running the show today will be julie rovner, distinguished fellow at kaiser health news. you all know her from her 16 years as health policy correspondent for national public radio. the star of our show today, the reason you here is sylvia burwell, who is the nation's 22nd secretary of the department of health and human services. as you know, she came to hhs after serving as director of the office of management and budget with previous stints at quite a few places but mostly so as president of the walmart foundation and present of the global development program and coo of the bill and melinda gates foundation. we are pleased to cosponsor this event, and i will now hand it over to julie to get the program going. >> good morning. thanks ago for being here. thank you, madame secretary, for being here. i'm going to ask moderators open question and i'll open it up to the audience. we do have tv cameras here, so please wait for a microphone to get to before you speak and please identify yourself and your news outlet when you ask a question. madame secretary, i think pretty much

. >> good morning welcome to the latest in our series of kaiser health news health policy newspaper breakfast. we are the leading journal at the intersection of health care and policy regarding his show today will be julie rovner at kaiser health news. you all know her from her 16 years of health policy. the star of our show today in the reason you are here is sylvia matthews burwell who is the nation's 20 secretary of the department of health and human services. as you know she came to hhs after serving as the director of the office of management and budget with previous dense at quite a few places but most recently as president of the palmer foundation and the global development program in c. uh-oh of the bill and linda gates foundation. we are pleased to co-sponsor this event and i will now handed over to julie rovner. >> thank you ellen. good morning. thanks everybody for being here. thank you madam secretary for being here. i'm going to ask the moderators opening question and then i'll open up to the audience. we do have tv cameras here so please wait for a microphone to get to you befor

. >> i am married with kaiser health news. just a couple of questions about healthcare.gov. you talk about how consumers public response to deadlines. what are you doing with the site to make sure we won't have problems when we have a lot of demand particularly at the beginning of enrollment and at the end of enrollment and could you talk a little bit about building up the backend? >> with regard to the question of load that something that was spoken to a little bit yesterday which is we are doing a lot of different kinds of testin testih is something i think most people, that's what most people focus on. one of the types of testing we are doing is loads testing and that's trying to test the system with different amounts of volume to try and address the issue that you are raising it to make sure we are properly prepared for surges that would occur. with regard to the issue of -- there were a number of things, parts of the backend that were happening last year and that there are other parts that i think you are referring to may be payment issues or those kinds of things. we a

news. >>> health care workers with kaiser permanente is demanding ebola training is in their contract. they are fully prepared to evaluate and treat cases of ebola while protecting employees. >>> the california department of health says they have contacted all hoitals in the state to help an ebola case. state health officials want to be ready, though the risk to the general public is extremely low. >> although your risk of getting ay bow law is -- of getting ebola is low it starts with washing your hands frequently. avoid people who are sick especially those who have just traveled. and know how the virus is spread. information power. you have to come into direct contact with the bodily flewed withs of someone infected. it not airborne we posted aetailed list of ven things you need to know about this virus including origin and symptoms. that's at abc7news.com. >>> in other news, a pleasant hill man is in custody after an an attempted kidnapping and dramatic standoff. police say 44-year-old jason newhouse set up booby-traps and trieto set off an explosive in an attempt to avoid capture.

news. >>> health care workers with kaiser permanente is demanding ebola training is in their contract. they are fully prepared to evaluate and treat cases of ebola while protecting employees. >>> the california department of health says they have contacted all hospitals in the state to help them prepare for an ebola case. state health officials want to be ready, though the risk to the general public is extremely low. >> although your risk of getting ay bow law is -- of getting ebola is low it starts with washing your hands frequently. avoid people who are sick especially those who have just traveled. and know how the virus is spread. information is power. you have to come into direct contact with the bodily flewed withs of someone infected. it not airborne. we posted a detailed list of seven things you need to know about this virus including origin and symptoms. that's at abc7news.com. >>> in other news, a pleasant hill man is in custody after an an attempted kidnapping and dramatic standoff. police say 44-year-old jason newhouse set up booby-traps and tried to set off an explosive in

news. >>> health care workers with kaiser permanente is demanding ebola training is in their contract.te and treat cases of ebola while protecting employees. >>> the california department of health says they have contacted all hospitals in the state to help them prepare for an ebola case. state health officials want to be ready, though the risk to the general public is extremely low. >> although your risk of getting ay bow law is -- of getting ebola is low it starts with washing your hands frequently. avoid people who are sick especially those who have just traveled. and know how the virus is spread. information is power. you have to come into direct contact with the bodily flewed withs of someone infected. it not airborne. we posted a detailed list of seven things you need to know about this virus including origin and symptoms. that's at abc7news.com. >>> in other news, a pleasant hill man is in custody after an an attempted kidnapping and dramatic standoff. police say 44-year-old jason newhouse set up booby-traps and tried to set off an explosive in an attempt to avoid capture. it di

kaiser family foundation recently released an annual employee health benefit survey. and this report indicates that the slowdown in health spending also extends to employer-sponsored insurance. more good news. according to kaiser, premiums in employer-sponsored health plans grew only 3% in 2012. so, i would like to ask you, that's tied for the lowest rate of growth since kaiser started measuring the growth of employer health care plans. do you agree with that? do you agree with the kaiser report with the data you've been looking at? >> i reviewed the kaiser report, employer insurance tends to see what we are following in medicare and medicare. yes. >> this seems to be very good news for the american consumers and our overall delivery of health care service. so i'm very pleased with these reports. and what do they say, numbers don't lie. and the numbers are showing that it's showing an improvement. i want to congratulate you and your colleagues for your work to help bring this to the american people. thank you. >> thank you. the gentlelady from california, ms. speer. >> mr. chairman, thank you. i thank you to our witnesses. first of all, i would like to congratulate you. you have lived thro

health care workers and the public. >> reporter: kaiser nurses are also asking for a supplemental health and life insurance in case they are infected with the virus. lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> officials with the california department of public health say they are working to make sure hospitals are prepared for ebola and properly trained. >> there's no evidence of community spread for ebola in this state or any other state in the united states. as you get closer and closer to actually working with a patient who has been exposed to or is confirmed with ebola, the risk does get higher. >> there are no cases of ebola or suspected cases in california at this time. now, at the capital in washington, d.c., hand sanitizing stations are back. many say it is because of concerns over ebola. there are simple but very important things that we can all do to protect ourselves from ebola. we have posted information from the cdc and abc7news.com and you can get updates on ebola as they happen at other breaking news as well with our abc 7 news app, free to download on apple's app store or google play. we also have information on abc7news.com. >>> two suspects are in custody in connectio

new contract. kaiser permanente has 21 the fares in 18,000 nurses across northern california. >>> california department of health says they have contacted all hospitals in the state to help them get ready. officials say the risk to the general public is extremely low but they want to be ready. just in case. so many are concern about ebola we posted a detailed list of 7 stings you need to know on the virus including the origin, symptoms and how it is transmitted at abc7news.com. >>> this morning, contra costa deputies are investigating the shooting of a 12-year-old boy around 9:00 last night. deputies found the boy wounded in front of an apartment and they airlifted him to children's hospital oak oakland. >> today, a last ditch effort to prevent a strike that would take golden gate bridge transit out of service tomorrow and management and labor will be at the bargaining table this morning at 9:00 and if no agreement is reached workers will go on strike for tomorrow's commute and bus drivers are not members of the union but say they will honor the picket lines. 22,000 commuters could be affected and the difference

health care workers and the public. >> reporter: kaiser nurses are also asking for a supplement health and life insurance in case they are infected with a virus. in oakland, leanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> now, officials with the california department of public health say they are working to make sure hospitals are prepared for ebola and properlily tray t >> there is no evidence for a community for ebola in this state or the united states. as you get closer and closer to actually working with a patient who has been exposed to or is confirmed with ebola, the risk does get higher. >> there are no cases of ebola or even suspected cases of ebola in california at this time. >>> there are simple but important things you can do to protect yourself from ebola. we have posted information from the cdc at abc7 news.com. and you can get updates on ebola as they happen with our breaking news and our app, or from google play. we also have more information at abc7news.com/apps. >>> moments ago, literally, the san francisco giants just took game four of the national league championship by a score of 6-4. >> that just puts them another game closer to the world series. more from at&t park. >>> stay

health care providers given in emory and nebraska. the union wants hand's on training. kaiser permanente said they are providing the utmost protection. >> can you get instants alert on ebola virus and other breaking news from our free app at apple app and google play. we have more information at abc7news.com/app. >>> in a show political unity the association highest candidates in the oakland mayor's race will appear together to urge passage of proposition z which is a critical public safety measure renewing funding for police officers and violence prevention programs in oakland, provide money for emergency response and set as minimum police staffing level. candidates will work phone banks to talk with voters directly about prop z. >> the giants are traveling to heavy the next these games of the national league championship series. fans hoped the team would come home from stimulus with commanding two-game lead but in the bottom of the 9th a cardinal ruined the fun. >> fans watching in the bay area were riding the help moral roller coaster but the cardinals' second base map got a homer tying the game at one game each. >> up-and-down. all over the place. we thought we had 'em we were in. we were out. >>

to talk to some staff members here at the kaiser enrichments to get their thoughts about this that is the latest on developing news story >> : lebanese healthof ebola. health minister lead to a at a news man that went from west uppercut suspected of having the virus to a hospital after experiencing like symptoms being cared for and a beirut hospital isolation unit >> : and then in sacramento county officials said my friend to people it troubled west africa patients don't have any symptoms but they say they're not taking any chances. tunney spokespersons as they are low risk and did not have any contact with aunt anyone sick with the ball. not clear why the to travel to west africa right now is still monitoring >> : and if you have any questions about ebola now hot line for your call. the department of public health missing yesterday establish the ball a hot line. and the number for a hot line there for the bottom of the screen agency says the hot line as one of the steps the that is being taken to respond to the ebola outbreak. >> : then there's heavy security around canada's parliament show to date lawmakers return to work police with guns