the affordable care act and we continue to have 35 million people uninsured, and many of you are underinsured. high deductibles, high copayments. of that we end up spending almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country. that is wrong, that has got to change. let me close on one issue that i know a lot of people are thinking about. the truth is in america we have made real progress in terms of fighting racism over the years. want to thank the people of iowa for their courage in voting for obama in 2008. what you showed is a state that is mostly white can go beyond the color of the candidates skin . thank you, iowa. [applause] papers,ho reads the anyone who looks at the tv understands that we still have a long way to go. understand that it is on acceptable that african-americans can get taken out of their cars, thrown to the ground, assaulted, and thrown into jail. that is not what this country is supposed to be about. so you are looking at a candidate who was elected president, who will do everything that he can to end the stain of institutional racism in

it helps out uninsured and underinsured men and women facing breast cancer. faith fancher was a bay area reporter that died from breast chancer in twroa. during her battle, she raised awareness and money for those with breast cancer. >> one of the supporters here. why do you support this cause? >> faith is one of the most dynamic people i got to work with. her legacy and what this means to all of us is something i couldn't miss ever. >> the event featured live entertainment and a raffle prize drawing. >>> hundreds of raiders fans came -- hundreds of cal fans were welcomed as they lined up for autographs from student- athletes. the entire football team signed memorabilia for eager fans. formerly known as football appreciation day, the event includes all 30 university athletic teams. >> it's very exciting. it's a great chance for the athletic department to show that they have a tremendous athletic program here. it's exciting and great for the kids. >> the bears football team opens up on september 5 against grambling state university. >>> it was a frighten scene

seemed to be really focused on what our mission is, which is to help those who are uninsured or underinsure and doling with breast cancer. >> if you'd like to donate to friends of faith we have a link on our web site, abc7news.com. >>> a calming day on the water turns to chaos. take a look. coming up, hear from a kayaker who frantically tries to outpaddle a lightning storm. taking you live outside. a little cooler than normal but beach weather is coming, meteorologist drew tuma has details when abc7 news continues. >> we will be broadcasting live from napa monday as we mark the anniversary over the august 24th earthquake at 5 and 6:00 p.m. dan ashley will be the heart of downtown napa to show us how things changed women have uploaded snapshots to abc7news.com. visit our web site to see for yourself what a difference a leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month's payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer... with volvo. a new sea chance to tryew look. something

the affordable care act, we continue to have 35 million people uninsured -- and many of you are underinsured, right? >> yes! sen. sanders: high deductibles, high copayments. and yet, after all of that, we end up spending almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country. that is wrong, that has got to change. [cheering] [applause] let me close on one issue that i know a lot of people are thinking about. the truth is, that in america, we have made real progress in terms of fighting racism over the years. and i want to thank the people of iowa for their courage in voting for obama in 2008. [cheering] [applause] and what you showed is that a state which is mostly white could go beyond the color of a candidate's skin and vote for somebody based on their character and their ideas. thank you, iowa. [cheering] [applause] but anyone who reads the papers, anyone who looks at tv, understands that we still have a long way to go. anyone who has seen the fates of sandra bland or samuel debose understands that it is unacceptable that african-americans can get taken out o

mission is to help uninsured or underinsured patients fight breast cancer. great day for 5 k walk and run. let's check in. a look at tomorrow. drew. >> if you look today you are going to love tomorrow. rather quiet august pattern in the works with comfortable temperatures. live dop elerdoppler 7. 22nd day of the month. today it was 73 the high. average time of year. oakland warmer 75. san jose coming in 2 degrees shy of average of 83. 81 this afternoon. go outside. a live look. showing you, bouncing off the low clouds map. reason layer back. rather thick. means the cloud are going to take their time clearing tomorrow morning. out there right now. mixture of 50s and 60s. current temperature. 59. napa. 63 in oakland. 62, hey ward. san francisco. 62. mountain view. 63. live doppler. cloud hugging the california kes kes -- cloud lugging the california coast. what that is doing. helping keep marine layer in play. it will do so tomorrow. future weather has you covered hour by hour. tomorrow morning. the morning. low cloud around bay perhaps. isolated pocket of dri

the 5k run raises funds for uninsured or underinsured low-income men and women undergoing cheapened foreast cancer. our very own pam moore took part in this year's event. and is on the board for friends of faith, the bay area reporter who died from breast cancer in 2003. throughout her six and a half year battle against the disease, she worked hard to raise awareness and money to benefit low income women with breast cancer. members of friends of faith are continuing to work to complete the work that she began. >> carolyn, why do you support this cause? >> faith was one of the most dynamic people i got a chance to work with in my career. her legacy and what this means to all of us is something i couldn't miss ever. never. >> 's event also featured some live entertainment and a raffle prize drawing. hundreds of fans came out for a golden bear stay at the university of california memorial stadium this afternoon. cheerleaders, the band, they welcomed cow fans who lined up for autographs. -- california fans. the entire football team also signed memorabilia for the eager fans. formerly known

our mission is to raise money to help uninsured or underinsured patients right here in the bay area. 49ers will honor legendary broadcaster lon simmons prior to today's preseason game against the cowboys. the 49ers and his family will celebrate his life in the pregame ceremony right before the kickoff. he spent 26 seasons calling niner games, starting back in 1957. the bay area sports icon also broadcast games for the giants and the a's during his career spanning five decades. simmons passed away in april at the age of 91. >>> happening now, thousands of runners are pounding the streets of san francisco in this year's edition of the giants race. here's a live look at some of the runners on the embarcadero. 20,000 people registered to take part in the race. and closer look now at the giants race which benefits the san francisco-based nonprofit organization project open hands, which provides meals to senior citizens throughout san francisco and almeda counties. they are running in some decent weather this morning. >> that's right. good timing on that because we are going to get some cl

our mission is to raise nobody to help uninsured or underinsured patients here in the bay area.d a nice turnout of colleagues from abc7. dan ashley was one of the mc's, and bob goldberger was there. >> i saw pictures on twitter. >> it was fun. i appreciate all of them for that. >> good. you had a good day with the weather, and today very little change. so if you did like yesterday, it's going to be nice again throughout the afternoon. in fact, brighter, but a cool start in most neighborhoods with the cloudy skies. we are looking at some airport delays at sfo. up to 39 minutes due to the low ceilings. a lot like yesterday, a few holes in the overcast here and there. but a look right now on the peninsula and you notice the gray sky. so if you are headed to the airport, of course, check with your airline and there could be some delays out there. temperatures haven't changed much since the early morning hours. that's about 5:00, i would say. 64 in mountain view, 61 half moon bay. san francisco is in the low 60s. oakland at 63 degrees. and down in san jose it should be a nice afterno

typical of so many new orleans neighborhoods is that people didn't have flood insurance or they were underinsured insurance is very, very expensive. the people that live in this -- people that live in this house, they bought this house 50 years ago. they lived in it for 50 years. it is paid for. the man is a retired maitre d'. the people that you rely on for every day who give their lives to serve others and they didn't deserve to have what happened to them happen. in fact, we got there home back together before the trailer could be hooked up. so we beat fema. don't need this trailer. they are back in their home. i hate to drop in on them, but we might. reporter: in your neighborhood, how many people have come back? you are the only once? >> it's hard to get a telephone. my son just called me. it is three month before he can get a telephone, a house telephone. they have the kids. it's quite to be three months before we can get a phone. but they wanted to give me a phone. hours,$30 a month, 1000 , like, i'm, you know on the senior rate now and no fees. it's not like a cell phone. becauseed my cell

of the affordable care act, we continue to have 35 million people uninsured and many of you are underinsured right? high deductibles, high copayments. and yet, after all of that, we end up spending almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country. that is wrong, that has got to change. [applause] let me close on one issue that i know a lot of people are thinking about. the truth is that in america, we have made real progress in terms of fighting racism over the years. i want to thank the people of iowa for their courage in voting for obama in 2008. [applause] and what you showed is that a state which is mostly white could go beyond the color of a candidate's skin and vote for somebody based on their character and their ideas. thank you, iowa. [applause] but anyone who reads the papers, anyone who looks at tv, understands that we still have a long way to go. anyone who has seen the tapes of sandra bland or samuel dubose understands that it is unacceptable that african-americans can get taken out of their cars, thrown to the ground, assaulted, and thrown int

which is typical of so many new orleans neighborhoods, people don't have flood insurance, or were underinsurede of insurance is very expensive. the people that live in this street25 new orleans a -- people that live in this house, 50 years ago, they have lifted it for -- lived in it for 50 years. it is paid for. the man is a retired maitre d'. people that you rely on every day, they get their lives to serve others. they didn't deserve to have what happened to them. we got there home back together before the trailer backed up. so we beat fema. they are back in their home. i heed to drop in on them, but we might. >> how many people are coming back in your neighborhood? i can't get a telephone. it's going to be three months before we can get a house telephone. hit.area was really badly it's going to be three months before we can get a phone. there were no fees, they wanted to get me a phone. it's not like a cell phone that i can take out of the house. i need that when i leave the house because people are just calling you. you were the only one in this entire neighborhood? >> it's blocked. >> thre

care services you couldn't afford to get them and for go [inaudible] this avoids the issue of underinsurance and provides that bftd. the other thing it does is leverage the federal benefits that employees are aurmd elg nl for on covered california. you see in the chart the bars from left to right, those are federal poverty levels starting at 150 percent all the way to 500 percent. the bars themselves, they represent the total the average cost that a 40 year old san franciscan would have access in health insurance on covered california. if they had to pay their full dedectable it would be 7 thousand a year for a 40 year old san franciscan. the blue bar representathize amount the federal government will pay toward health care cost. you can see very low income the federal government subsidizes a lot. in the orange is how much this program will subsidize the cost of health insurance so at the low level this program subsidizes somewhat but by far the federal government is making most of the subsidize and as the income goes occupy the federal subsidize and the local subsudegoes up and leveled out.

care services you couldn't afford to get them and for go [inaudible] this avoids the issue of underinsurance and provides that bftd. the other thing it does is leverage the federal benefits that employees are aurmd elg nl for on covered california. you see in the chart the bars from left to right, those are federal poverty levels starting at 150 percent all the way to 500 percent. the bars themselves, they represent the total the average cost that a 40 year old san franciscan would have access in health insurance on covered california. if they had to pay their full dedectable it would be 7 thousand a year for a 40 year old san franciscan. the blue bar representathize amount the federal government will pay toward health care cost. you can see very low income the federal government subsidizes a lot. in the orange is how much this program will subsidize the cost of health insurance so at the low level this program subsidizes somewhat but by far the federal government is making most of the subsidize and as the income goes occupy the federal subsidize and the local subsudegoes up and leveled out.

typical of so many new orleans neighborhoods is that people didn't have flood insurance or they were underinsuredthis type of insurance is very, very expensive. let's say that the people that live in the house is 25 -- people that live in this house they bought this house 50 years ago. they've lived in it for 50 years. it's paid for. . e man is a retired maitre d' there are people that you rely on that give their lives to serve others. they didn't deserve for what happened to them happen. we got their home backing to before the home could be picked up. they're back in their home. and we -- i hate to drop in on them but we might. >> tell me about your neighborhood. how many people are coming back. -- coming back? >> that's why i can't have a telephone. >> it's going to be three months before we can get a telephone because this was a -- you know, this area was really badly hit. it's going to be three months before we can get a phone. but they wanted to give me a phone. month but no fees, you know, like -- and no free minutes. and it's not like a cell phone, i can pick up. and i needed my cell phone

care services you couldn't afford to get them and for go [inaudible] this avoids the issue of underinsurance and provides that bftd. the other thing it does is leverage the federal benefits that employees are aurmd elg nl for on covered california. you see in the chart the bars from left to right, those are federal poverty levels starting at 150 percent all the way to 500 percent. the bars themselves, they represent the total the average cost that a 40 year old san franciscan would have access in health insurance on covered california. if they had to pay their full dedectable it would be 7 thousand a year for a 40 year old san franciscan. the blue bar representathize amount the federal government will pay toward health care cost. you can see very low income the federal government subsidizes a lot. in the orange is how much this program will subsidize the cost of health insurance so at the low level this program subsidizes somewhat but by far the federal government is making most of the subsidize and as the income goes occupy the federal subsidize and the local subsudegoes up and leveled out.

of the affordable care act, we continue to have 35 million people uninsured and many of you are underinsured, right? high deductibles, high copayments. and yet, after all of that, we end up spending almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country. that is wrong, that has got to change. close on one issue that i know a lot of people are thinking about. the truth is, that in america, we have made real progress in terms of fighting racism over the years. i want to thank the people of iowa for their courage in voting for obama in 2008. and what you showed is that a state which is mostly white could go beyond the color of a candidate's skin and vote for somebody based on their character and their ideas. thank you, iowa. but anyone who reads the papers, anyone who looks at tv, understands that we still have a long way to go. the fate ofas seen sandra bland or samuel debose understands that it is unacceptable that african-americans can get taken out of their cars, thrown to the ground, assaulted, and thrown into jail and died three days later. that is not what t

typical of so many new orleans neighborhoods is that people didn't have flood insurance or they were underinsured. this type of insurance is very, very expensive. the people that live in this house -- people that live in this house, they bought this house 50 years ago. they lived in it for 50 years. it is paid for. the man is a retired maÎtre d'. the people that you rely on for every day who give their lives to serve others and they didn't deserve to have what happened to them happen. in fact, we got there home back together before the trailer could be hooked up. so we beat fema. don't need this trailer. they are back in their home. i hate to drop in on them, but we might. reporter: in your neighborhood, how many people have come back? you are the only once? >> it's hard to get a telephone. my son just called me. it is three month before he can get a telephone, a house telephone. they have the kids. it's quite to be three months before we can get a phone. but they wanted to give me a phone. it was $30 a month, 1000 hours, but no fees, you know, like, i'm on the senior rate now and no fees. it's n

the 5 k run circles lake merit and raises funds for uninsured or underinsured low income men and womenatment for breast cancer. our own very here is pam moore, beautiful pam moore in that pic. she's a long time supporter of the event. she was there along with several other anchors and reporters in the bay area. she was a bay area reporter who died after a six year battle with breast cancer in 2003. she worked through the disease to raise awareness and money to benefit low income women with breast cancer. >>> coming up on kron 4 news weekend edition, nappa marks a one year anniversary since the damaging earthquake still impacting the city. we're going to be live there this morning, plus bay area students christmas gift that's helping children get some life changing surgery. it's today's my kron 4 story and we're keeping an eye on the weather. live look outside to san francisco. you can see, i can see it. the sun is coming up. we'll be right back. you can call them anytime you feel like saving money. it don't matter, day or night. use your computer, your smartphone, your tablet, whatever

>> there are many people who are underinsured. the population has many -- access to many new services in terms of prevention. cms, one of the things we were working on was something called coverage to care. it's for those who are in an insurer based market to help people how to understand how to use the coverage to access a physician, to get a help home so we can solve some of the issues and do things such as understanding your bill. those kinds of things are often complicated and difficult to do. at cms we have a program, we're working on it. we want to make sure we're moving the information. it comes to the medicare point i raised earlier. many people in medicare don't know they can get access without co-pays. >> is enhanced medicaid reimbursement for services also part of what can be helpful moving forward? >> it is. as you know we've proposed to extend that. >> thank you. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back, mr. brat. >> thank you mr. chairman, thank you for being with us today. i guess i got dinged from tooivfive minutes t

so i wonder if you could just talk a little bit about how dramatic the increase in the underinsured population has been, and what the additional coverage has meant in terms of the increasing patient outcomes? >> with regard to that, we'll try and be brief. in terms of numerically, the number i think you know is over 16 million, the number of the reduction in the uninsured. with regard, i think, what tells the story better are the individuals and whether that's the woman who was 26, uninsured, her mother told her to sign up. she needed insurance. but in the end she listened to her mom. a month later she discovers she had stomach cancer. and had the coverage she needed. that coverage both helped her from her health, she is now actually recently married. in addition to that, though, the financial security in terms of her business and her availability to continue on in that way as well. so i think it's the individual stories, combined with the numbers in terms of what we're seeing of what the extended coverage means. >> right. yeah. i particularly have heard about that when it comes to type 2 diab

the nonprofit group friends of faith raises money for low income and underinsured breast cancer patientsere across the bay area. >> our own dave clark is out there a great event. >> 9:53 is your time on the clock. and we'll be right back. i know you're staying golden by managing your energy use...ns which means managing water too, sfx: rawr especially during a drought. learn to save water, energy and money at energyupgradeca.org >>> new this morning, san jose police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run. it happened on king road south of story road about 6:15 this morning. the victim was a man in his 60s. he died at the scene. investigators say they don't have much to go on. they don't have a suspect or vehicle information. but they are asking anyone who may know about the crash to come forward. >>> switching ago, the oakland zoo is honoring one of its most popular family members today. it is lion appreciation day. >> christien kafton joins us live from the zoo where the event begins at the top of the hour. are you behaving yourself out there? >> i can't -- i am. i can't say for sure bu