model has reached its limit and i wonder if that realisation has started to sink in with the chinese letisha before donald trump or do they have to be grateful to the current american president to actually driving that massive age home so starkly. i think that message that a modern economy needed to be sustainable that it needed to be sustainable based on natural resources had taken hold before and if you travelled in china seen rivers drying up or the air pollution you would begin to see why and that's what drove the diplomacy it barrus and part of the disillusionment with the united states came from the fact that the united states was stepping back from addressing what was a global threat the problem that an economy has is not the end all and be all of life is one that's common to all of us right now climate change really is an existential threat and i think within the chinese leadership there's different perceptions of that but there are people who are motivated by the genuine belief that this has to be dealt with now in your book you write several historical examples of how the chinese w

. >> if i may, i would just like to add one thank you to natalie and letisha on the team that led the effort to engage our members. and it is a herculean effort. it's an area of growth that we have and the reason we're bringing in a communications director, because we don't have the best way, clearly, yet, to communicate around these types of issues. the open enrollment messages are get through well, but we perhaps can learn from that and continue down that path to more readily engage members on as-needed basis. item 12. reports and updates from contracted health plan representatives. >> good afternoon, denise rodriguez with kaiser permanente. last time, i stood before you and you had many questions about the transportation benefit we're adding january 1. i wanted to come back with more information. we were remiss in not providing an upsooner. so a -- update sooner than now. so my apologies. what i would do is start with defining the benefit. commissioner scott asked what are we paying for. i want to explain the exclusions and what caused the exclusion of a particular benefit and what