::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care: Progress and Promise of the Affordable Care Act and Other Administration Efforts Today, President Obama will travel to Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida to deliver remarks about the progress we’ve made to improve our health care system, largely because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and what more can be done to advance affordable, accessible and quality health care. He will discuss the upcoming open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace, which runs from November 1 through January 31, as well as the Administration’s efforts this year to sign up young adults for coverage, who compose a disproportionate share of the remaining uninsured. Miami Dade College has served as a nationwide model for its work with its surrounding community to enroll eligible Americans in health coverage. And the President will reflect on the transformation in health care over the last seven-plus years, including system-wide ...

buzzz worthy. . . The second round of Affordable Care Act enrollment opened up over the weekend. Already over 100,000 people have signed up at healthcare.gov with no reported glitches. The open enrollment period runs through February 15, 2015 and takes effect on January 1, 2015.   December 15, 2014 is the  last date to enroll for coverage to start January 1, 2015. Over 7 million Americans signed up for health care during the first enrollment period. Coverage ends for all 2014 Marketplace plans on December 31 of this year.

buzzz worthy. . . December 1 marks World AIDS Day.  AS he has done throughout his presidency President Obama today gave remarks on the occasion: Every year, this is a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come since the early days of the AIDS epidemic.  And those of you who lived through it remember all too well the fear and the  stigma, and how hard people with HIV had to fight to be seen, or heard, or to be treated with basic compassion.  And you remember how little we knew about how to prevent AIDS, or how to treat it.  What we did know was the devastation that it inflicted -- striking down vibrant men and women in the prime of their lives and spreading from city to city and country to country seemingly overnight. Today, that picture is transformed.  Thanks to the courage and love of so many of you in this room and around the world, awareness has soared; research has surged.  Prevention, treatment and care are now saving millions of lives not ...

buzzz worthy. . . Oct. 1, 2013, President Obama addresses the government shutdown from the Rose Garden. President Barack Obama responded to the shutdown of the federal government this afternoon from the Rose Garden. Neither he nor House Speaker John Boehner would compromise concerning negotiation of a debt reduction bill that would kill Obamacare. Both leaders blamed each other for the stalemate decision that has left over 800 thousand American families without income.  "I didn't come here to shut down the government," said Boehner while speaking in the House Chamber before the vote on the resolution on Monday. The Ohio Republican seemed to trivialize the President's stance on the matter, as he continued,  "I talked to the president earlier tonight: 'I'm not gonna negotiate, I'm not gonna negotiate, I'm not gonna do this.'"  "Well I would say to the president,  'This is not about me.  It's not about Republicans.  ...