the c.d.c. just reported that the seasonal influenza claimed the lives of 172 children during the most recent flu season. making it the deadliest seasonal flu season for children on record. in recent year the u.s. has also seen an increase in the number of antibiotic resistant bacteria. around the world, viruses are emerge, adapting, and and in some cases re-emerging. currently there's an ebo la outbreak in west africa and a nepa virus outbreak in india that killed at least 17. in recent years we have seen mans in china contract the h7n9 influenza strain that's been limited to birds. it's rated by the influenza risk assessment tool as posing the greatest risk to cause a public pandemic. the 2013 ricin mailings addressed to president obama and senator wicker that originated in my home state of mississippi as well as the 2001 anthrax mailings and foreign terrorist threats is a reminder of the risk of intentional biological attacks. today's hearing is especially timely given that the committee is h

in april c.d.c. reported in 2017 colorado saw 25 cases of an antibiotic resistent bacteria known descriptively and patients died. it's possible for them to quote, spread like wildfire. if that happens we need to know we're able to respond. we've looked at this issue manile times over the years as the panel well knows, it's a regular appearance and i want to thank you for coming again. and again and again we've found that the federal government has to scramble to address biosafety incidents. those of us who were here during the fall of 2001 vividly recall the chaos that a few small envelopes of anthrax caused on capitol hill. offices were closed, buildings were fumigated, some congressional business was suspended and thousands of staffers and other personnel lined up for days to get tested for exposure. far worse, some of the workers at our postal service were affected and died. in 2009, we again had to scramble to produce sufficient doses of the h1n1 swine flu vaccine to protect against the new strai

now, i was amazed by the c.d.c.rt, really surprised that more than half of the people who took their own life, that they had no previous known history of mental illness, and you have to wonder if we're under-diagnosing w, and perhaps it's because of stigma-- people are ashamed to come forward-- or because doctors are under-diagnosing it. >> glor: to that point, it does seem many times it comes up on rit of the blue with no warning sign. is that a fair way to characterize it? >> reporter: it is a fair way. jeff, as an internist, i have had to deal with this many times. you have the loved ones who are left behind, and it's such a ttural human reaction thinking, "it's my fault." tiey feel guilty, "there's something i should have done. i should have picked up a clue." and what i tell them, jeff, is g at very often the person most determined to take their own life is best at hiding it, stcause they don't want to be stopped. so, i say to them, "look, it is devastating. it's crushing. but it's not your fault." on glor: imp

when we look by state it's even grimmer according to the c.d.c.'s national vital statistics system only one out of the fifty united states nevada had a decrease in suicides from one thousand nine hundred ninety twenty sixteen states like new hampshire and vermont and states all across the midwest so suicide rates go up over forty eight percent in some places from one nine hundred ninety nine to two thousand and sixteen american psychiatric association has revealed that thirteen percent of americans aged twelve and over were using antidepressants between twenty eleven and twenty fourteen and that one fourth of those people had been using antidepressants for a decade or more and the rate at which people reported using antidepressants has increased again by some sixty five percent in the last fifteen years all according to the c.d.c. so if antidepressant usage is rising why are suicide rates not going down but up in fact over ten million americans age eighteen and older are reported to have at least one major depressive episode in two thousand and six

the c.d.c.s consumers should errow out all recalled cereal, open or unopened, or return it to a store for a r wash any containers that might have stored honey smacks. the cereal has sickened 73 people. cases range in age from less pean a year to age 87, with a median age of age 58. the bacteria are hardy and can survive in dry environments. n od scientist martin wiedmann: >> so, a cereal factory, plus yhe factories that make ingredients for cereals, are typically dry factories, where it is possible for salmonella to survive, but very difficult to be found by the regular food- safety practices. >> reporter: new, sophisticated techniques, like d.n.a. fingerprinting, allow investigators to identify and link specific strains of victeria, giving them a head start on detecting and brntaining outbreaks. >> we've recently really started to up our game, and today, we are probably about 25 to 100 times better than detecting ford-borne disease outbreaks than we were even 20 years ago. >> reporter: i just s

the c.d.c. put out an alarming idport today on suicide. 0 arly 45,000 americans took veeir lives in 2016. that is more than car accidents or opioid overdoses. the issue is receiving heightened attention now after designer kate spade took her own life this week. ckricka duncan has new information on this. r: reporter: today, a medical miaminer determined that 55- esar-old fashion designer kate spade died from suicide by hanging. this is the spade family and friends remember. tht the light that shined r rough for the cameras came with a darker side behind closed doors that many did not know or understand. her husband, andy spade, says, onhere was no indication and no srning that she would do this." "ad that his wife was "actively ing ing help for depression and anxiety over the last five years. writer dory old says she ndderstands what spade must have been feeling. the 56-year-old says she tried multiple times to commit suicide before getting help. >> even with the best intentions, i don't think k

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i believe c.d.c. is almost $1.7 million a year. >> supervisor sheehy: so the board needs to cover that with backfills? what is the plan? is this going to be the first mayor that has not backfilled hiv cuts from the federal budget? >> the -- >> supervisor sheehy: i would just like to know if this mayor is going to make this commitment or not. >> supervisor cohen: well, this mayor is on his way out the door. we can deal with this committee. let me just give it a little context in terms of background. the board of supervisors has taken action to backfill through our legislative process. supervisor wiener has been a champion. we can position you to be that champion and make that happen because i think that's exactly where our values are. i don't want you to ham kelly too much, and who cares. it's a figment of our imagination, like a bad nightmare. go ahead. >> we're additionally fully funding the capital plan pla. this is the first year we've been able to fully fund it. it's over 300 million in critical i

as part of that program, the c.d.c. will implement the activiti described in the national all schedules prescription electronic act.ting or nasper as the original democratic sponsor of nasper, i've been a long-time champion of pdmp's as public health tools that can prevent and respond to opioid abuse. the role of pdmp's in the current opioid epidemic has proven why our long-time interests and push for investments in this space is so critical. as the technology has matured, we've moved from working towards the goal of ensuring the interstate sharing of pdmp data to now aiming to make pdmp's more interconnected, realtime, and useble for public health surveillance and clinical decision making. in continuing to strengthen pdmp's, we'll improve our ability to prevent addiction from occurring in the first place, and help identify individuals who could benefit from treatment or opioid use disorder. i wted to urge my colleagues, obviously, to support this legislation. and, mr. speaker, i know we've been here, gss, for about fou

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a drug that the c.d.c. believes along with its prescription opioids brothers was responsible for more than two hundred thousand over both overdose deaths from one thousand nine hundred nine to two thousand and sixteen now thankfully some brave souls are fighting back against america's real drug dealers this week massachusetts attorney general mara healey filed a lawsuit against purdue pharma and the sackler cartel alleging the company and its executives knowingly engaged in the unconscionable scheme to mislead doctors and consumers about the deadly dangers of its opioids so will this be the turning point where they real drug dealers in america are finally brought to heel let's find out as we start watching the hawks. with. the bottom. like you know that i got. with. well the watching the hawks i am a robot for joining us today to discuss this a landmark lawsuit by the state of massachusetts on the real war on drugs is a man who knows a thing or two about the highs and lows of the u.s. legal system one lion-

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steady diet of fast food pizza deliveries i've got some rather terrible news for you according to the c.d.c. if the food itself doesn't kill you it's packaging will along with certain fabrics and stick cooking pans and firefighting foams most commonly used on military bases this week the centers for disease control released an over eight hundred page report that the trumpet ministration has labeled a public relations nightmare according to prop up the environmental health study details of warns of the health dangers from a family of chemicals known as per floor kill substances or p f a s p fasts recommending an exposure limit for one of the compounds that is ten times lower. and what the u.s. environmental protection agency has maintained is these safe threshold and seven times lower for another come down in the same family and just to make you sleep even better at night the chemicals in the study have been linked to little things you know little things like thyroid disease liver damage decreased fertility hormone suppression and our old friend cancer a lovely and apparently scott pruett's

steady diet of fast food pizza deliveries i've got some rather terrible news for you according to the c.d.c. if the food itself doesn't kill you it's packaging well along with certain fabrics nonstick cooking pans and firefighting foams most commonly used on military bases this week the centers for disease control released an over eight hundred page report that the trumpet ministration has labeled a public relations nightmare according to probe the environmental health study details and warns of the health dangers from a family of chemicals known as per floor kill substances or p f a s p fasts recommending an exposure limit for one of the compounds that is ten times lower than what the u.s. environmental protection agency has maintained is the safe threshold and seven times lower for another compound in the same family and just to make you sleep even better at night the chemicals in the study have been linked to little things you know little things like thyroid disease liver damage decreased fertility hormone suppression and our old friend cancer a lovely and apparently scott prudes new and

ead, jeff, one year later, the c.d.c. officially declared opioid pain killer overdoses an epidemic. >> glor: pseudoaddiction. boggles the mind. thank you. coming up next on the cbs evening news, why a supreme court ruling means tens of millions of online shoppers could be paying a lot more. ine shoppers could be paying a lot more. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, ... with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. tell your doctor if these occur. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weigh

i began my career as a pediatrician and later directed the division of violence prevention at the c.d.c. before making our way to n.i.j. i have been interested in the connection between science and justice. n.i.j.'s mission is to support scientific innovation and deliver cutting edge knowledge and tools to criminal justice professionals across the country. this work has real impact on the lives of real people. applied responsibly, science can hold offenders accountable and bring relief and recovery to victims often after years of suffering. d.n.a. technology has opened new doors and unprecedented possibilities and for a resolution to many sexual assault survivors. decades of research have given forensic scientists new methods and technologies for testing evidence that once would have been too old, too degraded or otherwise not viable for analysis. perpetrators once beyond the reach of prosecution are being brought to justice and victims and their loved ones are finding answers. forensic labs across the country are taking advantage of this new technology and we're seeing a substantial in

the c.d.c. says someone takes their own life every 12 minutes. reena. >> ninan: a heartbreaking statistic. carter evans, thank you very much. federal health officials are tracking a new salmonella outbreak blamed on precut melons. at least 60 people have been sickened in five midwestern states. more than 30 have gone to the hospital. no one has died. the suspected source is a caito food plant in indianapolis. precut melons from that facility have been recalled. horse racing history is on the line tonight at the belmont stakes in new york. is all the hype surrounding "justify" well justified? kenneth craig is at the track. >> reporter: well, reena, the anticipation has been building for weeks, and so many people here were hoping justify could pull this off. in the end he proved to them he is unstoppable. tcked out fans showed up in troves to belmont park, the last leg of the storied triple crown. justify, a 1,300-pound three-year-old colt, galloped into the belmont stakes as a fan favorite. and after his first-place wins during sloppy runs at the

of a move and that will be the interesting thing really on sunday evening first of all whether the c.d.c.'s you will risk its own political how can i say failure by really sparking that down right confrontation and i very much doubt that it will come to that but what the c.s.u. will insist on fashion i think we will see more people turned away at the border that is something they need to really deliver to their voters now and interestingly enough the interior minister or horse disaster himself was actually not at the speech today are also something worth noting and i'd just like to ask you who do you see as having the upper hand in this domestic dispute here how do you. see it playing out over the next days it's a very high stakes game and i think the variance have to some extent reaction to those up one notch to fall they've gone a little bit too far in their demands and i think the idea that the interior minister might do this on his own which is something that has saved the interior minister. that is the point where he has trans transgressed a kind of. ridge line that merkel cannot ac

let me say that the c.d.c. arrived maybe we should have been faster but the staff and these can create some global standards on how we treat state so that means people citizens have now the option to control the state that they can take them away they can ask for transparency with what is happening research data and basically make it too much they should deny or allow access the data so i think giving them back control is the first thing that happens but because the vision is happening we. have to be asked to add more requirements more options to c.v.s. to be able to understand who the stuff. we're saying is if you think that we made of course the consequence is even worse think that's even a grandsire to understand that there are some you know. knowledge. they don't understand more or less those and they don't know exactly what the data has and how they can use them or work to prove that we have nations coming about it think the main purpose in south we. ok larry magid back in california facebook is promising

estimated fourteen billion dollars of net worth fourteen billion dollars from oxy cotton a drug that the c.d.c. believes along with its prescription opioids brothers was responsible for more than two hundred thousand over doeth overdose deaths from one thousand nine hundred nine to two thousand and sixteen. now thankfully some brave souls are fighting back against america's real drug dealers this week massachusetts attorney general mara healy filed a lawsuit against purdue pharma and the sackler cartel alleging the company and its executives knowingly engaged in the unconscionable scheme to mislead doctors and consumers about the deadly dangers of its opioids so will this be the turning point where they real drug dealers in america are privately brought to heel let's find out as we start watching the hawks. with the. with. the bottom. like you know that i got. to. welcome the watching the hawks i am i robot for joining us today to discuss this a landmark lawsuit by the state of massachusetts on the real war on drugs is a man who knows a thing or two about the highs and lows of the u.s. legal s

by the c.d.c. you. and by the c.s.u. in munich where they'll decide whether the interior minister hasi who fell from the c.s.u. will go it alone and actually implement the closing of the board is stay with us nina we're going to talk more about this of course but first we're going to take a look at some of the background to this political crisis that's been brewing and it has been brewing for some time the dispute over migration and chancellor merkel's government give you an idea of how this whole thing a bald we have this report. it seems like ages ago but not even one year has passed since on got a miracle and her party won the last german elections for the fourth time in a row. but since then it has become lonely and the berlin chancellery. could be undermined not by the opposition but by her closest allies because they simply cannot stand manacles liberal refugee policy the impetus came from this man horsey hoffa head of the small bavarian c.s.u. party the sister party to on the americans can survive c.d.u. machall m

the c.d.c. reports in 2015 alone, colorado saw 159 heroin overdose deaths in addition to the 259 prescription drug overdoses. this is particularly harmful to my district with eight of the 17 counties in colorado exhibiting the highest overdose death rates being in eastern colorado. some of these figures our opioid kice is not just prescription drug abows. many who are caught in the cycle of abuse, the availability and accessibility of heroin has perpetrated and intensified the crisis. most of the heroin in our nation's streets comes into the united states through mexico. it is distributed via cities like denver and in a ruthlessly efficient manner. orders can be placed to a central operator, a franchisey of the cartels who diss patches a delivery driver to the purchaser. in february of this year, detective nick rogers of the denver police department testified before the judiciary committee how criminal operations flow north through mexico and from other places uch as honduras and nicaragua. they

i am a chinatown community planner at c.d.c. in 1940, my dad was a teen achbager who worked on a ship in san francisco, and because war broke how the in the pacific, i had to find a way to stay in the city. during that time, the exclusion act was in full effect thanks to julius kahn. he actually called the chinese the most debasing people on the face of the earth. my dad's outlet was tai chi, and he would go to local playgrounds to practice it, as a way to feel he belonged in a city, in a country where he was constantly told he didn't belong and was not welcome. and so if it wasn't for the repeal of the act, he wouldn't have become a citizen, and i wouldn't be standing here ay i believe that there's power in history in place andnd namingisk is a critical step for our city to work towards one which our public spaces are safe spaces where all feelwelcome. so -- so the next time i bring my kids to this park, i sincerely hope that it would be way more than a teachable moment where i have to force them to -- force myself to tell them

protocols have -- the c.d.c.cols have changed relative to lower consumption levels, because it was perceived that there was less risk, but the data was showing the risk was there. why did cigna step in? we weren't invited. we viewed we had a social responsibility as a global health company. we define health and well-being quite broadly from that point. we saw data that suggested that four out of five people recently addicted to heroin were recently previously addicted to pharmaceutical opioids. we wanted to step ahead of the equation and engage. to do so, you have to view your mandate is much broader than the insurance company. secondly, you have to view that you are working hand in glove with the medical profession. you are not working in consult with but working hand in glove. you are using information and actual outcomes to be able to drive the results. carol: we would be remiss if we do not ask about express scripts. what are you hearing from regulators, any idea on if they will sign off on the deal and when?

a new report from the c.d.c. shows suicide rates went up 29% since 1999.w to share his story with us is kevin heinz. kevin, good evening. thank you forking for being her. you jumped and yet you survived. how? >> kevin: i did. i attempted to take my life in a way that is 99% fatal. over 3,000 people have likely died off the golden gate bridge. i'm one of 36 who have been given the gift of a second chance to survive. i believe suicide is the same thing as lethal, emotional pain. a pain so great that leaves you believe you are worthless, less than and have no value and you are a burden to those you love you. those are all false. you are beautiful, you are enough, you matter. but some people don't recognize inside the pain. >> martha: the most important messages you could tell anybody who is feeling the kind of things that you are feeling. tell everybody at home what happened, that intervened in your attempt to take your own life that left you able to stand here today and talk to so many others. >> of the 36 survivors. five of us have regained full mobility. t

and fact, the c.d.c. report this week that 54% of people who died by suicide over the last two decadedid not have a known bontal health condition. some insight now risks, treatment and the scope of the problem. dr. liza gold has spen career on trying to prevent suicide with proper treatment and interventions. she is a clinical professor of psychiatry at orgetown university school of medicine. dr. gold, welcome to the "newshour". >> thank you for having. me let me ask you, the numbers are striking, 45,000 suicides last year alone. just from a public health perspective, what do we know about why this is happening?on >> well, i think we really have a very good handle on why the numbers are going up, but it's clear that they are going up and, out of the top ten causes o udeath in theted states, leading cause of suicids umber ten, one of the three in the top ten that's actually going up instead ofn. dow >> the one in three, as you mention, that continue to rise. fr's worth pointing out a couple of things we kn

and c.d.c. says opioid overdo have quadrupled since 1999. only 10% to 15% of americans suffering from opioid addiction are currently receiving treatment. those numbers cry out for a meaningful comprehensive approach, but our republican colleagues have failed to get there with us. we have been through this before. in the late 1980's and ely 1990's, we were struggling with the hiv-aids public health epidemic. and for many years the congress was criticized for not adequately the crisis. there was a harlful stigma involved just like there is for opioidddiction. by the 1990's, early 1990's, congress came together and adopted the ryan white care act that provided resources all across the country in a consistent fashion, provided states and local communities and nonprofits to help us. now the death rate from hiv-aids is dramatically less. this is what we have to do when it comes to opioids. provide that comprehensive, long-term solution that simply isn't being demonstrate the in the small ball, these little bills, they are simply nibbling around th

china in june that visit to china on june eighth safe to meet to meet present president and then the c.d.c. to to take take that the two were to a very good friends that very good friends that present if they present him with enough to look at their chat a bit they would stay with him this weekend as well. chairman cieszyn pink is the only chairman cieszyn pink is the only world leader with whom i have spent one of the world leader with whom i have spent one of my birthdays are just my birthdays i just have not had have not had that kind of relationship kind of relationship with it with anyone else else and my demise scheduled molded not a lot allow spending my birth and then my birthday with the day with any with any of my of my other other foreign foreign counterparts counterparts but i what i was able was able to do all to do so so with a with decision seizure and paying and paying. now during this three day stay fit during this three day state visit is it president president face and let's face it and michelle attend this shanghai cooperation organization high corporation who can i say

why is there and the c.d.c. in fact says that this is increasing why is there an increase. no one knows exactly why all of the increases but there are many reasons to suspect that the opioid crisis the medications the pain killers have increased the number of deaths by suicide we know that the veterans in disproportion fortunate numbers are increasing the number of suicides the recession that hit the global world in that two thousand and eight has increased the number of suicides us unemployment has gone up so we have this this large confluence of factors that of resulted in increases now that kept also be missing the the media and social media as we heard in that story social media does have an impact on a mental health issues both positive and negative there's good things about social media but there's also some troubling things in the way media reports and suicide it increases deaths if we look at robin williams' death we can look at his death in august of two thousand and fourteen and take any other august and you will not see the same number of suicides so his death al

now, according to the c.d.c., suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the united states.5,000 americans die each year by suicide and we put the stu -- suicide prevention number back on the screen. >> sandra: our thoughts with her family and her 13-year-old daughter this morning. thank you. >> bill: a shocking new claim the obama administration violating the iran nuclear deal by secretly helping tehran get around financial sanctions. we're getting reaction from the state department on that. and republican john cox get spot on the california ballot and we'll talk to him about his campaign as we march towards the november midterms. n as few as eight minutes. by america's largest mortgage lender. maybe not. maybe you could trust you won't have to actually talk to your neighbor. are you watching the game tonight? or... ...you could just trust duracell. ♪ ...you could just trust duracell. with tripadvisor, finding your perfect hotel at the lowest price... is as easy as dates, deals, done! simply enter your destination and dates... and see all the hotels for your stay! tripadvis

i was began as a pediatrician and began with the center of the c.d.c. and i've been in between science and justice. delivering cutting edge knowledge and tools to criminal justice professionals across the country and this work has real impact on the lives of real people. applied responsibly, science can hold offenders responsible and bring relief and recovery to victims often after years of suffering. dna technology opened new doors and unprecedented possibilities and brought resolution to many sexual assault survivors. decades of research have given forensic scientists new methods and technologies protesting efforts that once would have been too old, too degraded or not available for analysis. perpetrators once beyond the reach of prosecution are brought to justice and victims and loved ones are finding answers. forensic look at the new technology in the number of cases being processed and profiles being uploaded to the combined dna system or codus as we call it. and we hold offenders responsible for realizing justice for victims. the sexual assault fo

manufaing and we over lay the c.d.c.what we found unfortunately, in places where projects were late, drug usage was well above the national average we found in terms of manufacturing, we we zozoomed in counties where manufacturing was a big percentage of the overall labor pool we found drug usage above the national average >> do the company themselves tell you what you found? we believe that the absenteeism and the lack of productivity and the lack of qualified workers or the presence of workers is related to opioids do they say that > >> that's a great question a large part of these companies dance around and stigma is associated talking about this. we got a broad range of reactions. but what was interesting was that everyone seemed to have a personal antidote. everyone seems to know somebody or knew somebody that you know that was personally impacted by the drug usage i would say, you know, these companies are aware but i think you know report like this or people talking about it more can help them address the situatio

as was stated earlier, in 2016 alone, the c.d.c. estimated there were 64,000 deaths in the u.s. related to drug overdose and the most severe increase in drug overdose were those associated with fentanyl and fentanyl analog. fentanyl is an extremely deadly opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. fentanyl is being ill listly manufactured in china and mexico, where most of the illegal fentanyl in the united states originating from china and it's readily available to purchase through the online marketplaces. if we were to craft effective leg raher to and legislative solutions to combat these transnational criminal organizations, we need to fully study and analyze thousand virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to facilitate sex and drug trafficing to determine how best to eliminate their use. h.r. 6069, the fine trafficking act requires the -- find trafficking act requires the comp troll ore they have united states to, one, carry out a study of how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to facilitate sex and drug trafficking and two, make

in the omnibus we saw that the c.d.c. can now study gun violence even though they are not allowed to take any positions or say anything that or tobe deemed to promote advocate against gun violence. to ensureix nics bill our agencies are getting the information about those convicted of crimes or those ineligible for other reasons into the background check system earlier so that those background hecks will be more accurate. we even see rule making to potentially ban bump stocks which were used in the las vegas shooting. but t list is short of action that's been taken by this congress. and the list of unfinished business is long. first is the failure to even give a heerning reinstituting -- a hearing on reinstituting the federal assault weapon ban. i say reinstituting because many people forget if 1994 until 2004 had such a ban. during that -- during that time people's secondndme rights were still in effect. but we banned weapons that have noivilian use whatsoever. nd we saw during that period the statistics bear out. when y

high means in excess of what he manufacturer and c.d.c. recommends. in other words, dangerous amounts. too many senior communities are being flooded with opioids. we must protect our seniors and that means we must protect medicare from those who would abuse it. we must fight the fraudulent abuse of medicare by people who do not have seniors' best interests at heart. seniors are having their medicare numbers stolen and then used to fraudulently bill medicare for opioids. so-called pill dumping has resulted in millions of painkillers flooding small towns across the country through just a few pharmacies. much of it paid for by medicare. last year, the department of justice announced the biggest health care fraud bust in its history. they arrested 412 defendants for billing the government $1.2 billion in fraudulent charges, including prescription opioids, which were then distributed in our communities. senior protection -- the senior communities protection act gives medicare a new tool to crack down on those who would fraudulently use senior medicare doll

according to the c.d.c., over 214 million prescriptions were written for opioids in 2016. and we can see that in our own federal programs. a 2016 study showed that one in three medicare part d recipients received opioids. that is almost 80 million prescriptions for a cost of $41st billion. the shear volume makes it hard to prevent abuse addiction, waste, and fraud. almost 90,000 beneficiaries of medicare are at serious risk for abuse and overdose, receiving over 2 1/2 times the recommended dosing. this study eliminated anyone who was on hospice care. additionally, 70,000 recipients receive an extreme amount of opioids. that is the equivalent of 24 viko continue every single day. -- vick continue every single day. -- vicodin every single day. i have a bill that will require every prescription written for medicare part d beneficiary be escribed electronically by 2021. we know this technology will save lives by making it harder to forge prescriptions, 2021. easier for doctors to know if a patient is doctor shopping, and be able it prevent fraud and save the government money.

estimated fourteen billion dollars of net worth fourteen billion dollars from oxy cotton a drug that the c.d.c. believes along with its prescription opioids brothers was responsible for more than two hundred thousand over both overdose deaths from one thousand nine hundred nine to two thousand and sixteen now thankfully some brave souls are fighting back against america's real drug dealers this week massachusetts attorney general mara healey filed a lawsuit against purdue pharma and the sackler cartel alleging the company and its executives knowingly engaged in the unconscionable scheme to mislead doctors and consumers about the deadly dangers of its opioids.