the hsa from achieving its goal. treasury has conducted more than 0 on-site compliance reviews across this maiden hsa as well as targeted reviews. these reviews if i were a number of critical functions which is s the homeowners by valid in accordance with theuidelines. program dispersant and administrative expenditures on appropriate. the information reported to treasu is accurate and the hsas intro controls or function as intended minimize the risk of noncompliance. treasury takes break of actual instance of noncompliance arise. this includes requiring the hsas to read i would homeowners that were improperly denied, to reimburse for improper expenditures and to strengthen internal controls and/or to prevent further noncompliance. treasury also shares this committee and sigtarp's meant to preventing fraud waste and abuse in and all tarp programs and we consider the recommendations in that regard. treasury response to recommendations inviting. they are made available to the public. we were card to address concerns rai

hsa's give patients a financial incentive to spend their health care dollars wisely. control thosey dollars directly. whatever they don't spend, they can keep for future use. patients have an incentive to shop around for the best value in health care. requesting aan low-cost generic drugs at the pharmacy rather than a pricier brand name drug. providers have to compete for patient business. they cannot just send off an expensive bill to a third-party payer for reimbursement. workl of those incentives as fear he would dictate, health-care spending should goal in which is the the country. researchers have put the hypothesis to the test. 2015 looked at 13 million patients insured by 54 large employers. businesses that offer consumer directed plans saw their health spending fall by 5% per year over three years. relative to the growth in health cost. where did those savings come from? patients moderated their use of outpatient care and pharmaceuticals. there was no corresponding increase in emergency room use or inpatient care. words, patients found ways to reduce medical s

, and are you partnering with hsa or oewd to fill some of these positions. so are we looking for those positions to slot people into? and i think that the airport has such a good reputation, actually, of how they treat their employees, and the working conditions, i think would be excellent to integrate some of these people in. and after looking at the prop j jobs that are contracted out, most of them are entry level positions that those positions could be substituted for. >> we've got a good relationship with the oewd, so oue'll reach t. >> s ervisor fewer: thank you. >> if i could correct something i said about the uber and lyft, we do have an initiative that may -- first the pick ups, to move them into the central garage, and that would take them from the curb side, and eventually the drop off, so we're trying to incentivize is with some premium pricing, but can he can't restrict their access. >> supervisor fewer: -- but we can't restrict their access. >> supervisor fewer: okay. thank you very much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. supervise stefani? >> com

we were doing a work order previously to hsa. those staff members moved to hsh when hsh was created. homeless and supportive housing. these staff people do not directly provide services to homeless people. in addition, mocd administers the federal grant program overall for this funding source. we're moving those staff people from hsh to mocd. then the additional changes, i think there's a couple changes related to howositions are reflected in the budget with regards to the mayor's office. and i'll let kelly address that. >>> thank you. >>> so there's an additional fte that we do when we have open labor contracts to help support all of the analysis and work. so next year, we will have 26 labor unions that are open. our office and the controller's office added a temporary staff person in order to perform that analysis and work to support the city's position in that big list of work that will happen next spring. >>> okay. >>> otherwise, it was tidying up partial positions. >>> so we've been trying to prioritize moving people living

among other things, hsa paul manafort came into the campaign very late and with us for a short periodwe should have been told that comey and the boys were doing a number on him and he wouldn't have been hired. now we're learning the special counsel in a court filing last night is accusing manafort of witness tampering and seek 0ing to revoke his bail agreement alleging manafort. >> contacted two potential witnesses in an effort to influence their testimony and conceal evidence. it's up to the judge to decide whether manafort will have to go to jail which could pressure manafort to cooperate with investigators agait the esident. every time i look at paul manafort, he has this stoic quality. i sympathize with the guy. i met him a few times during the campaign. he walks into those courtrooms time after time. it's got wearn him. at some point, he's going to start showing disappointment and going to think about throwing the president under the bus. robert, how much do they think about that when they watch manafort in these walks to and from the courtroom? >> talking to people familiar with

doing things and so that's why preventive services are generally excluded from deductibles under the hsa regulations at the treasury department so it seems to be in the range of things that make sense, but i can't state a formal administration position on it. >> i'd like to hear follow-up from your office as you take the time to review that bill that we have introduced. again, it's bipartisan. as we're increasingly hearing about the high deductible plans i want to ensure that my constituents just like everyone's constituents in in -- in this room are able to access primary care to lower ultimate healthcare costs in the long run by receiving preventive care. thank you very much. >> thank you, ms. stefanik. mr. desaulnier, you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. secretary for being here. i come from a state, california, where how we treat the disabled is important so we have some concerns with the administration in this regard. it's been a priority in california, say, conservative republican legislator ralph land terman became a model to treat people with disabilities in a way that was respe

that's why preventive services are generally excluded from deductibles under the hsa regulations and the treasury department it seems to be in the range of things that makes sense, i can't say to formal administration position on it. >> i would like to hear follow-up after this hearing from your office as you take the time to review that bill that we've introduced. again it's bipartisan, as we're increasingly hearing about these high-deductible plans. i want to insure that my constituents, like everyone's constituents in this room are able to access primary care to lower ultimate health care costs in the long run by receiving preventive care. >> thank you very much. >> thank you mr. desonnier, you're recognized for five minutes. >> i come from a state, california, where how we treat the disabled is important. so we have some concerns with the administration in this regard. it's been a priority in california. conservative republican legislator, rafr lantropen, a national model to treat people with disabilities that was respectful and efficient. for madam chair, i would like to submit