health coverage through the option and 46 thousand are medi-cal and others through medicare the uninsuredre 44 percent and we have exceeded statewide enrollment and california has exceeded invading it is due to the healthy san francisco program that san francisco is able to make the progress healthy san francisco i'm sure you're aware of is a cooperated program for the san franciscans that are insured 80 percent of uninsured san franciscans were enrolled in 2014 that was easier to contact them of their options in ac a as a result san francisco enrollment declined 50 percent busing plus in june of 2014 and those individuals have health insurance is far better than healthy san francisco the san francisco department of public health has promoted health insurance for those who have access i'm sure you're aware of the healthy san francisco is not health insurance but a cooperated health program for the insured health insurance provide people are for choices and also now required in the affordable health care act but despite it's importance some remain unable to take advantage some people are n

i'm reminded of that old story that tom foley, or speaker used to tell uninsured some of you heard. was asked by his young members at a time when the democrats were majority. he was asked who the opposition. the opposition is the republicans that the enemy is the senate. i think the speaker and i worked very hard to minimize those and have had a very open and respectful relationship which we intend to continue. sure, there are going to be challenged. anytime you ball of the appropriation process like a minority did in the senate this year it creates the big negotiation. that's regretful but that's where we are. >> you've already addressed this, president obama statement on around the last couple of days. i want to talk about a method which which he conveyed yesterday. he responded to you on twitter. i'm one of you give any thought to the using that method of medication and messaging to make this point that republicans -- [inaudible] >> well, i think the president ought to treat this like a serious national security but rather than a composer coal -- rather than a political campaign

and we know that the aca really has been a huge success in helping to reduce a number of the uninsured. i actually have a constituent in my district who was going regularly down to tijuana to get the medications that she needs. and this now means, as a result of her being insured, that she doesn't have to do that any longer. and it's been a big difference in her life. so i wondered if you could just talk a little bit about how dramatic the increase in the amateur population has been since the implementation of the aca and what this additional coverage has meant in terms of increasing patient outcomes? >> with regard to that, in terms of numerically the number i think you know is over 16 million in the number of the reduction in the uninsured. with regard, what tells the story better are the individuals, whether that's anne ha, a woman who was 26, uninsured. her mother told her to sign up. she needed insurance, she didn't but in the end she listened to her mom. a month later she discovered she had stomach cancer and had the coverage. that helped her and she is now recently married. in a

in my district the majority of the uninsured population falls under the medicaid coverage gap and does not qualify for assistance in the health care marketplace. according to the kaiser family foundation, up to 950,000 uninsured people would gain health care coverage if the state of texas decided to expand medicaid. what justification, if any, have you heard or received and how has hhs responded to discussions that you have had with the governors like abbott in texas? >> so with regard to the conversation with the governors, i spent the weekend at the national governsors association and the year before that i did as well. in terms of any concerns governors have, we want to expand the program in a way that implements the statute, which is about expanding access and doing it for low income populations so it is affordable. we want to do that in ways that work for states. i think in terms of answering concerns and questions, whether it's the negotiations we did with governor pence and i personally participated in a number of other governors so we can make sure we do this in a way a that se

the uninsured were. as a result our rate of uninsured has gone down by 54 percent in the city. and yet affordability challenges remain for some. we-some remain unable ta to take advantage of affordsability and [inaudible] some others are exempt for hardship or religious reason squz still others are unabling to afford it. the affordsability concerns were highlighted in recent city health care initiatives, the 2013 universal helths care counsel which xhrgzer adams and [inaudible] as well as the amendment tooz the health care security ordinance introduced by supervisor campos and passed in 2014. both of those highlighted the issues of affordability for part time employees, plow wage earners and the health care security ordinance required a plan to come back and address affordsability for helths insurance and that is what is before you today. in that time we did a lot of work. we hired through a grant from the california health care foundation 2 consult ants to review the issue of affordability and address a

the uninsured were. as a result our rate of uninsured has gone down by 54 percent in the city. and yet affordability challenges remain for some. we-some remain unable ta to take advantage of affordsability and [inaudible] some others are exempt for hardship or religious reason squz still others are unabling to afford it. the affordsability concerns were highlighted in recent city health care initiatives, the 2013 universal helths care counsel which xhrgzer adams and [inaudible] as well as the amendment tooz the health care security ordinance introduced by supervisor campos and passed in 2014. both of those highlighted the issues of affordability for part time employees, plow wage earners and the health care security ordinance required a plan to come back and address affordsability for helths insurance and that is what is before you today. in that time we did a lot of work. we hired through a grant from the california health care foundation 2 consult ants to review the issue of affordability and address a

the uninsured were. as a result our rate of uninsured has gone down by 54 percent in the city. and yet affordability challenges remain for some. we-some remain unable ta to take advantage of affordsability and [inaudible] some others are exempt for hardship or religious reason squz still others are unabling to afford it. the affordsability concerns were highlighted in recent city health care initiatives, the 2013 universal helths care counsel which xhrgzer adams and [inaudible] as well as the amendment tooz the health care security ordinance introduced by supervisor campos and passed in 2014. both of those highlighted the issues of affordability for part time employees, plow wage earners and the health care security ordinance required a plan to come back and address affordsability for helths insurance and that is what is before you today. in that time we did a lot of work. we hired through a grant from the california health care foundation 2 consult ants to review the issue of affordability and address a

>> my system is about 65% medicare/medicaid. >> how much uninsured?> about 7% at this point. >> so you have medicare and medicaid, and rest has some -- rest of your patients have some kind of coverage? >> some sort of commercial coverage, correct. >> on rack audits, did you mention mr. walters you had 500 claims currently? >> that are still sitting at the alj level and the backlog at the hearings center for the alj. so we've had about 1,000 denials overall over the past four or five years and we've appealed 85% of the denials. of those that have been heard, at any level of appeal, we've been successful about 90% of the time in overturning the denial. >> really? >> but the vast majority of appeals are still setting at the level and probably will be for another couple of years. >> and have this, have cms suspended rack audits because there is no aproehl possess right now, or are they continuing to have those audits. >> they are. cms is reworking the contracts for the racks so they have essentially suspended activity while they are renewing the contracts

we know that the aca really has been a huge success in helping to reduce a number of the uninsured. i actually have a constituent in my district who was going regularly down to tijuana to get the medications that she needs. and this now means, as a result of her being insured, that she doesn't have to do that any longer. and it's been a big difference in her life. 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 n

the city and county and those districts are areas we might focus our efforts with regards to the uninsurednd loovktd the data we found the traditional charity care pool may consist of in the new health era new san franciscans 20 percent to 76 in 2014 a disinterests performers of out of the county due to other counties robust ac a enrollments efforts as well less of out of community residents and a consistent population of homeless 10 to 12 percent and out of state 12 percent consistent over time so taken together in terms of the data analysis we had looked at 0 for the charity report a few conclusions and important points stand out the first one the a. ac a has an important change with the great success in intraoral folks in covered california the proposition of the uninsured has decreased we expect a less of a demand in charity care we say this overall the second point it the general it continues to provide and likely continues to provide if the health care era the significant moumg of charity care and significant amount of expenditures 70 percent is the general number that we have notice

in 2015 we had 320 million americans and 29 million of us are now uninsured.o there's been a big increase in population and a big big decrease in the uninsured rate. i'm glad he told that story because one of the things not factored into those numbers today is the fact that young people can now stay on their parent's policies until age 26. and montel's daughter might possibly not have been able to get coverage at all because of an illness. so this saved people countless millions of dollars since it went into effect. >> the republicans continue to talk about what disaster the affordable care act is but rarely are positive. and montel your story is again validation that this thing works on the ground with real people. >> what i want to hear is what will you replace it with? will you then keep individual tenants in place like the one that says child can remain in your insure until age 25? will you leave it that you can continue to have coverage. i have m.s. insurance could deny me coverage. this keeps people insured and how dare anybody suggest we throw the baby

it has reduced the number of uninsured in kentucky from 20% to 12%.n south carolina, in south carolina, over 200,000 people would gain health insurance if the governor and legislature approved the expansion. [applause] not only would several hundred thousand people gain health insurance, the state would create tens of thousands of decent paying jobs. [applause] and the federal government picks up almost all of the bill. pretty good deal. [applause] in my view, it is terribly wrong to allow a rigid, right-wing, political ideology to stand in the way of health care for hundreds of thousands of south carolinians. [applause] it is wrong to allow hundreds of people in your beautiful state to die unnecessarily because they cannot go to a doctor when they should. it is wrong and immoral to have a situation where people will suffer and become much sicker than they otherwise would have been because they don't have medicaid. that is wrong. [applause] and i would hope very much that not only here in south carolina, but all across this country, republican governo

and the obama administration can point to the uninsured rate going down, the fact that premiums aren't many had expected as well as other successes that they believe from the law, but the political reality is this. it is so hard to change a system that's already up and running. and it's why you saw republicans really trying to be able to eliminate the law before it really took off, before it started, and come 2017, and again, you would have an enrollment this year and then the year after, it becomes more entrenched and that's the real big challenge for whomever if the republicans end up taking the white house in 2017. >> mark, thank you. a reminder, bob menendez will announce his position on the iran deal at 1:15 and we'll carry that for you as well. the white house is unveiling a new plan for heroin overdose deaths. between 2002 and 2013, heroin deaths in the u.s. almost quadrupled. the new face of heroin is described as mostly women, between 20 and 25 and many with higher incomes. many started out addicted to painkillers and switched to heroin because it is cheaper. the $2.5 million

to me that despite the gains of 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 th

the city and county and those districts are areas we might focus our efforts with regards to the uninsured and loovktd the data we found the traditional charity care pool may consist of in the new health era new san franciscans 20 percent to 76 in 2014 a disinterests performers of out of the county due to other counties robust ac a enrollments efforts as well less of out of community residents and a consistent population of homeless 10 to 12 percent and out of state 12 percent consistent over time so taken together in terms of the data analysis we had looked at 0 for the charity report a few conclusions and important points stand out the first one the a. ac a has an important change with the great success in intraoral folks in covered california the proposition of the uninsured has decreased we expect a less of a demand in charity care we say this overall the second point it the general it continues to provide and likely continues to provide if the health care era the significant moumg of charity care and significant amount of expenditures 70 percent is the general number that we have noti

is the uninsured issue a problem and if so what is the solution? >> guest: this is what the doctors told me. they said most young people don't need insurance as we know it today. they need catastrophic coverage. if they were to be hit in a car accident or something of that nature or you were to break your leg you do need some sort of insurance but insurance is not insurance if you can go and get just her annual check-up are you stub your your toe and you need a band-aid. all of those things are covered on what we call it insurance so we could make insurance more affordable for everyone if we were to make it actually insurance and cover only catastrophic care especially for those young people. if you have more expensive plans but not as expenses as we have today for older people and people who have existing conditions they'd all be covered better if you do it in a more free-market manner. >> host: katie kieffer where did you develop your ideas and your policies and your politics? >> guest: i have a background in commercial real estate so while i was

on --people spend more then uninsured people? do we know how much that is? study there was a recent in oregon. they wanted to expand medicaid. they did not have enough money to expand it to everyone. they actually created this experiment where they said if you want medicaid and you eat certain qualifications, sign up and will he -- have a lottery. a lot of people did not get it. because they randomly assigned people to get insurance or not get it, they could compare what happened to those two groups of people. what they found is people they gave health insurance to had certain benefits that they got and it was very clear that they spent more money on health care and they used the emergency room more. tot: if you want to talk margot sanger-katz, the phone lines are open for the next 45 minutes. as viewers are condon, i want to talk about overall health care spending. it kicked up for the first time in several years. what were the reasons for it taking up. we don't really know what happened in 2014. government actuaries who look at the data made an estimate fo

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

mainstain says while they are saddened that she is suffering from cancer, the claim that she was uninsured, prevented her from seeking medical care or somehow contributed to her cancer is patently false. the star's attorney told gma trust was violated here. we hope the defendant dance will correct it in a responsible manner. abc news legal analyst dan abrams says her case will be very, very tough to prove because it's hard to link the actions of her business managers with her cancer. meanwhile, doherty is likely facing surgery and chemotherapy. >> thank you, sandy. >>> uber on the defense over the way it does background checks on its drivers. prosecutors in los angeles and san francisco are suing the ride share coughing saying that uber miss leads customers about how thoroughly they check out the drivers. he points to a convicted murder that became certified under a different name. in response, the uber spokesperson said that no system is 100% perfect and that the same thing could happen with regular taxi companies. >> bill evans is joining us with the forecast. humid out there. >> awfully

but can it fulfill its mission to providing care for the poor and uninsured. there was a frantic race for some of the city's most vulnerable. >> i had a sense of helplessness. >> you're loading sick patients on, you know, on back boards on air boats and shipping them, you know, four or five blocks away through chest-deep water. >>reporter: what lessons have been learned about building hospitals in new orleans and will this hospital be able to handle the next massive storm. >> malaysia is confirming what many have suspected, the debris washing up in madagascar on the reunion islands is the remains of mh flight h 370. it disappeared over the indian ocean 17 months ago. more news throughout the day and you can always catch us on al jazeera.com. news continues live from london next.

the city and county and those districts are areas we might focus our efforts with regards to the uninsured and loovktd the data we found the traditional charity care pool may consist of in the new health era new san franciscans 20 percent to 76 in 2014 a disinterests performers of out of the county due to other counties robust ac a enrollments efforts as well less of out of community residents and a consistent population of homeless 10 to 12 percent and out of state 12 percent consistent over time so taken together in terms of the data analysis we had looked at 0 for the charity report a few conclusions and important points stand out the first one the a. ac a has an important change with the great success in intraoral folks in covered california the proposition of the uninsured has decreased we expect a less of a demand in charity care we say this overall the second point it the general it continues to provide and likely continues to provide if the health care era the significant moumg of charity care and significant amount of expenditures 70 percent is the general number that we have noti

no longer a refuge for the poor and uninsured. sparkling clean. thick with technology. reinforced windows and steel, to with stand a future katrina. you won't find the name charity any more around here. that is gone forever. just a plaque, a reminder of what once was. but they are hoping that this is still a place where miracles happen. >> sanjay joins me tonight. it's incredible to see, to go back ten years, patients at a private hospital that company was able to afford helicopters to come and rescue those patients. and those helicopters would not take the patient, people died. >> what you saw that's people who were not critically ill, a lot of the staff members were leaving before some of the critically ill patients were being able to evacuate. that's not medical triage. medical triage one of the golden rules. that didn't happen here. >> charity hospital today. what's happening to the building? and for a long time, mental, people with mental difficulties after the storm there was no place for them to go? >> it was incredible. 140 beds set aside for people who had ment

the 5-year-old law pushed the number of uninsured americans to below 10%. texas, opposition to the law, is the only state with more than 20% of the residents uninsured in the first half of the year. >> there will be increased security at screenings straight out of compton following the premier last night. the movie's production company will pay for extra security guards at theaters screening the bio pic. because the movie features police violence. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans and the exclusive forecast. >> got a beautiful sunrise. great morning. great friday. great forecast for you today, too. we will have a lot of sunshine. looking at temperatures that start out around the upper 60s to 70. 67 degrees around central park and we are looking at 71 laguardia. calm wind to a light northwest wind. humidities are low this morning across the am the area. taking the ferries, water temperature 74 to 76 in the count. great morning to come back and forth. going to the beach, low risk of rip curren

the uninsured number is down to 29 million.umber of people without health insurance has been cut by 116 million or one-third since the beginning of obamacare can. all of this success may not be reflected in the day-to-day political sparring. these numbers don't lie. the law is working as intended. so, yes, chart imitates life. tom campbell is he what he tells us or what he has become over the years, an fcino, fiscal conservative in name only, a wolf in sheep's clothing, a man who literally helped to put the state of california on the path to bankruptcy and higher taxes? fiscal conservative, or just another same-old tale of tax and spend authored by career politician who helped to guide us in to this fiscal mess in the first place. >> that ad, the demon sheep ad run by carly fiorina remains one of the -- in the election. from the preview voice to the mad glowing eyes that were supposed to represent, we're not sure, we think a wolf to the demon sheep man crawling away. showing off the human boots. a master class in political thea

to help those who are uninsured or under insured and are dealing with breast cancer. >> if you'd like to donate to friends of faith, great work out there by carolyn, what a beautiful day to be enjoying a walk or a run. >> we've been lucky this entire month. >> it's been nice. >> it was 90 last weekend in the city. we're tracking a little bit of a cooldown for the second half of the weekend before we warm things up. >>> it's a quiet picture on this saturday night, so we'll take you outside, this was earlier this evening from our emeriville camera it's pretty thick this weekend, about 2500 feet. that's why the clouds moved in quickly this evening, it's going to greet us once again tomorrow morning, and bring in those cooler temperatures for sunday. we'll open up the almanac, look at the numbers, sfo spot on where we should be this time of the year. oakland a touch warmer at 75, san jose, just two degrees shy. coming in at 81 degrees this afternoon. 65 in livermore, 63 in oakland, 64 in mountain view, the same in san jose. san francisco currently sitting at 61 degrees. live doppler 7 hd,

it's a significant drop but experts don't think the number of uninsured will ever reach zero becauseertain people, like undocumented immigrants, aren't eligible for coverage. >>> remarkable run came to an end too early for a south bay little league team. >> we'll cheer them on. the team lost the second game of the western regional tournament yesterday. henderson, nevada won 9-3. san jose exits the regionals with the loss. little league begins next week in williams port, pennsylvania. >>> next at 6:00, back to school for thousands of students in the south bay but a handful of teachers absent. >> 12-hour stand-off ends with a fellen in cuffs. how south bay police able to catch their man. >>> update to breaking news. search under way now to find a woman who fell from the bay bridge while trying to run away from police. "today in the bay" starts now. >>> very good wednesday morning to you yop thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. the weather, which we've been tracking, and the roads as welling let's start with meteorologist kari hall. she's got our microclimat

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tax credits if you are uninsured on the older side. no individual mandate. going to let people buy insurance across state lines and going to reduce regulations in various unspecified ways. we can talk about the medicaid parts of this, too. but on the basic level, good policy or good politics? al: the politics are good for him, john, primary politics. for a couple of reasons. he is the most comprehensive plan on health care from the g.o.p. side. scott walker has been portrayed as a union barber. that broadens that. the policy is probably more problematic. medicare, he doesn't touch on medicare. no cost. we don't know what the costs would be. talking about pre-existing conditions are much more complicated. 15.8 million people are insured today that weren't two years ago. see how walker's plan stacks up. short-term politics, it's pretty good. john: he is going to get credit from some people for being this specific. and there are holes in this and there are blank spots and things we don't know, but he has done something as you point out that is a first among rep

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the incident happened during a live stop part of a crackdown on unregistered and uninsured vehicles. this comis offering an alternative. >> the officer is trying to sell tickets to the annual police hero thrill show a charity event that raises money for fallen officers and firefighters. it is bad enough he appears to shake down an motorists and damaging a good cause in the process. >> a lot of families of the officers and firefighters that have died are there. >> em he -- >> reporter: the officer is a 9 year veteran in the 24th district. the commissioner said every aspect of the stop is wrong. including the homophobic slurs. >> do you have any kids? do you have any sweethearts? >> you don't want to look like a two fruit cakes. >> anyone with any clear thought at all know that's not what you do. >> reporter: the commissioner has taken the officer off the street and waiting for internal affairs topper complete the investigation before deciding whether to fire him. it will be turned over to the d.a.'s office for possible criminal charges. dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> philade

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many hope it will stay true to its mission of caring for all patients including the poor and uninsured>> i'm thrilled that i'm here. and we have this here. it's a bit shameful that it has taken ten years to happen. >> reporter: for the chief medical officer, opening the doors as the city marks a decade since the storm, makes it tough not to reflect on that frantic week in 2005. he was among the staff and patients trapped in the hospital. >> we moved our patients from the emergency department to a second floor auditorium. >> reporter: it wasn't long before water knocked out basement generators, and the temperatures soared. this doctor was in charge of 50 intensive care patients. >> we ran out of sedatives, so many of the patients that had breathing tubes in were awake and squeezing them with a bag. >> reporter: some infrants and critical patients were air liefted after the storm, for most it took days for help to arrive. >> you are loading sick patients on airboats. >> reporter: while there were few patient deaths the outcome was much worse at the medical center. and memorial hospital t

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university is required to have 20% of uninsured in its patient mix, considerably less than charity. but officials promise to give care to those who need it. (singing) >> community activist jacques organized a lawsuit to get charity back up and running. >> working for people who trusted charity to take good care of them and reassembling the intellectual capital for patients with the teamwork and know how is not like assembling leggos. it takes lots of time, work and money. >> dr. w. who once argued for the old hospital to reopen now says the quality of care at charity has been romanticized and concerns about the new hospital are unfounded. if you are so convinced of the success of this model, what did you fight hard to try to keep charity open? >> so what i tried hard to do was to keep open a facility that would meet on the safety care needs of our population, and i would continue that fight today if we walked away from that mission. that's as strong as its ever been. >> what we hope for you to do between now and the next visit -- >> the other half of the reimagining is an extensive

he was uninsured at the time of the shooting leaving the hospital to pick up the initial tab. >> reporter: if you add it up, what would you say at the end of the day was the dealt build from start to now? >> looking at it now, almost, like, $10 million. >> >> reporter: a university of chicago crime lab puts the cost of gun violence nationwide around $100 billion. with shootings in the windy city alone costing $2.5 billion, or 2500 per household. that's over a million dollars for the first year of bills. added to that are court costs, mental health care and unemployment. in may michael brown was driving in the northern suburbs when he heard the window crack. >> it felt like someone punched me in my least shoulder in the back. >> the 55-year-old father of two was hit by a stray bullet. >> i'm not a gang banker or a thug. i'm a tasher. i'm thinking why would someone want to shoot me, you know. and i guess i figured out it was an act of random violence. >> reporter: that bullet left him without the use of his arms or legs, checking his life forever. >> my wife, of course, was working full tim

have to be alone on this we can be the for or against examples and guess what 54 percent dropped in uninsured persons since health care was incorporated 50 percent drop in san francisco that's incredible part of this history and we couldn't have gotten it down without the obama legislation but gave his the foundation to live the dream and prepare and plan and implement to do all the things with a lot of partners and marries like my predecessor building in it to get it done working with the director of the public health and barbara working with the health commission yes keeping a good dialog with city government that we're all partners in this we created one of the first medi-cal managed care plans and built sf and none is left out in the partners and help to reform everybody has assess we'll find more ways to make that footage now mayor u make sure that people use it before they come to the emergency care and educate ourselves that's why i have to be a better example of health myself i want to say that you'll have you are here not only to celebrate the milestones but to really re1rib9 what we

to get that $32,000, you have to have uninsured losses, which means that you would not have been covered under a homeowners insurance policy. you also have to go through a means test, and if you don't qualify for the ability to pay it back, then you may be eligible for fema grants. fema grants were not designed to make people whole. fema was really designed to do the initial response and start the process. that's why it is so important when the mayor was in tort -- was talking about all of the people coming into the city. that is not a fema dollars that he was talking about. i know that no community that did not have a housing issue before the disaster that got better just because you had a hurricane or an earthquake. we don't deal with the job situation, we don't deal with the unemployment situation, and the education and the high school dropout rate. our programs were never designed to solve that on the backend. ours is like the initial response to get somebody help, get somebody a place to live, get somebody some initial assistance. but congress never built fema to make people whole.