine stop 34% increase marshall the in the last year so it's clear that there is a problem w toe and the unite nations are also predicting that there's going to be sort of like a trail of mental health issues that come behind the covid-19 crisis and of course this presents with a lot of challenges because it's hard to find mental health services on a good day yeah and now we're having to adopt and for some people they don't have the technology. a lot of people don't have privacy if you don't have privacy how do you do therapy do you know if you're trying to talk about domestic violence in your pardons there or you know your families around you need a private quiet confidence will stays to therapy and so that's been a challenge for people and they also say for example just admitting it to the public which was a huge thing i mean it was more than just tell mom or dad, he told everybody he had the struggles. >>that that help but he goes that

research has shown that almost 50% of americans are feeling a mental health challenge you to covid-19 cigna i'm reporting on increases in anti-anxiety medicine stop 34% increase marshall the in the last year so it's clear that there is a problem w toe and the unite nations are also predicting that there's going to be sort of like a trail of mental health issues that come behind the covid-19 crisis and of course this presents with a lot of challenges because it's hard to find mental health services. >>on a good day yeah and now we're having to adopt and for some people they don't have the technology. a lot of people don't have privacy if you don't have privacy how do you do therapy do you know if you're trying to talk about domestic violence and your partner's there or you know your families around and you need a private quiet confidence will stays to therapy and so that's been a challenge for people and they also say for example just admitting it to the public which was a huge thing i mean it was more than just tell mom or dad, he told everybody he had the struggles. >>that that help but he

how do we improve this program cigna i want to tell you we all recognize that the paycheck protection program may not be enough, even in conjunction with the eidl program may not be enough because businesses are not returning to normal within the next few weeks. we need to design a program that provides the next level of relief to those small businesses that really need it. those that have had significant revenue losses. those small businesses that are really small small businesses, the mom and pop type businesses. and yes, those small businesses that have traditionally been left out, minority businesses and women-owned businesses and businesses in smaller rural communities, better-known businesses. the success of the p.p.p. program, the success of the eidl program was because democrats and republicans worked together in a strong bipartisan manner. we're continuing to do that in the small business committee and i applaud our leader, senator rubio, for reaching out to work together between democrats and republicans. we need to continue to work together and enact the type of oversight t

how do we improve this program cigna i want to tell you we all recognize that the paycheck protection program may not be enough, even in conjunction with the eidl program may not be enough because businesses are not returning to normal within the next few weeks. we need to design a program that provides the next level of relief to those small businesses that really need it. those that have had significant revenue losses. those small businesses that are really small small businesses, the mom and pop type businesses. and yes, those small businesses that have traditionally been left out, minority businesses and women-owned businesses and businesses in smaller rural communities, better-known businesses. the success of the p.p.p. program, the success of the eidl program was because democrats and republicans worked together in a strong bipartisan manner. we're continuing to do that in the small business committee and i applaud our leader, senator rubio, for reaching out to work together between democrats and republicans. we need to continue to work together and enact the type of oversight t