so united family healthcare, my company, in addition to our 11 hospitals across the first tier citiesional internet hospital where we can provide consultations online to people all over china. we've also been able to take advantage of ai for diagnostic support. we have great hopes also that ai will be helpful in personalised medicine, which is the new frontier in cancer care. and this is going to be huge for the ageing society. and certainly taking more more advantage of ai and digital medicine will take some of the burden of the government that's coming from the health care needs of an ageing society. hong kong's finance chief says he expects gross domestic product to grow between 2.5% and 3.5% for the first quarter. paul chan says he expects those figures, which will be released on thursday, to show moderate growth for a fifth consecutive quarter. hong kong has been looking for ways to boost its economy by increasing tourism and ease the costs of property transactions. just to remind you of our top story, founder elon musk of tesla is hope forfor more win—win results as he makes a s

flipping to the blue shield and united healthcare non medicare ppo plan, just like i discussed earlier, there are two administrators and again, united healthcare for those split family non medicare members, so most of these lives became administered by blue shield at the start of 2022 coming out of the last rfp that occurred and united healthcare retained ppo administration for the non medicare split family members. there was a carry forward deficit blansh after last year cal cushion of 1 million, 492 thousand, but as we explained last month, there was favorable experience in this plan for 2023 relative to those expectations. so, that was about a $5.5 million favorability where we actually saw higher enrollment in 2023 primarily from the active employee population in the plan so that helped increase plan contributions. that produces a flip you see here from deficit to surplus in total when you combine that with the contingency reserve reduction as a result of last month recommendations, 7 million 553 thousand surplus carries forward into the rating for 2025. on page 18 what you see is the stabilization deficit that existed from the prior carry for ward of 1 million,

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units. not only has it provided housing it has created hundreds in construction jobs. that pay livable wages, healthcare benefits not just to the individual but to the immediate family as well. and we ask that the committee support the amendments proposed. thank you for your time and service. >> i'm a proud carpenter of local 22. as a san francisco resident i want to share how being part of a aoub union has changed my life. before the union i felt like another clog in the maoel trying to make ends meet. but through the solidarity and support of my union, i have improved working conditions. union membership has empowered me to advocate for myself and my fellow workers. ensuring that our voice right side heard and our rights are protected from access to affordable healthcare and better security, the union has provided me with the resources and opportunities to thrive in a city that can be challenging to navigate on your own. thank you for your time. >> thank you for sharing your comments. can we have the next speaker. and while the next speaker, if we have anybody else, please come forward. you may begin. >> speaker: good afternoon, madam chair, board of supervisors. i'm

healthcare you heard from the president earlier today he marked care workers recognitions month by joining unit membership that his had ths administration worked to make care more affordable for american family supports family caregivers. boosted compensation and job quality for care workers expand care options. through the first ever signed by president biden just last year as well as the american rescue plan the chips and science acts the bipartisan excuse me the biden/ayres administration is marking transformational investment in child care home care paid family medical leave and tax cuts for workers and families. the president's plan would pay for these investments by making billionaires the biggest corporations pay their fair share. it is in sharp contrast with republicans who release a budget that would make a devastating cuts and funding for childcare, headstart, social security, medicaid, medicare l to pay for massive tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations. care workers play an essential role in our economy. president biden will never stop fighting for them. finally today the president spoke with yukon coach and congratulated him on it last night's championship. the uconn hus

families with healthcare costs, with energy costs. >> the t's own words are in conflict with his own agencies. all i want to know who is wrong here, the president of the united states or the federal agency that is reports? >> inflation has come down two-thirds, there's more work to do and that's why we have the proposal in the budget? >> i thank the gentle lady of indiana. my colleague from virginia she's battling health condition we all know that and there's some limitations but she's fighting through that and i'm inspired by her. there are people that make committee meetings that don't make committee meetings. we are all busy people. she shows up, she shows up every time we have committee hearings and she represents her people and, god bless her and the people she's representing are getting a hell of a tale with her and so -- [applause] >> thank you. >> the floor is yours. i yield 5 minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, as some of you may know last year i was diagnosed with progressive super nuclear palsy, a type of parkinson's on steroid which limits my ability to speak. i want to thank committee members for allowing me to do so today. director young is go