united health care has a simple program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors, and get care guidance they can use before and after the baby is born. simple is what i need right now. >> there is healthy numbers. united health care. >> and now, "bbc world news." >> this is "bbc world news america." i'm katty kay. it is time to fight the sunni militants. aaq's top shia cleric issues call to arms, while president obama has his own message for baghdad. >> this should be a wake-up call. leaders have to demonstrate a willingness to make hard decisions and compromises on behalf of the iraqi people, to join the country together. >> in afghanistan, they are getting ready to vote in a runoff election, and donkeys are playing a key role in democracy. brazil may be where the world cup action is happening, but china is not missing a chance to cash in on football fever. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the most senior shia muslim cleric in iraq has called on his countrymen to take up arms against the extremist sunni group which is now closing in

united health care has a simple program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors and get care and guidance they can use, before and after the baby is born. simple is what i need right now. >> that is health in numbers. united health care. >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." the taliban put out a video of the release of bowe bergdahl. president obama meets with the newly elected president rum:. -- from:. poland. >> tonight we look at the workhorse of the skies. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. today the taliban released a video showing freed u.s. soldier bowe bergdahl. you see him wearing afghan clothing and being searched before boarding a helicopter. he it was returned to u.s. forces in exchange for five taliban prisoners. it has led to a major controversy. remote hillside near the afghan-pakistan border, a cap to wait for freedom after five long years. bergdahl blinked repeatedly, perhaps unused to sunlight, maybe close to tears. almost certainly overwhelmed by the moment. one of his capt

united health care has a simple program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors and get care and guidance they can use before and after the baby is born. simple is what i need right now. >> health in numbers. united health care. >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington. a day of remembrance from the beaches of florimon by. 70 years after d-day those who died and survivors are given a second tribute. >> these men waged war so that we might know peace. they sacrificed so that we might be free. we are grateful to them. >> pageantry was mixed with politics. the russian president, vad mere putin met the new ukraine president for the first time and the power of the pitch. one priest in honduras has taken matters into his own hands when it cox to crubting a few football stadium. >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. today had political meetings and world war ii veterans thering in normandy to remember the anniversary of d-day. president obama was among those who paid tribute to

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united health care has a simple program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors and get care and guidance they can use, before and after the baby is born. simple is what i need right now. >> that is health in numbers. united health care. >> and now, "bbc world news america." "abc world news america please stand by --." on the eve of elections in serious, the poll is seen as nothing as a mockery and sham. we have a report from inside the province. the white house announces plans to cut carbon emissions by 2030. but some are already lining up for a fight. 70 years ago, he landed on the beaches of normally armed only with his bagpipe. today, d-day veterans gather to remember a soldier with a unique sound. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. tomorrow, syria holds elections in the midst of a civil war tearing the country apart. in damascus, it is being heralded as the first multicandidate poll. but the opposition and western allies say it is a sham, that there is no resemblance to democracy. resident assad is widely expected to win. tr

united health care has a simple program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors and get care and guidance they can use, before and after the baby is born. simple is what i need right now. >> that is health in numbers. united health care. >> and now, "bbc world news." >> this is bbc world news america reporting from washington. iraq's government asked for u.s. whostrikes against militant spent the day trying to capture iraq's biggest oil refinery. could afghanistan follow in a rack's footstep -- iraq paths with the. iraq's footsteps? the reigning champions are not out of the world cup. out of the world cup. ♪ welcome to our viewers. the iraqi prime minister has made a formal request to the u.s. to launch airstrikes against the sunni militant who have taken the troll of wide areas of northern iraq. at the white house president obama met with congressional leaders to discuss the situation. the militants known as isis spent the day trying to battle for the biggest oil refinery. >> imam hussein is one of the forest laces for -- places shia muslims. so much they said they would com

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united health care has a simple program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors before and after the baby is gonborn. >> that's health care. >> and now "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." bash in iraqrack as sunni militants fight for control of the biggest oil refinery and a major airport. more refugees now than at any time since world war ii. a new u.n. report says 50 million people have been forced from their homes. come fly with me ♪ >> believe it or not, there was once a time when flying coach was glamorous. we will take you back to the big seats and flowing alcohol of air travel's early days. welcome to our viewers on public television it in america and around the globe. iraq's most influential shiite cleric is calling on his country's political party to form a new government quickly. says he wants the leadership to be more inclusive across iraq. the fighting continues. there have been fierce clashes over the airport and tell a far and control of the biggest oil refinery. paul adams reports. >> while isis fights its way across northern iraq, a soph

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>> "charlie rose" is brought to you by united health care. united health care, health in numbers. online at u.h.c..com. -- at uhc.com. >> from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." >> this week we note the death of maya angelou, the influential author, actress and activist was 76. she's best known for her autobiography "i know why the caged bird sings swts. she was a master of words who spoke several languages. in africa she taught drama, she danced and marched for civil rights with malcolm x and martin luther king. when the latter was assassinated on her 40th birthday, she was deaf tated. -- devastated. but first and foremost, she was a poet. over the years she was a frequent sprens on pbs. her first appearance on my program came in 1993, after she recited her poem "on the pulse of the morning" at president clinton's first inauguration. a rock, a river, a tree host to species long since departed mark the mast don, the dinosaur, who left dried tokens of their sojourn here on our planet floor any broad alarm of their hastening doom is lost in the gloom of dust ages

. >> but as far as the united health care and blue cross blue shield i would very much like to see exactly where people are supposed to go that's my question any one else. any public comment on that item? item 19. item 19 discussions item opportunity for the public to comment on any matters between the board's jurisdiction >> any comments on this item. last change. >> thank you. this meeting is adjourned and i'm going to happily hand over this good mo meeting will come to order this is the wednesday, june 11, 2014, san francisco budget & finance sub-committee of the san francisco board of supervisors i'm supervisor mar and joined by pervisor avalos and clerk linda wong my noumentdz. >> yes. phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. items acted upon today will be on the june 14th agenda. >> i'd like to thank our sfgovtv bill dill lane and jennifer lowe foretell casting us today. clerk linda wong i think we need a motion to excuse chair mark farrell that's sick so can we do that we'll take that without objection. thank you. clerk linda wong

of more than 26,000 workers who will get health care, i want to thank the san francisco labor county and here local two, the california nurses association, united educator of san francisco, the american confederation of teachers local 2121, the national union of health care workers, sciu local 20 to 1. uc berkeley labor center, health access, the san francisco clinic conversion, ace, the san francisco organizing project, young workers united, jobs for justice, single pay or now, and so many others. i especially want to highlight the incredible tenacity and long hours and so much work that has put into -- that has gone into this from my chief of staff hillary ronan. we have been working on this for combiet some time and hillary, we finally did it and i want to thank our city attorney, and the various deputies who have worked on this legislation over the years including vince who sits on the northern district federal court, and sherry kaiser who has been incredible in guiding us through a complicated law that in a way that not only insures that we have illegally sound proposal, but one that will address the underlining issues at hand. i believe t

good thing all the people employees only pay zero before the 93, 83 they pay in the case of united health care or the cities health care plan 93 percent so those people in the subsequent table those people get full credit for the premium that's a good thing. so it's well negotiated situation so i hope that answers our question and comments? dr. >> i believe the language is in the handout but it actually is employee accomplice one and dependents who want to enroll sea the city shall contribute 93 percent the total health care insurance provided the city's contributions s are capitalized in the second highest cost plan so i think one of the major changes both for blue cross blue shield the difference and u h c is that the cap on city plan for the employee only is listed by the language it referred to the employee only and the redact is on the table we only paid up to the second hive plan now we're picking up the whole one hundred percent. >> thank you for your clarification. >> is 9010. >> there is no 90. >> no collective bargaining or unions have 9010; is that correct eric. >> we'll moved off t

kim with the national united health care workers, palar, chavo with the california nurses association. adrianna casanova with 1021 and paul as well as kim with the labor council and so many others who have been coming to the table for many, many years to try and deal with this issue, so we have arrived at a really great, i believe, great legislation, great policy to really effectively close this loophole and clearly with this coalition, we have a consensus. thank you all for your continued dedication and thank you to my colleague for your willingness to support this. by closing this hra loophole, the legislation will provide better health care for almost 44,000 san francisco workers. these workers currently have health reimbursement accounts $44,000 san francisco workers. these workers currently have health reimbursement accounts that provide limited medical service and it's difficult to understand and difficult to use and that's why 3/4 of the money doesn't get used and under current law when the money doesn't get used, the employers can recollect it. this does not innocent better he

. >> i was trying - >> well others have egging what from the united health care is an incredibly good deal. >> well. >> i hope it didn't go up but good for $2.15 we generated a lot of good stabilization we reduced the number subsequentially because by policy we have to run out it is excess money. >> but there isn't my transparency in the advantage plan you don't know what they're a paying and that's a tough number yeah, i'm good actuary but that's a good number. >> i don't understand the act late at the end. a great deal of if it was minus 2 percent that is pretty good >> i think i did a fair job of explaining my act laid we're going to be all over this in 2016 now thaim i'm even fair and square? >> comments or questions? >> i'll move approval. >> is there a second. >> second. >> it's been properly moved is there public comment? >> good afternoon, commissioners claire representing r e.c. c sf and the west bay retirees i was dismade i was thinking the history here we've had with blue cross blue shield and the co b plan and how difficult it was to get them to move to the advantage and a

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care act take the united states in that direction? >> i do think it is a laudable goal that everyone should have access to health care.l coverage does not necessarily mean a single payer system. but basically it means the government has a goal to cover all citizens. then you might do with to the private or the public sector. the affordable care act i think it is the trayvon who was never enacted because people have been trying to do that over 100 years and has been very hard for the last 50. the difficulty of it with the clinton proposal before it is it builds upon the current to employer system that makes it very complicated to offer incentives to insurance companies and individuals it gets complicated where a single payer system would be simple and cheaper but many or few americans support that idea so all those who work in the health care industry with the insurance companies and so forth were advantageous against that so i doubt we will ever have that in this country but it is complicated because the bills try to satisfy as many constituents as it could. >> host: what do you teach? to read political science and th

"interest groups and health care reform across the united states" . professor gray, how did you get involved in the health care world? >> guest: well, i was a member of the board of directors of a large hmo in minneapolis and eventually i became a chaired the board. as a consumer board, a nonprofit hmo. that led me to be interested in most of my work is on public policy and state politics. so it is definitely a hot topic at the state level as well as the national level. so it was a pretty natural fit. >> host: one of the things you write in your book is the rise and fall of managed care is one of the most significant stories associated with the politics of health care during the last big ears. >> guest: well, it is interesting because it started out hmos were something that was kind of an idea of liberals and they were pushed by liberal advocates in the 1960s. but people who embrace the concept and the dock nurse who worked in those plans also embrace the concept. in 1974, president makes them established hmos as a federal concept and put some money in

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investor-owned companies and these investors don't really like a lot of risk and these big companied, united health caren particular, they're now jumping in because they see that there's plenty of opportunity there. and the government is also helping to mitigate some of the risk. so i think we're going to see during this coming, this next year, during the most open enrollment, a lot more choice and i think you will see premiums stabilizing and not increasing as much as the right wing said it would. >> so there's two ways you can view this news. one this is going to be good for consumer,s, more choice, more competition pushing down premiums. the other thing is if insurers think they can make a buck in this market, maybe we should be skeptical it is good for consumers. which of those do you think is the more accurate way of understanding this? >> i think it's both. i frankly think it is both. the insurance companies see an opportunity to make money. they've never been in the business except to make money. they say they can make money on the exchanges. they'll get in, stay in. >> do you think we're going t

difference is in health care outcomes in the us and in europe go beyond just universal health care you see health care isn't a profit making machine in europe the way that it is in the united states in fact in switzerland not only is the universe is there universal health care but health insurers are forbidden from making a profit out of basic health insurance coverage because the swiss realize and accept that health care and ballooning profits don't go together. they get it at the profit in servants have to be removed if you want to have a health care system that's going to work for everyone now obamacare was a start i mean since it went into effect obamacare has done a tremendous thing this for health care in america it's millions of americans get health care and treatment that they wouldn't have gotten otherwise and it could do a whole lot better if republican governors and republican legislators had not refused to implement its medicaid expansion in twenty some odd states around the country and april gallup study found that ten million americans got new health insurance under obamacare and more than four percent of americans have gotten health insurance for the first t