NBC晚间新闻 保险业高管与奥巴马会面

Insurance executives meet with Obama

保险业高管与奥巴马会面

On Friday President Obama called insurance executives to the White House to figure out how to make his healthcare fix work. Some said the meeting was productive. But according to Oklahoma insurance commissioner¹ John Doak, now that the health insurance rules are changing the cost and burden on insurance companies are going to be massive. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports.

上周五，美国总统奥巴马召见保险业高管到白宫商议其医保修复工作。一些人说这次会议卓有成效。但是根据俄克拉马州保险业监理专员约翰·多克的说法，现在的健康保险规定会给保险公司带来巨大的成本负担。NBC的Kelly O’Donnell报道。

Good evening. President Obama now finds himself compared to to president George W Bush as in the problems with the health care plan have become president Obama's Katrina. He's now apologized twice for breaking the promise to Americans that they could keep their health insurance. And tonight an increasing number of his own Democrats³ are saying this proposed fix isn't good enough. 39 of them sided with Republicans in a vote on a bill which was another attempt to kill Obamacare today. We begin here tonight with NBC's Kelly O'Donnell on Capitol Hill.

reporter: The biggest defection of the year from inside the president's own party today.

The bill is passed.

reporter: 39 Democrats, nearly 20% of their caucus⁴, joined with Republicans to change the health care law to try to let millions of consumers whose health insurance has been cancelled keep their plans. West Virginia Democrat² Nick Grayhall voted with Republicans. How would you grade the administration's handling of the this?

F minus.

reporter: That low?

Yes.

I want to welcome the executives --

reporter: One day after the president suggested his fix, he called insurance executives to the White House to figure out how to make it work. Urging insurance companies to restore cancelled plans for one year, and waiving⁵ requirement that the plans cover more medical services.

What we are going to be doing is brainstorming⁶ on how to make sure everybody understands what their options are.

reporter: For the Obama fix also requires cooperation from state insurance commissioners⁷. Many are angry about being asked to change the rules now.

The cost and burden on insurance companies is going to be massive. Who's going to ultimately pay for these? It's consumers.

reporter: The house gop bill that passed today goes beyond the president's fix and would permit insurance companies to keep selling plans that don't meet new coverage⁸ requirements indefinitely. And to any customer. Democrats say that would gut⁹ the benefits in the health care law. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says the president's fix will work even though he cannot force insurance companies to go along.

That's why the president rolled out the policy yesterday that allows people who want to keep their plan to keep it. But we also --

reporter: It doesn't really allow --

Yes, it does.

reporter: It's asking.

It allows people that want to keep their plan, if they like it, they can.

reporter: Some of those insurance executives after the meeting with the president called it productive. And while the white house suffered major law of confident today many house democrats told me they feared even more defections, Brian?

Kelly O'Donnell after another fun day on the Hill. Kelly, thanks for starting us off tonight.

1 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

2 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

3 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

5 waiving   

v.宣布放弃( waive的现在分词 )；搁置；推迟；放弃（权利、要求等）

参考例句：

• Other steps suggested included waiving late payment charges, making quicker loan decisions and easing loan terms. 其他测试还包括免去滞纳金，尽快做出贷款决定和放宽贷款条件。 来自互联网
• Stuyvesant Town offers the same perk on some apartments, along waiving the broker's fee. StuyvesantTown对于他们出租的某些房子也提供同样的好处，顺带还省略了中介费。 来自互联网

6 brainstorming   

献计献策,合力攻关

参考例句：

• With Brainstorming, treat the view on how to solve the problem rightly. 利用脑激励法(Brainstorming)，正确对待学生实验中的问题解决观。
• We are going to do some brainstorming soon. 我们很快就要做些脑力激荡。

7 commissioners   

n.专员( commissioner的名词复数 )；长官；委员；政府部门的长官

参考例句：

• The Commissioners of Inland Revenue control British national taxes. 国家税收委员管理英国全国的税收。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The SEC has five commissioners who are appointed by the president. 证券交易委员会有５名委员，是由总统任命的。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

8 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

9 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。