costs the chief concern of affording whether or not their insured or uninsured employers said they want to be able to over health insurance to their part time employees but not possible because of the cost or because the insures don't allow the employee employers plan to address those concerns the department of public health through a generous grant from the health affirmation engaged the university berkley center to present the proposal before you today the berkley was the created of the cal model a model that is relied on by covered california and other state and policymakers that impacts the elements of the ac a we asked uc berkley to advise us on the numbers when is affordability exactly what are the tax up rates of models with the assistance we could offer how many people need assistance and how much revenue to support the program they were able to custom nays their model to have estimates for this report for h m a we asked for air perimeters we need help how much that will cost and how much revenue how to get the assistance and h m a helped us with this analysis they the a operati

i note in our uninsured i note sara's note about number of latinos are uninsured, more than half of our uninsured are not elgible for subsidies because they're undocumented. we will have challenges addressing all populations who are uninsured if we're not addressing undocumented. so eligible for coverage are about 1.3 million left. we've done a pretty good job. we're changing health care for many folks. cover california is big. we're obviously a big state. we have 1.3 million insured today. we are the second largest purchaser of health care for those under 65 after the medicaid program in the state of california. that means when we talk health plans listen. it means we have the budget to do outreach. you can seen that we have $6.5 billion in premium. we're a very going proposition. couple things that i call out here though. since we opened our doors 1.8 million people have had coverage. some for two months, some for six months. meaning 500,000 not covered today have used our services. that is exactly what we thought was going to happen from day one. the individual market which has what'

health coverage through the option and 46 thousand are medi-cal and others through medicare the uninsured are 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

we find that the law is helping previously uninsured people gain coverage.f of adults enrolled in marketplace plans and 66% of those enrolled in medicaid were uninsured prior to getting their new coverage. we're also seeing that for many adults this new coverage ended long periods of time in their life without health insurance. among adults who had been uninsured prior to gaining their insurance, 80% in marketplace plans and 6% of the those in medicaid had gone without insurance for a year or longer. the survey indicates that coverage through the marketplaces and medicaid is improving people's ability to get health care. 68% of people currently enrolled in either source of coverage had used their plans to visit a doctor or hospital or fill a prescription. of those who got care, 62% said they would not have been able to get this care prior to getting their new insurance. while people who were uninsured previously were more likely to say they wouldn't be able to afford or access this care nearly half of those who had insurance when they enrolled also said they

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

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

between that show and now we've seen the uninsured rate drop to a new low. 11.4%.y among people of color and people of low income. now there are all sorts of ways to criticize obamacare and all sorts of ways you can say it's not restraining costs, premiums may be going up but the one thing it is clearly doing is reducing the number of folks uninsured. so let's please drop that line of attack. >>> an extraordinarily successful and controversial crime-fighting program. stay with us. towards the promise of a better existence. but these birds are suffering. because this better place turned out to have an unreliable cell phone network and the videos on their little bird phones kept buffering. birds hate that. so they came back home. because they get $300 for switching back to verizon. and so can you! verizon, come home to a better network. this is my body of proof. proof of less joint pain. and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis from the inside out ...with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source o

but that doesn't benefit a lot of uninsured people who don't have much of a liability. >> you know -- >> and what we need to do for them is the most important thing we can do for them, is to get everyone else controlling all of their health care dollars and spending every one of those health care dollars as if they own it. if we get 150 million people spending health care dollars more wisely, that is the single most important thing we can do for people of modest means. because that will spark a revolution in cost containment and drive prices downward and bring health care within the reach of more people. but the point you make is important. this is, and this is a criticism that i've got of governor jindal's standard deduction for health insurance. i feel that is a better step than or a better proposal than health insurance tax credits because it does not involve redistribution. but anytime you have government conditioning a benefit, be it a subsidy or a tax cut on x, it has to define what x is so the people know if they're complying, they don't know if they're eligible for that tax de

bond ended uninsured on. and if they diverge. you can see the ensured yields we started giving up all then at the 6.5% to 7.5% level worked their way down to five and jumped a little bit yesterday to a few pieces that there weren't enough trade to hang your hat on. it's interesting how the markets start to dissect things. either way, if you look at a pattern of chicago's geo-dad insured ursus uninsured, it exhibits the same pattern and they are all collected in an upward yield draft right now every fully expect that to be sorted out. one of the things we look at where the insurers and the reason we are in all fairness we believe the insurers have plenty of capacity to pay any puerto rico claims. remember the bond insurers obligation is to pay principal and interest when due. the fact is you may have a bond in 2035 where there is possibility of default or nonpayment. the present value of that is much lower. as we saw in detroit the bond insurers were originally offered 15 cents or 20 cents on the dollar. they

why many adults remain uninsured. many uninsured adults in the survey were unaware of the marketplaces, of the financial assistance available to them for health plans or or the medicaid expansion. we also asked adults who told us they knew about the marketplaces why they hadn't visited a marketplace. among those currently uninsured, 60% said they hadn't visited because they didn't think they would be able to afford health insurance. 39% said they didn't think they would be eligible. decision resolved what are the key challenges ahead for coverage and access in the united states? would be eligible. 37% were too busy, 28% said they didn't think they needed it. looking forward with the king versus burwell decision resolved what are the key challenges ahead for coverage and access in the united states? clearly based on our survey findings and other research, a major challenge for policymakers going forward will be covering remaining uninsured. in particular will we see some of the 22 states that have yet to expand medicai

. >> gunshot wounds are the third-leading cause of spinal cord injuries affecting young uninsured menh health costs climbing into the millions. owens was uninsured at the time of the shooting leaving the hospital to pick up the tab, with the remainder needed to be covered by disability and medicaid. >> if you added it up. what was the total bill from start to now? >> looking at almost $10 million. >> $10 million. >> seriously. my first year i accumulate almost $2 million worth of bills, that's back and forth. after the surgery. i lost a major organ, i was back and forth on a lot of drugs, machinery. i had lines in my home. home health care nurses. >> dr james doherty is director of the trauma center at the medical center. the same hospital where owens was taken. the majority of people shot live. >> if you look for numbers, roughly one-fifth of the patients who are shot are homicides. there's a large population of individuals who survived gunshot wounds, and beyond the injuries many of the patients end up having long-term health problems. >> a university of chicago crime lab study puts

it's open to uninsured patients who can't pay for treatment.together with colleagues, vichas set up the practice four years ago as rising numbers of people lost jobs and health insurance in the wake of the financial crisis. for many, a visit to the doctor had become an unaffordable luxury. unemployed, uninsured, with heart disease. fotini pipini is desperate. for years she ran a small textile store and also lived from occasional sewing jobs. but when the crisis hit, things fell apart. >> i've been unemployed since 2009, don't have health insurance any more, and have no money for my medications. i have 3 children and 4 grandchildren. one son lives abroad, the others here. all are unemployed. reporter: dr. vichas shows us the room where they store the clinic's medications. all these medications were donated by private individuals from all over greece and from abroad -- especially from germany. even state-run clinics have now begun to ask if he can supply medications that are in short supply. there are now more than 40 solidarity clinics in greece

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. plont later she discovered she had stomach cancer and had the coverage. that helped her and she is now recently married. in addit

again, insured versus uninsured. the cap is usually why. this is prepa. we fully expect to see some restructuring into electric authority, and the highway authority. the markets estimation is that 70 cents on the dollar will be the new trend 11. to my knowledge that july 1st 10 kind of thinking can be made so tomorrow everybody should be getting paid -- venue par. the governor goes on tv and says we cannot pay our debts. there's a big difference between saying we cannot pay our debts or we don't want to pay our debts. because one of the real issues there and this is going be the crux of not only the insurers, but also some of the hedge funds that got involved, and you saw hedge fund involvement, round last spring. most of the hedge funds have signed an nondisclosure agreement with puerto rico so that they can get access to data and basically a bargaining chip in return for loaning them more money. that nondisclosure agreement means that they more or less have information that we don't have and it means they cannot trade with anybody else other than themse

cbo tells you how many uninsured as well.i think people need to do is, let's understand what all the specifics are. are you going to get rid of kids on their plan for 26? are you going to ensure that pre-existing conditions work? are you going to get rid of the consumer protections that have been put in place, things like lifetime limits, annual limits or the fact that no co-pay for preventive services? when they say there is an approach, we believe what we have in front of us is working. al: how does the ryan plan score? sylvia: i don't know that there is a score, and that is my point. one of the things that i think we need to do is make this conversation get to the specifics and the substance and what the substance will do. al: suppose for a moment the aca had not passed. comparatively, watch would -- what with the health care system -- what would the health care system look like today? care, coverage, and cost? sylvia: with regard to questions of access, we've seen the largest drop in terms of coverage. access has been a h

tells you how many uninsured as well. so i think what people need to do, is again, let's understand what all the specifics are. are you going to get rid of kids on their plans for 26? are you going to insure that preexisting conditions work? are you going to get rid of the consumer protections that have been put in place and whether things like lifetime limits, annual limits or the fact that no co-pay for preventative services. and, so, when they say there is a plan, when they say there is an approach, i think we believe what we have in front of us is working. >> hunt: how does the ryan plan score? >> i don't know there is actually a score to it and that's, i guess, my point. one of the things i think we need to do is make this conversation and get to the specifics and the substance and what the substance will do. >> hunt: one thing we might be able to score, suppose for a moment the a.c.a. had not passed. comparatively what would the healthcare system look like today, care coverage and cost? >> i think with regard to the

in 2014, 12% uninsured. so what are the choices that's consumers have in the health insurance marketplace under the affordable care act? you can see from these slides the number of issuers or those companies or entities providing insurance has grown. there are 25% more issuers participating in 2015 compared to 2014. and in 2015, consumers can choose from an average of over 40 health plans up from 30 in 2014. this really offers new opportunities for consumers to comparison shop and select the plan that best meets their needs. i want to talk about the environment for decision making in health care for consumers. in recent years, there's been some trends that have really impacted this environment for consumers. so first, this huge growth in use and availability of health care information. much of this is by the internet. so our access to 24-hour a day constantly evolving information and misinformation about our health care options is overwhelming and can sometimes be -- both present opportunities to improve our

they're eligible, but uninsured children. things are getting worse. >> hinojosa: you actually have pointed a lot to what happened in new orleans after katrina as a real wake-up call to our country. that if that level of lack of attention could exist in a modern day america... so, in fact, is that the image that we must carry with us? >> it's still an essential truth for millions of people. it... katrina just ripped the veil of hypocrisy and let us see the poverty behind it in the way in which dr. king and robert kennedy were able to do on hunger in an earlier era. and when you look at the pervasiveness of poverty today, you know, there was a front page story in the new york times because we had such a hard time proving that there were people who had no income in mississippi in 1967. nobody wanted to believe it, and orville freeman, and even with robert kennedy coming, they were saying, "there are no people in america who can't afford two dollars for food stamps." well it took, you know, a huge amount of hearings. but jason de

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. we want to expand the program in the way that implements the statute, which is about expanding access and doing it for low income population so is it's 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 serves the citizens, the state, that may h

and then you see the markets start to discern the difference between uninsured bond and an uninsuredbond. and there they diverge. you can see the ensured yields which we started getting involved in at the 6.5% to 7% level has worked all the way down to about five. they jumped a little bit yesterday to where you saw a few pieces built around six but there weren't enough trade to hang your hat on. it is interesting how the market starts to dissect things. by the way, if you look at a pattern of chicago's geo-data -- go debt it ensures the same pattern and they all go in an upper deal draft right now i'm a fully expect that to be sorted out. one of the things we look at and the reason we are involved there as we believe the insurers have plenty of capacity to pay any puerto rico claims. remember the bond insurers obligation is to pay principal and interest when due. the fact is you may have a bond in 2035 where there is possibility of default or nonpayment. the present value is much lower and they would pay debt service. the insurers were originally offered 15 cents or 20 cents on the d

my question is when we look at north carolina having one of the highest rates of uninsured adults in the country standing at 24%, it is critical that we take a serious look. and what are the options? are there options for folk in my state or in other states that have not expanded medicaid who may want to consider it in the future? are there options that they have? >> with regard to the options for the individuals, i think that is why community health centers are going to continue to be extremely important in terms of ensuring that people who don't have coverage have care. they are an important part of that. with regard to the options in terms of states making decisions to do that expansion we want to work with states. we want to provide them with different options and opportunities. that's when the 1115 waivers are about. we have done that. we've done that with governor pence in indiana. that program is up and fully running. there are other governors i'm having the conversation with. we look forward to understand what are the core consideration of the state in terms of moving to that

. >> 70 percent of california previously uninsured adults -- no let's look outside. >> a gorgeous picture. looking from the embarcadero in san francisco across the bay, cloudy and keeping us warm this morning in the bay area but humid, too. mike will have the explanation ahead but now the very important story. >> 70 percent in california previously uninsured adults have health insurance coverage under the affordable care act. many challenges remain when it comes to paying for and accessing care. since debuting cover california has help rolled 1.3 million and medical has enrolled 4 million. >> cvs is accused of over charging pharmacy customers submitting claims to insurance companies at inflated prices which was filed in a federal court in san francisco seeks class action status and unspecified damages. a cvs spokesman claims the company has not been served but said co-pay are determined by a patient's insurance. a similar service in mismass was dismissed. >> if you need a copy of your birth certificate you my have to wait because of a shortage of official paper after the enunited states c

a man received a fine for having an uninsured car in 1998. he says he now lives in connecticut. maryland central collection agency will not discuss the cases with us, but they said the new technology makes it easier to track people down it and demand they pay up. >> it's too hard for me to prevent too time-consuming, and i don't have time for that. i'm just going to ignore it. leon: maryland can sue and taken to court. they do not have a statute of limitations. the start of a new era for the u.s. and cuba, for the first time in more than 50 years, cuba officially has opened an embassy in northeast d.c. next month, the u.s. embassy will open in cuba during a visit by secretary of state john kerry. president obama called the thaw in relations a huge step for both sides. >> it's a great day for both countries. leon: they are happy, but not everyone agrees. some demonstrators were arrested and taken away. critics say that cuba has not done enough to warrant a new relationship with the u.s. ashleymadison.com has beenhacked a dating website for those who are married with two cheech. -

it meant nearly half the seniors were uninsured. they went to clinics standing in very long lines, often shut telled back and -- shuttled back and forth from one clinic to another. they looked at your eyes here, your ears here. their concept of primary was fragmented. before medicare millions of seniors, as i said, was one heart attack away from bankruptcy or one cancer diagnosis away from destitution. that was life before medicare. many were skeptical about medicare. once again the other party fought it. they were wondering if medicare was -- what that would mean. people were skeptical. was this a big-government move or was it a big opportunity? my job was to show them that this program was not about big government but about government with a big heart. after four months of operation, we had enrolled hundreds of people into this much-needed program. and what has it meant? before medicare, 48% of seniors had no health insurance. today only 2% are uninsured. out-of-pocket costs have decreased. before medicare, seniors paid 56% of hea

to bring hope to the uninsured, unemployed, and people in need. taking me on a tour of the facilities, the doctor says compassion creativity and will power are the qualities that matter most to him and his staff. it's an ancient greek vow that doctors swear by. >> may i always act to preserve the finest traditions of my calling, respected and observed by the doctor at the hospital. one person has been killed and another injured during fighting in eastern ukraine. pro-russian separatists have been patrolling the streets of donetsk. on saturday separatists said they were willing to withdraw smaller calibre weapons from the frontline. >> venezuela barred an opposition leader from holding office. a former state leader has been banned from the job for 10 years. two other high-profile figures including a former mayor were disqualified for a year. opinion polls suggest that the opposition could win the vote. >> into her second term brazil's president dilma rousseff is fight are fore her political survival. we have this report from rio de janeiro. she is

the uninsured rate has fallen now. nearly 6% since 2013 just before much of the affordable care act took effect. >>> this morning, there's new hope for the 21 million americans diagnosed with diabetes. it comes in the form of a drug made in cuba. doctors in cuba say the drug has an astounding 84% success rate. there's a decades old embargo that prohibits that drug from being sole in the u.s. that could be changing soon as more and more american doctors believe the drug shows promise. >> we would like to work together to solve common problems. >> the drug developers say it would have a revolutionary outcome if if ever makes it to the u.s. no word yet on whether officials are looking into making that drug available in this country we'll keep you posted. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> 73 degrees. partly cloudy skies right now. we will see some sunshine. time is coming up on 4:27. heading out the door jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. >> and we're looking live at an empty route 309 around

florida, louisiana and texas have some of the highest uninsured rates in the nation. "the new york times" domestic correspondent josh farrell joins us at the table. obamacare back in the news. looking at the statements today president upbeat. i was expecting him to talk more about the supreme court case. a majority of americans were glad the court ruled in favor of obamacare even though we know opinions vary widely on the underlying law but he stuck more to what he sees as the fundamentals of the policy itself not a legal debate. >> there's more to be done and can talk about the victory and take a victory lap and push for changes to get health insurance to more americans and underscores the fact people talked about obamacare as a sea change, both opponents and its supporters. and really it wasn't. it was an incremental change to get coverage to more americans that extended the patchwork way in which americans receive health coverage and still a patchwork that leaves about 10% of americans without insurance and we can get the 10% maybe down to 8% or 7% or 6% and all ab

today, only 2% are uninsured. out-of-pocket costs have decreased. before medicare they paid 66% out of their pocket. imagine what that meant if you were hospitalized in those days at $500 per day. life expectancy is now five years longer. death from heart disease has dropped. the elderly poverty rate has declined. seniors have access to more affordable drugs. this isn't about numbers and it isn't about statistics. it is about people. people and what their compelling human needs are. it is about the government that says i am on your side and at your side. we will use our national resources, our national brainpower, our national know-how to create a program that you can participate in. at the end of the day, your life will be better and our society will be proved -- improved. i am proud of what the president and congress did 50 years ago. i hope we have the same attitude again. it is not about big government, it is about government with a big heart. there are those who continue to talk about ending medicare. most recently, a presidential candidate, wh

uninsured rate has fallen nearly 6% since 2013 just before much of the affordable care act took effectamericans diagnosed with diabetes. it comes in the form of a drug made in cuba. doctors say the drug has an outstanding 86% rate. more and more american doctors believe the drug shows promise. >> make an enormous difference in the lives of people that are living with diabetes. >> we would like to work as a team together to solve common problems. >> the drug's developer says it would have a revolutionary outcome if it makes it to the u.s. no word yet on whether officials are making to make it available in this country. >>> 5:47. 71 degrees outside. happening now the pope is on his way back home. hundreds of thousands of people attend ed attended mass yesterday. pope francis is also visited a slum in the capital city prone to flooding where hundreds of families live in extreme report. >>> in washington state, crews are looking for a private plane that never made it to its defendant in addition. it left montana saturday afternoon and was supposed to land three hours later. searchers are f

they have an even lower uninsured rate and a healthier population and more people signing up for thens that are available than those state how have not taken full advantage of those options. and that's just a fact. >> woodruff: we pick up on what happens now to the healthcare law and the issues surrounding coverage and costs. department of health and human services secretary sylvia burwell is the point person for the administration. secretary burwell, welcome. >> thank you so much for having me. >> woodruff: so the administration just won its big victory in the supreme court just last week, the president already out on the road saying it needs to be improved, the healthcare law. how do you know this is a wise approach when i guess, half the american people say they're still not sure they like the law? >> well, i think what we want to do is use this as an opportunity to build on the progress that's been made and whether that's the progress that's been made for those in the employer-based market those that no longer can be kept out of insurance because of pre-existing conditions or can

to bring hope to the uninsured, unemployed, and people in need. taking me on a tour of the facilities, the doctor says compassion, creativity and will power are the qualities that matter most to him and his staff. it's an ancient greek vow that doctors swear by. >> may i always act to preserve the finest traditions of my calling, traditions respected and observed by the doctor at the hospital. >>> a south korean spy involved in a phone-hacking scandal apparently committed suicide. he left oo note denying that he spied on civilians. the south korean spy agency claimed to use spy ware to monitor south korean citizens. harry fawcett has more. >> reporter: the 46-year-old was found dead. next to him a will, part which has been released to the media. he reassured the south korean public that the hacking program that he was involved in the purchase of, and whose technical operations he was involved where was not used against south korean civilians, and apologises for deleting some data saying he was overzealous in an attempt to prevent controversy from

initial damage estimates run around $10 million and distant meet fema's threshold for uninsured damages which would qualify the state for federal disaster money. >>> it's 8:00 minutes after 4:00 and 71 degrees. the temperatures still falling at this point. we have mostly clear skies and the humidity is on the low side this morning. a warm day but i'm tracking some showers for parts of the area. not everybody is going to see it. the fourth of july is looking warm. can't completely rule out a shower but i think most of the weekend is going to be shower-free. reading will see sunshine today and 63 and clear skies in philadelphia and 71 cape may. it's clear for now. 72 degrees. the chance of showers for the shore and delaware beaches, as showers are tracking into our area this morning. they are well to the south and west but during the day, will likely see raindrops falling at the shore. radar is completely clear for allentown and you can see the wet west spotty showers moving through virginia. but there are some thunderstorms that are popping up this morning in eastern virginia heading tow

in greek, the word for hope is exactly what the mission of the hospital is, to bring hope to the uninsured, the unemployed, to people in need. taking me on a tour of the facilities, the doctor says compassion creativity and will power are the qualities that matter most to him and his staff. it's an ancient greek vow the doctors still swear by today. may i always act, the hippocratic oath states, so as to preserve the finest tradition of my calling, traditions still respected and observed by this doctor in this hospital. >> a south korea spy involved in a phone hacking scandal has committed suicide. he left a note denying he speed on civilians. we have more from the capital. >> the 46-year-old agent of the national intelligence service was found dead in his car in an apparent suicide next to him a three page will. part of that will has been released to the media on sunday in which the agent says that he can reassure the public that the hacking problem he was involved in the approach of and technical operations he was involved with was not used against civilians. he also apologizes for delet

initial damage estimates run around 10 million dollars and does not meet fema's threshold for uninsured damages which would qualify the state for federal disaster money. >>> this week, severe weather hit chester county and now residents know this is a tornado. national weather service confirmed a twister touched down in honeybrook on tuesday afternoon. the official word is there was no tornado in lehigh county. national weather service determined that a microburst with straight line winds made this mess on tuesday. those winds caused a great deal of damage in hanover township. >>> the parking authority will roll out a new fleet of taxis like this one you're seeing here that are wheelchair accessible. new cabs will be on the street later this morning. dozens of the new taxis should be in service by the fall. >>> federal government is looking at whether airlines inspired to limit growth so they could keep ticket prices high. sources say the fed noticed a lack of empty seats in a shrinking but more profitable airline industry and picked up out airline executives publicly used the term disc

. >> reporter: for 25 years shots were tossed, administered free actionvations not county's uninsured but county officials say no more. county win immunization clinic is shut down. >> we're just making sure we have put a lid on a negative aspects of this program. >> reporter: and county attorney michael mulligan says that the two registered nurse necessary charge have resign. the nurses mandiocas difficult and nicole johnson were no where to be found for a comment. after an a audit and county investigation found five children were given the wrong medications, and vaccines worth an estimated 20,000 you dollars, weren't refrigerated properly, deemed unsafe, and thrown out. in the past year, the shots for tots clinic vaccinated 22 people, five of them were children who received the wrong medications. they included two children who received expired vaccines, one child who received a vaccine despite being under the recommended age, one child who officials are still trying to determine what kind of vaccine the child received, and in what county officials are calling the most egregious case

florida, louisiana and texas have some of the highest uninsured rates in the nation.ins us at the table. obamacare back in the news. looking at the statements today president upbeat. i was expecting him to talk more about the supreme court case. a majority of americans were glad the court ruled in favor

in 2014, 12% uninsured. so what are the choices that's consumers have in the health insurance marketplace under the affordable care act? you can see from these slides the number of issuers or those companies or entities providing insurance has grown. there are 25% more issuerers participating in 2015 compared to 2015. and in 2015, consumers can choose from an average of over 40 health plans up from 30 in 2014. this really offers new opportunities for consumers to comparison shop and select the plan that best meets their needs. i want to talk about the environment for decision making in health care for consumers. in recent years there's been some trends that have really impacted this environment for consumers. so first, this huge growth in use and availability of health care information. much of this is by the internet. so our access to 24-hour a day constantly evolving information and misinformation about our health kaur options is overwhelming and can sometimes be -- both present toonts to improve our healt

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i'm representing the people uninsurable in the state of tennessee. what we need is we ain't got no insurance, we can't get no insurance, we don't make enough to pay for insurance but we make too much to get a subsidy insurance. i would like to know if you are aware of this or are there any movements or acts that you can make. president obama: i appreciate your comments. there is something that can be done, but it's got to be at the state level. it is important for state legislators to get together and find a uniquely tennessee solution to the problem. but understand the way that the law was set up was that states would have the option of expanding existing programs like medicaid, and then you would also have people who are buying health insurance on the marketplace and getting subsidies. the point you are making is if the state has not taken action on one part of the program, then even with the good work that is being done for people who are getting subsidies and purchasing insurance, you are still leaving a bunch of folks out. here in tennessee, tha