care? how long do veterans have to wait for mental health care? how many veterans are getting lost in the community care system that do not have someone to advocate and fight for them. we need the v.a. to be better. thank you for the opportunity to share charlie's story. chair moran: thank you for your must -- must be difficult testimony but very valuable to me and the members of the committee. mr. lorraine. >> members of the committee, i am honored to testify today regarding veteran access to health care specifically care in the community. the ability to make our own decisions as a foundational american freedom. i've told my army serving son but a successful career should give him choices throughout life. and i remained the military through retirement because i love service. but i also did it to ensure i had choices, especially managing my health care, something that my father never had the option for print awp believes veterans have a choice in managing health care they have earned provid

care. i want them to be successful after their service. i expect the next secretary of veterans affairs to share a similar focus. roll sec. of hartman veterans affairs is critical. national security is dependent on an all volunteer 88 helping service members thrive as veterans is key to bolstering our recruitment and keeping our veterans safe. it's required to buy a house, open a small business, access health care and more. helping veterans achieve those goals is often complicated with the fact that v.a. is one of the largest bureaucracies in the federal government with more than 4,000 employees. our facilities are aging, the legacy i.t. system and the annual budget well over $300 billion. we must have a v.a. secretary who understands the v.a. mission, the importance to put veterans first and who understands the importance of putting veterans first. i'm grateful to have doug collins here today for his nomination for veterans affairs. he knows firsthand the challenges of military service and

preventative care.prostate cancer screening, your mammograms, breast cancer, : cancer screening, cholesterol medication you do not pay a co-pay for that, but veterans do would you support making a noncontroversial fix to making sure that the coverage aligns with the commercial healthcare and tricare and help you eliminate the co-pays for veterans for preventative healthcare? >> i look forward to working on this committee. the preventive aspect of that is very important. >> thank you. >> senator blackburn. >> thank you. mr. chairman and mr. collins, always good to see you. appreciate that. as we served in the house, you are known as being a consensus builder and a problem solver. i think that as we look at the va and the situation that is there, we need someone that can build consensus among the employees and solve some problems that are existing in the va. you made a comment about it was important to get the right people doing the right job and i agree with that. as we have been overseeing the va, somet

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care act. my friend april my klobuchar often told this story. when senator kyl argued against maternity care as basic coverage by stating he did not need maternity care, i told him yes, but i bet your mom did. the public outcry that happened after that ensured to this day that maternity care is part of the affordable care act. there has been no health care issue more profoundly influenced by my own family's life and experience than the issue of mental health. my father had a bipolar disorder that went undiagnosed for many years, like so many people. our lives were changed when the drug lithium became available and my dad had the support he needed to manage his disease and move forward with his life. i saw what happened when someone did not get the help they needed, and i saw what happened when they did. this experience fueled my passion to reduce the stigma on mental health and mental illness. as i've often said, we need to treat health care above the neck the same as health care below the neck

care regularly. and so, that jump is significant, each percentage that increase is 2.6 billion in national costs. if you just use that metric you mullly 4% by 2.6. and you would be around ballpark of 10 billion dollars. >> and i think a lot of folks are having a problem, you know, having runningses and you look at budgets and sometime they are off or oall of a isn't it was 12 billion now 6 million that is a well the of zeros. and a lot of things for to say, do you really know what you are doing. i want to have a series of questions, it is an opt in, i thought it was the silly dod, leaves v.a. -- the active military service you know in a twilight zone. whether you are picked up by the v.a. or not it should be an opt out system. this is a a different issue, community care some, folks on this committee don't like community care, as a physician, that supplies that care we formed a bridge to take care of i have the veterans where v.a. cannot, it is more expensive because it is specialized. so, your commun

care needs. it is a well-known fact that veterans and taxpayers receive far greater bang for the buck by investing in-home, community-based services rather than institutional long-term care. patients and their families are happier and receive higher quality of care in those circumstances. what needs to be done so that local v.a. medical facilities are incentivized to make operational decisions that lead to lower cost in the long run? mr. elnahal: i think a really important question. disinvestment programs like that are exactly what we want to prevent with a 6.6 billion dollar request. we don't want folks to divest from or delay implementation of home-based primary care because by definition they have identified the whole population of veterans who could benefit from that. the principal reason is their health would benefit but for the most complex patients, cost savings are possible with programs like this. we also have facilities that are 60% activated, clinics in visn 6. we had the director talk

care which would strengthen the integration of behavioral health care with primary care services. is this something that you are concerned about, something you would be willing to work with us on in order to limit? mr. kennedy: yes, senator. let me just reassure you that president trump has personally spoken to me about locating those 300,000 children disappeared over the last four years. chair crapo: i don't think anybody has a fully accurate number but it is hundreds of thousands, i agree. mr. kennedy: and many of them we know have been sex trafficked, childhood slavery, and it is a blight on america's moral authority and we need to find those kids. in terms of addiction services, substance abuse services, it is a priority for me. it was a priority for me when i was running for president during my campaign. i was a heroin addict for 14 years. i am 42 years in recovery. i go to 12-step meetings every day so i hear the stories everyday. and i hear the many stories about the barriers to access to care. we need to improve that and to answer specifically your question, i think we can

we are ripping the social care. we are ripping the social care crisis _ care. _ care. we are ripping the social care crisis that we are - care. we are ripping the social care crisis that we are looking | care crisis that we are looking to stabilise the sector over the next 12 to 2a months but also to deliver the reforms we need for the medium and the long term to make sure that we have got a national care service that is fit to meet the needs of older and disabled people in our country. i wish we could fix his problems quicker but i don't have a magic wand. the new year has led to high pollution levels in many cities across asia, including here, in hanoi in vietnam. a combination of atmospheric conditions and increased emissions, as more fuel is burnt for heating during the colder winter months, means a thick coating of smog is hovering above the city. you can hardly see the city there in those pictures but definitely a lot of smog there in vietnam. i want to take you back to the live pictures that we are getting in out of south korea. you will see the proteste

we have plenty of money with health care, it is just you make no profits off of health care.ealth care should go all to the people. my second one is, i question your views of how you think that mr. kennedy is qualified because just 100 years ago, we would say he was a salesman. we cannot really depend on what he says because he will not even admit to the things he said in the past because it is not carried today because he's trying to get a job in the trump administration. if you try to get a job and someone else's administration, he would be singing a different song. i would not trust this man. my family does not trust him. host: catherine, we will get a response. guest: on topic number one, i agree there is plenty of money in the health care system. i think the prophets are fine, the prophets are actually good. we would like to have a profit motive and suppliers to make a profit by providing better health care services by developing innovative products to get them to consumers. but the prophets that many in the health care industry get now are not the result of providing va

the health and care secretary, visiting a care home in carlisle today, says the commission will providest changes by 2026 and a final report into the funding and organisation of care into 2028. he wants to build political and public consensus. we've got a plan notjust for the next few years, which this government will deliver on, but a plan for the next three decades that all parties can sign up to. that's the level of ambition we have and that's how we're going to break out of the short—term, sticking plaster politics. over the past 25 years, there have been many inquiries, reports and commissions into reforming adult social care in england — most plans have failed to get far. the exception is the 2011 dilnot commission proposal that the care costs any individual faces should be capped or limited. legislation was put in place in 2014, but plans to introduce it were delayed several times, because councils said they would need more money to implement the changes. in 2021, the conservative government increased national insurance by 1.25% to help pay for an £85,000 care cap. a year later,

i'm taking this because i care for people and i care for veterans.that is what i feel, for me the service organization called the va is about service. it is about the veteran. it is not about the va. i'm looking forward to motivating and unleashing the power of this workforce the we have want to do a good job. they need the leadership and encouragement, let's find yeses instead of nos, answers instead of technicalities, the hope in people instead of trying to find the reason to delay. to me this is about the veteran, getting access to care you and i and many on this committee voted 4. that is why we do what we do, because they observe it. this crosses party lines and i appreciate the ranking member talking about bipartisanship. we had a great conversation discussing how to code locate with rural hospitals. if that's a possibility could be looked at? i committed to the senator that that is something i would look at because it hits both sides and so we've got to get back to the point where it is about the veteran and i'm going to empower a workforce th

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women are being denied the care they need. they are being told they have to get sicker first, and told they have to go to a different state. they are told they have to stay pregnant even if they don't want to or even if it kills them. that is the state of women's health in states across america today, and it is profoundly alarming that now, republicans are doubling down here to make things even worse. during the first week of trump's presidency, this is what republicans are focused on? attacking women, criminalizing abortion, criminalizing doctors, and lying about abortion. republicans obviously don't care about the cost of groceries. they are not working to make life more affordable for families before or after a baby is born. think about that. republicans have put medicaid and snap on the chopping block. house republicans fought back when we try to fully fund blip so moms and babies would not go hungry. and republicans are flat out opposed to making paid leave a reality so that a mom can spend time with her baby after giving

themselves facing care.ss the uk. this is bbc news. police are investigating after the father of sara sharif was reportedly assaulted in prison weeks after being jailed for the ten—year—old's murder. according to the sun newspaper urfan sharif is said to have been attacked at belmarsh prison on new year's day by two other inmates in a cell. he's said to have suffered cuts to his neck and face, and it is understood he received medical treatment inside the prison. a prison service spokesperson said: "police are investigating an assault on a prisoner at hmp belmarsh on ijanuary. it would be inappropriate to comment further while they investigate." 43—year—old sharif and sara's stepmother beinash batool were sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted at the old bailey last month of killing sara at their home in woking, surrey. president biden says the us will relentlessly pursue isis and other terrorist organisations wherever they are and that isis will find no safe harbour in the united states. his co

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care, which would strengthen the integration of behavioral health care with primary care services. is this something that you are concerned about? something you'd be willing to work with us on in order to implement? >> yes, senator, let me just reassure you that president trump has personally spoken to me about locating those 300,000 children who disappeared over the last four years. >> i don't think anybody has a fully accurate number, but it's hundreds of thousands. i agree. >> and many of them we know have been sex trafficked and childhood slavery, and we it is a blight on america's moral authority. and we need to find those kids. um, in terms of, of, uh, addiction services and substance abuse services, i this is a priority for me. it was a priority for me when i was running for president during my campaign. i was a heroin addict for 14 years. i've been 42 years in recovery. i go to 12 step meetings every day. so i hear the stories every day, and i hear the many stories about denial of or the the barriers to access to care. and we need to improve that and answer specifically to

care reform". to wait, with vital services already on their knees. 0ur social affairs editor alison holt reports. yeah, so hopefully we'll be able to make a real difference. for the health and care secretary, wes streeting, an early visit to a care home in carlisle today to meet residents and staff. a place for him to announce the independent commission that he has asked to draw up a plan for a future national care service. the current system is under huge pressure, juggling increasing demand, underfunding and staff shortages. mr streeting says they are already tackling current problems but also need a blueprint for the longer term. we are gripping the social care crisis that we are looking to stabilise the sector over the next 12—24 months. but also to deliver the reforms we need for the medium to long term to make sure that we have got a national care service that is fit to meet the needs of older and disabled people in our country. the new care commission will be led by baroness louise casey, wh

and this is health care, more health care than ever before. it is not about who you stand for or policy. people i work with every day care deeply about people. that is why they are here. but they are busy working on policy and they saw want -- solve one problem and go on to the next. nobody is saying maybe we ought to really focus on communication. so the other side has been brilliant from foxnews to all of the social media efforts and so on as well as being willing to say things that aren't true. so if you are willing to say anything even if it is not true, it's amazing what you can do. >> so many big issues, i want to engage you briefly on health care because you are one of the original authors of the affordable care act. the horrific shooting of brian thompson of united health care seems like it has engendered a wave of reactions on social media that people are frustrated with the state of the health care system. how happy are you with how the affordable care act played out and what changes do you see are necessary? sen. stabenow: the affor

care providers say they need a plan for the future much sooner.ess casey looks to many in the sector as a government delaying tactic. it's not going to report for two to three years, as i understand, and... ..it feels like fiddling while rome is burning. if the government wants to make this work at scale, we need a completely different approach — not ignoring social care, but drawing it in and funding it properly. the government says it is also setting out plans to train more care staff to carry out health checks, and providing an additional £86 million before april to make home adaptations that help people with disabilities remain under their own roofs. alison holt, bbc news. wes streeting is the health and social care secretary — he had this to say when asked about the review, and whether it was enough to solve the problems the sector is facing. we are gripping the social care crisis, that we are looking to stabilise the sector over the next 12—24 months, but also to deliver the reforms that we need for the medium and the long term to make sure

to remedy this, at least for value based care. and it must. there has to be payment parity in the region. rhode island's health care system is bleeding out because we aren't. paid what neighboring hospitals and doctors are paid, and the one act cms took on this years ago was to make it worse. the cms bureaucracy has also attacked one of the best accountable care organizations in the country, rhode island's integra family doctors tried to throw them off the shared savings program because, they said integra years ago briefly fell 137 patients short of the 5000 patients that acos need. cms wouldn't listen until a court found that to be unjustified, likely illegal, irreparable harm to this high performing aco and its patients and contrary to the public interest that must stop last, cms has refused to approve waivers granted elsewhere for rhode island from rules that are stupid for medicare patients who are nearing the end of their days. here's what families see. granny is home dying. she needs to transfer to a nursing home, and medica

, which may be board and care which may be locked, subacute care.e know this is a vital part of the solution, though in in effects, probably some of the most serious, apparently seriously ill people that are visible to us on the streets here. and we know this is this can go to helping. increase our flow into those needed high levels of care. great. i just have one last question, which is in regards to the state's new or federal new 988. we previously did have a sort of volunteer suicide line that we were sponsoring. where is that? that is still there. so that is the suicide prevention line run by felton, largely by volunteers. nine eight, eight was sort of built on that service. so that's that was the one you were alluding to then was. yes. and has been with additional state money has been expended, you know, strengthened clinically and expanded capacity. great. and so then the numbers that you gave actually combine the work that both of them are doing or, or is that just simply i'm let me let me check on that. okay. well, thank you very much. and t

over a third of counties in the united states are maternity care deserts. and we are facing a shortage of ob-gyns that is only expected to get worse. these are serious and dangerous threats to women, children, and families. voters across the country have shown that they want to preserve a woman's right to access the health care that she needs. voters in red, purple, and blue states from missouri and montana, to arizona and colorado, to new york and maryland voted for reproductive freedom in this past election on state ballot initiatives and constitutional amendments. and i want every woman to know we see you, we hear you. house democrats will do everything we can to prevent this republican congress and this administration from going against the will of the people and further eroding your rights. unfortunately, later this week, republicans will resume their efforts to restrict access to maternal health care. pushing through a bill designed to confuse, frighten, and misinform people and criminalize medical providers. a rule bill that singles out patients who

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a reason to do this, you need to care about yourself as much as we care about you. that changes the dynamic of the message we are hearing. we care about you and make it difficult to smoke. why does that matter? the true cost is clinic data. that is what it costs. forget what is charged, it is $35 a pack. smoking increases absenteeism, intelligence, people who smoked believed they get these beliefs, it is true. it is not the right way to lose weight but it works. people think they will accelerate up the corporate chain if they smoke. you ever think that? people who smoke, try to accelerated the path. a huge economic drain and quality drain in the workforce as well. and 15% within five years. and what hospitals have been able to do in 21 of 50 states which is force people to higher smokers. uncomfortable conversation, to reduce the amount of money you spend in your health care. one day this will be true of the state employees as well that they won't be allowed to smoke. to another area, a major crisis for us. this is what classics look like, maybe they wouldn't be so

states for women's reproductive health care.or spending a little of this holiday season with me. i appreciate your time. >> happy holidays. >>> still to come, the cruelty is the point for trump 2.0. but the resistance is already beginning. >>> plus, how donald trump's crypto boosting could make some of his biggest financial supporters very, very rich. that's next. supporters very, very rich. that's next. protect against rsv with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. those with weakened immune systems may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects are injection site pain, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and joint pain. arexvy is number one in rsv vaccine shots. rsv? make it arexvy. (tony hawk) i still love to surf, snowboard, arexvy is number one in rsv vaccine shots. and of course, skate, so i take qunol magnesium to support my muscl

care, which would strengthen the integration of behavioral health care with primary care services. is this something that you are concerned about, something you'd be willing to work with us on in order to implement? >> yes, senator. let me just reassure you that president trump has personally spoken to me about locating those 300,000 children who disappeared over the last four years. >> i don't think. >> anybody has a not fully accurate number, but it's hundreds of thousands. i agree. >> and many of them we know have been sex trafficked and childhood slavery. and we it is a blight on america's moral authority. and we need to find those kids in terms of addiction services and substance abuse services. i this is a priority for me. it was a priority for me when i was running for president during my campaign. i was a heroin addict for 14 years. i've been 42 years in recovery. i go to 12 step meetings every day, so i hear the stories every day, and i hear the many stories about denial of or the barriers to access to care. and we need to improve that. and answer specifically to your ques

health care is not just medical care, it's a lot more. talk about the food industry. we have held a hearing a couple of months ago where we made the point that the food industry is, in fact, poisoning our kids with addictive food that is leading to obesity, diabetes, heart conditions, et cetera. and i hope, i hope that our congress and the white house will have the courage to take on a very powerful food industry and demand that the products they sell our kids are in fact healthy and nonaddictive. what the food industry is doing today is what the tobacco industry did 50, 60 years ago. and we talk about making america healthy again, we have people working for starvation wages. and you can't afford the rent that your land lrd. stress kills. so, mr. chairman. let me just say this, i think the issues that have been raised in this hearing today are of enormous importance and i look forward to working with you and members of this committee to make sure we develop the policies and have the courage to take on very powerful and wealthy interests so we can make america. >> this

care. >> human rights. is health care a human. >> right in the way that free speech is a human right? yeah, i would say it's different because if we're free, speech doesn't cost anybody anything. but in health care, if you smoke cigarettes for 20 years and you get cancer, do you? you are now taking from the pool and so are you. guaranteed the same, right? or is there also a duty? >> i'm sorry. i i'd love to talk for an hour with you. we got a few minutes left here. all right. every other country on earth says health care. >> whether you're poor. >> or rich, young or old. >> to human rights. >> i'm not hearing. you say that. all right, you've talked about the drug companies, and maybe we agree on this one. as you. >> all know. >> despite the drug companies making over $100 billion in profits, paying ceos. outrageous compensation packages, we in. some cases pay ten times more for the same drug. will you support legislation that i will introduce which says that in america, we should not be pay

she's dedicated her life to caring for patients, but now she can't afford her own medical care out of pocket costs because she doesn't make enough to qualify for tax credits to buy private insurance. what does heather need? does she need work requirements or does she need access to health care so she can finally get healthy and get back to work? >> that the individual that you described would need health care and not a work requirement? >> thank you, thank you. thank you, thank you. >> and we are done with the questioning. >> now, mr. kennedy, i apologize to you, to the audience and to all of my colleagues to have to rush it here at the end. but we have a vote on the senate floor that they're going to close in about three minutes. i want to thank you for appearing before this committee. you have been accessible to the members and staff on both sides of the aisle of the finance committee throughout a rigorous process, and i want the whole world to know that you spent hours on, in meetings answering questions outside of this hearing and providing documents and responses on issue after i

over a third of counties in the united states are maternity care deserts. and we are facing a shortage of obgyns that is only expected to get worse. these are serious and dangerous threats to women, children, and families. voters across the country has shown that they want to preserve a woman's right to access the health care that she needs. voters in red, purple, and blue states from missouri and montana to arizona and colorado to new york and maryland voted for reproductive freedom in this past election on state ballot initiatives and constitutional amendments. and i want every woman to know, we see you. we hear you. house democrats will do everything we can to prevent this republican congress and this administration from going against the will of the people and further eroding your rights. unfortunately later this week, republicans will resume their efforts to restrict access to maternal health care, pushing through a bill designed to confuse, frighten, and misinform people and criminalize medical providers. a cruel bill that singles out patients who are

caregiver instigated medical care.now, if you think about it, too, parents instigate most medical care for their child, if what you mean is they take the child to the doctor. kids party cannot get medical care and less the parents take the kids to the doctor. so this is a far broader definition, if you believe that parents have a constitutional right to direct their children's medical care, which the supreme court certainly believes, this should be a chilling definition for you. nevertheless, the american academy of pediatrics a few years later accepted this as the way to, quote, diagnose this behavior going forward. as i said, you look at this definition, this is not a legitimate medical diagnosis. this is a determination by the pediatrician at the parent is to blame. nevertheless, pediatricians present this to judges as within their scientific authority as simply a medical diagnosis. so what does it mean about how many parents can be targeted by pediatricians? well, carole jenny told us this when she sold this new co

care act plans. they're set to expire at the end of 2025. and there's been some talk about not extending them. they have made the marketplace more affordable for many people who've gotten coverage that way. do you see any chance of congress with the republican controlled congress extending them, or is that going to be something that they're going to target next year rather than looking at the affordable care act as a whole like they tried to do in trump 1.0? do you think they're going to try to carve out certain aspects of it the second time around? well, i think the thing is just needs to be really clear. whatever choice they make, if they make a choice not to expand the subsidies, which, you know, i'm not expecting them to do, they should just have to be clear to the public that that will mean millions of people lose their health care. the care that they've come to rely on. and that's the choice that they've made. and that's, you know, that's public policy. people have to live with the choices they

somebody comes out to the care home and they are cared for as if they are actually in a ward. somebody turned up at the care home, but my mum was still in hospital. so nobody�*s talking to each other. my point is, if you have been in hospital, after major surgery and you're there over a weekend, you will notice the number of doctors drop down and they're feeding injunior they're feeding in junior doctors, they're feeding injunior doctors, the doctors higher up the food chain are off. minn; doctors, the doctors higher up the food chain are off.- the food chain are off. why is that do you — the food chain are off. why is that do you think? _ the food chain are off. why is that do you think? their - that do you think? their position _ that do you think? their position they _ that do you think? their position they hold - that do you think? their . position they hold possibly. they're senior. they probably don't get involved in the shift system. but my, one of the ideas i have got in my industry, i work shifts. we work public holidays and all the other stuff. doctors do as well and

i'm the executive director of protect our care. i'm not going to have a lot to say because all these folks have the receipts on rfk junior, not the receipts you will hear from him today. what we know today is he is going to do what he has done. in every meeting that he is had with the senator, in every media appearance, and everything out of his spokespeople is mouths ever since he is been nominated, he is going to try to gaslight enough republican senators about his views to get confirmed. to gas light enough republican senators about his views to get -- to get confirmed. that's what he's going to do. we know that. we've seen it. fox news reported it today. he's going to come in here and just say i'm not anti-vaccine. despite the fact that he said there's no vaccine that's ever been safe and effective. the fact that he said vaccines do more harm than good. he's called into question the measles vaccine, the covid vaccine, the polio vaccine. it's more than vaccines, he doesn't believe in infectious disease research, he wants to stop