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. >> friday, former health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius joins a discussion on improving end-of-life care, hosted by the aspen institute. see it live starting a new eastern here on c-span. friday, a discussion on sexism in the work lace, hosted by the american association of university women, starting live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> all month we're featuring our student cam winners in c-span's video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year, students told us the most urgent issue for the new president and congress. our second prize middle school winner is 8th graders from maryland. they believe the heroine and opioid epidemic is an urgent issue in their documentary titled "on the edge." >> i noticed over the summer that in huntington, west virginia, 28 people overdosed in a county in just over four hours. i started getting more interested in the opioid epidemic. that is how we got to where we are at. >> we started i think it was in december. we worked until middle of march. middle of february. we were working every day in class for

>>> former secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius took part in a discussion about end of life health care. she chaired a group which researched and presented a report called improving care at the endive life suggesting ways to enhance experiences and treatment for people in families faced with advanced illnesses. this is about an hour. >>> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. we'll get started. i'm executive vice president of the aspen institute. i'm delighted to see all of you here today. for those of you who come to many of our luncheon meetings, you know that we don't usually start quite this promptly but we're not always being taped live by c-span. we're delighted to have them all here today. this is a particularly exciting entry in our long-standing public health rounds that are sponsored by our health society and medicine program. the focus today is the inaugural report of the aspen health strategy group. the name, health strategy group, is taken from the aspen strategy group, for those of you familiar with american foreign policy, you probably know about the as

now, former health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius talks about and of life care. cochaired a group that recently issued recommendations for treating patients with advanced illnesses and supporting their families. this is one hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. we will get started. i am the executive vice president of the aspen institute. i'm delighted to see you here today. you know we do not usually start this promptly, but we are not always being taped live by c-span. we are delighted to have them here today. this is a particularly exciting entry in our long-standing public health programs. the focus today is the inaugural report of the aspen health strategy group. the name health strategy group is taken from the aspen strategy group. for those of you familiar with american foreign-policy, you probably know about the aspen strategy group, the leading bipartisan group of its kind cannot looking at critical issues of foreign policy. and we established a health strategy group with that in mind, bringing together r

katz: kathleen, you want to come in. ms. sebelius: that was an excellent point. there was some updating of the hospice benefit in the last administration, but not nearly enough. again, what you are talking about -- and i have seen this reaction myself -- for a number of people, the reluctance to be involved in hospice, because hospice translates to a lot of people that is his death. or a patient offices consumer says, i am not ready for that. so we find lots of people use the services as limited as they late. too they may have benefited by a lot longer stream of care, but also missing are the social support about, which few people in their own situations, allow people not to choose to be in a nursing >> i think a clear definition of what is covered and what is not have no most people idea that medicare doesn't pay for long-term care. none. thisospice is a piece of but i think you are right. more explanation of what is and isn't covered would generate demand in conversation of what it would look like in the 20% rate. great idea. >> where time for a couple more. in

kathleen sebelius took part in a recent report called improving care. their discussion getting underway here, live on c-span. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. we will get started. i am the executive vice president of the aspen institute. i'm delighted to see you are today. you know we do not usually

kathleen sebelius is among the speakers. with at noon eastern here on noon eastern. at later, a discussion on sexism in the workplace and how to stand up to gender bias their activism.

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they fought against kathleen sebelius in court. now they are doing the same thing. putting strings on federal money. that's the legal side. politically, for the president to go after the judiciary, especially with sanctuary cities, does it hurt? >> it will help with his base. no question. you will see a lot of supportive statements from republican members of congress today. less than sanctuaries -- that is a piece of it and part of the immigration debate that is one of the hottest parts. republican members of congress are with him on that. also because trump said in the tweet. judicial overreach. the republican base views it as judicial overreach. if he needs a way to unite them or get them excited again, this is a way to do that. politically speaking, i hate to say it. policy wise, he wants us to go through another legal problem with immigration which is not good for him. from a policy perspective of getting things done. from a political aspect, this is a gift to him. >> that is right. abbey, so many are happy he is trying. the activist judges may be shutting him d

a permanent waiver, not subject to the whims of the next kathleen sebelius, this is something we can work with. but if it is simply giving health and human services secretary power to temporarily give waivers, then, this is not what we promised. and it goes away, and, probably go away just in time for the next presidential election to end president trump's tenure as president. so we need to do, come closer at least to doing what we said. melissa: some reports that we're hearing, coming out of the beltway right now, that, the new plan, whatever it is, is actually, now. >> has less support than the old one. have you heard that. is that the same category of gossip? >> i haven't heard that yet. melissa: okay. >> i understand, look at language on waivers, because the best thing leave the power tenth amendment to the states and people. that should never be taken away. melissa: would that be a deal? you know if the waivers were permanenould you move forward? >> well, i learned from the book, "art of the deal," never to agree on something until i actually see the language. and actually i hav

. >> friday, former health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius joins a discussion on improving end-of-life care, hosted by the aspen institute. see it live starting a new eastern here on c-span. friday, a discussion on sexism in the work lace, hosted by the american association of university women, starting live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> all month we're featuring our

. >> now kathleen sebelius talks about end-of-life care.

friday, former house and human services secretary kathleen sebelius joins the discussion on improving end-of-life care, hosted by the aspen institute. you can see it live, starting at noon eastern, here on c-span. friday, a discussion on sexism in the workplace, hosted by the american association of university women starting live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. c-span, where history unfolds daily. as a79, c-span was created public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. next, a hearing on the opioid opioid epidemic, response to the drug fentanyl, and treatment. the house committee on oversight and investigations heard from medical professionals from the cdc on drug abuse. this is two hours, 50 minutes. good morning. welcome to this hearing called "fentanyl: the next wave of the opioid crisis." america is in a full on opioid crisis. it started with the overprescribing of opioid drugs and then shifted more to heroin. today, the subcommittee examines the next wave of the opioid crisis and fentanyl. fentanyl is