in being able to receive fundamental health care, which this is. ant to make one other point, the world health organization has long established that an abortion is as safe as a penicillin shot. so we should really begin their. -- there. what is the purpose of this legislating, when we note these are safe procedures. an individual should not be denied access to this health care, simply because of the state in which they live. in these trigger laws disproportionately affect poor women, poor people, who have the potential to become pregnant. and that is unconstitutional. sen. feinstein: thank you very much. chair blumenthal: thank you, senator feinstein. colleagues will be joining us and we are in the middle of votes now. we probably will take a short recess at some point in the next few minutes. i do want to think -- for being with us and sharing this powerful story. your testimony underscores the real world impacts of the growing number of burdensome restrictions, medically unnecessary. unnecessary restrictions that civilly our political interferenc

health care, i'm a physician, health care is and should be a national priority. i'm encouraged to hear you talk about finding the origins of covid and identifying it. i served on our board of health in cincinnati and you're exactly right. we can't address these issues if we can't get to the bottom. >> and going to the border quickly, when i visited back in april we saw many coming in with scabies, meningitis, chicken pox, of course covid-19. i think this is a very serious concern that we have for america with this coming in. i do want to work with you, and i'm encouraged by your concern, but let's work towards a healthy, legal immigration policy that's best for everyone. i want to go next to drug pricing and we need to address the cost of drugs in the united states. it's important for our patients and i think there's bipartisan room here and i believe that foreign price controls will not be for the next set of cures. so we have that balance between innovation and costs at the end of the day. let's lead the world on both those things. and another thing we can work

health care. ority of americans in polls support the idea of medicare for all. it is frustrating the idea has faded from the public spotlight, because for a lot of people medicare for all is as necessary as ever. thank you. host: let's go to larry, who was calling from illinois on the republican line. larry, good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. i wanted to call and let you know i watched your earlier segment about the olympics and turning their back on the flag or whatever they might want to do. i did not quote, paraphrased what you're caller said on my facebook post this morning. they banned me forever because of that. i have no idea why, when all i was doing is repeating what your callers were saying, and i even said i was listening to c-span, but facebook booted me practically immediately. i am gone. so, i just want to warn everyone out there, if you quote anything or paraphrase anything from c-span that is against facebook's opinions, you may be booted for life, just like i got. i am not

in health care advantage. i parked honored with congressman kelly, we have garnered overwhelming bipartisan support to make prior organization streamlined. patients need care right away. this is critically important that we have a system that works. also, look forward to working with you to help improve prior authorization for providers, and our seniors who right now face unnecessary delays in care. look forward to working with you on that, as well. >> absolutely look forward to it. >> thank you mister secretary. i yield back mr. chairman. >> thank you gentlemen. let me recognize the gentleman from california, chu to inquire. >> secretary becerra, so great to have you back. always great to see a fellow southern california. as california's attorney general general -- you defended the human rights of children as a disestablishment by the florida senate agreement. after seeing one of these facilities that were unlicensed and put together from the past -- no federal money would be allocated to emergency inflection

care. according to the world health organization, how you to care is a crucial part of integrated people, centered health services, relieving serious health related suffering, be a physical, psychological, social, or spiritual. and the agency says it's a global ethical responsibility. but is this ethical responsibility being observed? our health services worldwide providing patients and their families with the right care and services. we'll put that to the chair of the board of directors of the international association for hospice and how you took care. dr. lucas rodro talks to al jazeera ah dr. lucas rod brook chair of the board of directors of the international association for hospice and palliative care. thank you for talking to al jazeera. thank you for having me. look at, let me ask you 1st palliative care is not just a type of medical care for patients living with a serious illness. it's also a philosophy of care. so i want to ask you, what is that overall philosophy? well, 1st of all, it's really patient oriented, so it's not only strict guidelines on symptoms, but it's also about asking p

there are no inspectors going in making sure health care is taken care of.ith no prior experience handling children who shared $1 billion in contracts between the three of them. speaking to people like arthur, you realize how hard it was to get anything done there. he just tried to get them a pair of underwear let alone add on the pandemic and everything that comes with that. >> it's like the rules that are designed to keep these kids safe in many ways. we don't want to just release churn coming on to the streets. but does it make it harder. >> you can catch more of julia's exclusive interview tonight on nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. that does it for us today. ayman mohyeldin picks up our coverage coming up next. ayman mohyeldin picks up our coverage coming up next. m cash℠ card, a different kind of card that rewards dan where his spending is trending. just ask stepping outside his comfort zone dan... dan: okay, i don't know where the hole for this is. or fourth time streaming that period drama dan... dan: you just made me miss her best line, dan: so

i wanted to emphasize that the number of health care workers in indonesia who died from covid-19 is very big. we have reported 1440 health workers across indonesia who have died of covid-19 in this month alone in july we are not yet at the end of july, so this month only, there were 224 health care workers who do not think. -- died from covid-19. this is disappointing and sad. anchor: sorry to interrupt. when it comes to that point, i have seen the reports there have been doses of moderna sent by the u.s. in indonesia, and the plans are a boost for the health care workers. why have health care workers been so vulnerable? >> i think the doctor would be the better person to answer the question. but let me jump in. i think because transmissions of the virus, it is way too big for us. this makes so many patients come to the hospital. many hospitals are full. when the hospitals are full with covid patients, you can imagine the transmission of the virus inside the hospital. then the number of health workers, the risk of infections of the virus, they are helping in the hospital. they have a ris

, you know, i felt i was things pass on that and as it says it was, i've been working in public health care since 1983 and an intensive care since 1990 . to put up the board of william octopus. and i mean i, all i can say is this has to be the biggest slap in the face. we've had since the fall of communism up to march. christina c. lion was working in a n d and god porsha best in an intensive care. then at the peak of the pandemic, 3rd wave and hungary, medical workers had their public employee status removed. the government said the new law was to improve the efficiency and flexibility of the chronically underfunded health care system. but the reforms mean it is now easier to fire nurses and health care assistance, and they can be relocated anywhere in the country for up to 2 years. but the legislation did not include was a pay raise. the country's health care workers faced an agonizing choice to accept the new conditions or quit. and if they talk to the media, they risk losing their job. the to staff we met spoke to us only on the condition that we would not show when they work. they just

you know, in the united states, people can access health care because they can't afford health insurance, even if they have insurance. they are buried in debt after the fact. what happens in something like the current of our hits, a population that's indebted your devastating population has no savings, right? 40 percent of americans before the crisis were reported to not be able to handle a 400 dollar emergency. america's health care crisis has intensified during the pandemic. a tidal wave of labels have meant that as many as 27000000 americans have lost employer provided health insurance. and without that cover a hospital stay to treat clothes. it could cost as much as $73000.00. this is despite a government plan announced in march to cover some close related medical bills. the lack of coordination and the need for medical supplies to keep turning. a profit has led hospitals into bidding war. so if a crucial supplies like p, p e masks, tests, and medical equipment, doctors and nurses warning that critical protective gear is running low. this is a hospital where the health care workers h

thanks for having me and he is are quite simply is yes, health care workers. those working in nursing homes, hospitals, home care, whether they're doctors and nurses, respiratory therapist, social workers, they are around vulnerable people, often with weak immune systems. sometimes newborn babies can't be vaccinated yet and they have to protect them. look at the code of ethics around the world of doctors and nurses. they say, do no harm. protect the vulnerable patients 1st. so just on that basis, vaccination for health care workers absolutely must be mandatory. and yet what we're seeing here, france in greece, say the vaccinations will be compulsory here in germany as it stands right now, it's voluntary. what effect do you think this mixed messaging, these competing narratives have? well, i will read that with some countries saying, mandatory and other saying choice. you're going to have people thinking there must be some reason of safety or uncertainty as to why you wouldn't mandate. but i think that's what we have been to respectful of this idea that it is th

we've had enough with meddling politicians getting between americans and their health care decisions. we've had enoughfufu of the shal assaultse on people's freedoms and futures. the time is now for the women's health protection act. i now yield to the ranking member. >> thank you, mr.>> chairman. 48 years ago the supreme court created a right to abortion that had never before existed, that had never received a vote from the american people, that could never have been imagined by the drafters of the constitution. as justice thomas recently wrote, the supreme court, quote, created thehe right to abortion out of whole cloth without a shred of support from the constitution's text. sinceav that tragic decision ov 62 million unborn children have lost their lives. that's 62 million little boys and littlesh girls that never g the chance to breathe a breath of fresh air, never got to laugh, neverbe got to play, nev got to grow up to be scientists, to be inventors, to be athletes, to be poet, to be artists. 62ue million souls that never g the chanceot to live their own unique lives. protecting

they have a duty of care to their employers who they have to maintain the health of and a duty of care toward the patients for whom their employees are looking after. it is balancing this risk between -- between informed consent and all this. the first doctor who documented said first do no harm. it is incumbent on health care workers not to do any harm. brent: there is a lot of talk about whether societies will reach herd immunity. is it even realistic to have that as a goal at this point considering there is vaccine hesitancas well? >> there is not enough people getting vaccinated general in the world but often this is due to lack of vaccine supply. especially in the u.k. at the moment as you probably heard. there is going to be a lot more cases, cases in the u.k. could go up to 100,000 per day. that is not impossible. that means a lot of people will be exposed to the virus. there will be a lot more natural immunity. people have been vaccinated and being exposed to the virus will give them an extra boost of immunity as well. community immunity and herd immunity is increasing but we a

you may have said that, but. >> we are [inaudible] . >> health care [inaudible] health care protection model, i did to covid is about 7.9% is the estimate. >> 7.9% of the increase? >> yes. >> okay. >> and to your point about 5%, 4.9% is attributable to intensity of inflation, reliance and there's another 2% for gem demographic changes, populations inches. >> okay. thank you for that. let me ask a question about attributed to care. your budgets a british knows that the department's decided to place veterans at the center of their own k. it also prioritizes the rebounds of community care. i don't know if the department tells us in detail what a rebalance would entail in this budget submission. what specific factors and data is the department taking into consideration for rebalance, and how does this influence your budget in advanced the appropriation request? >> thanks very much for that. i think that, i think the numbers are roughly about we are dissipate about 25 to 26 billion in community care in this coming year and in the advanced appropriation were asking for slightly over 24 milli

health care workers. with new cases on the rise now in 49 states, fueled by the delta variant among the unvaccinated. the u.s. cases up 314% since last month. florida alone recording 73,000 new cases in the last week. tonight, new york city now requiring all city workers, including teachers and first responders, to be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. california issuing a similar rule for state employees and hospital workers. tonight, the v.a. the first federal agency to require its health care workers to be vaccinated in the next eight weeks. and what we learned tonight about breakthrough cases. >>> overseas tonight, france now requiring vaccination passports for restaurants, bars, theaters. the president saying to those who refuse to be vaccinated,s it's time you stay at home, not us. protesser tos clashing with police, with that country facing a new wave. >>> more than 13 major fires raging in the west tonight and the air quality alerts all the way to the east coast. one just issued in boston from

health care can be improved with community health workers.d morning. >> good morning, thanks for having me. jesse: tell our viewers what "noble magazine" is and the topics it covers. >> "noble magazine" is seeking to make scientific knowledge more accessible to individuals. it is associated with the annual review publications that tends to have rather dry articles academics rate. but we want opportunity for everybody to read it. it is about science and how it relates to [indiscernible] jesse: so in addition to the more than 600,000 covid casualties we have had so far, did the past 18 months shed additional light on our current health care system, and flaws? miya: absolutely. the u.s. health care system has been tasked, for many years, and i look at the mental health care system, we know we have had workforce issues in health care and mental health for a long time. there is enough -- there is not enough doctors, psychologists, social workers, nurses, to meet the need. covid has made this worse. there is also challenges with finance and insuran

the debate over vaccine requirements in health care settings, after this. ings, after this icy hot. works fast. heat makes it last. feel the power of contrast therapy, so you can rise from pain. the national institutes of health are the primary government agency for public health is research. it is huge. 20,000 employees. last night, the head of the agency was on the show. and i asked about vaccine requirements and his answer kind of dreamy for luke. >> i run a hospital, the national institute of health, as the largest research hospital in the world. i would like very much to be sure that all of the people interact with immunocompromised patients are immunized against covid-19. right now i cannot require it because this is still emergency use, but i sure as heck are exhorting people to do that. >> you catch that? the largest research hospital in the planet has not yet have the authority to require the vaccine amongst its employees although local hospitals are doing just that. better health is requiring employees to get the covid-19 vaccine. the houston methodist in texas are asking t

abortion is health care. politics has absolutely no place in the decision-making. whether they are seeing a doctor like me, who has trained more than 14 years to provide community-grounded, culturally responsive, patient-centered care, or whether they are seeing amazing colleagues like nurse practitioners and midwives -- we have a wonderful network of health workers that absolutely support the people we care for. none of us trained to be able to show up here, to attempt to defend the care we provide medically because of political interference. sen. ossoff: thank you. the doctor/patient relationship is the cornerstone. can you discuss the impact of political interference in that confidential relationship on your capacity as a medical provider to provide care, to provide confidential and accurate medical consultation to your patients? dr. perritt: it is absolutely disruptive. i am not a lawyer, i am a doctor. i'm not a politician. and so the idea that anyone should be able to interrupt the legislative efforts, the conversations we are having, deeply personal and priva

american health care crisis has intensified during the pandemic. a tidal wave of labels have meant that as many as 27000000 americans have lost employer provided health insurance. and without that cover a hospital stay to treat clothes. it could cost as much as $73000.00. this is despite a government plan announced in march to cover some covert related medical bills. the lack of coordination and the need for medical supplies to keep turning. a profit has led hospitals into bidding war. so if a crucial supplies like p, p e masks, tests, and medical equipment, doctors and nurses warning that critical protective gear is running low. this is a hospital where the health care workers have taken to wearing garbage bag. it's like being on e bay with 50 other space bidding on a ventilator a hospital or for profit. and so they don't have adequate staff, right? because that would feed into revenue. they don't want to have extra medical supplies that languishing not being used. so what we're going to see is a lot of people who are going to perish, not because o

plus, on top of that health care workers in both the public and private sector. 's in patient workers like at hospitals and long-term care facilities and outpatient workers like those who work at dentists and other doctor's offices. >> we're at a point and this epidemic, this pandemic where choice. individuals choice not to get vaccinated is now impacting the rest of us. any profound and devastating and deadly way. >> california's vaccine verification system for all healthcare and state workers goes into effect in the beginning of august. governor gavin newsome making the announcement monday in oakland after months of allowing workers to self attest to their vaccination status. the state will require proof for those affected workers who are not vaccinated they'll need to get tested weekly and wear masks under state protocols. we. >> our sincere and then our belief and desire that we needt to step things up at this stage of the pandemic. our projections are sobering. 62% of the state's population is now fully vaccinated but covid-19 in california continues to rise.

but health care was affirmative.00 years presidents have been trying to do and coming up short. and this president working with nancy pelosi and harry reid and rank and file members all came together to do something that no one would predict they would have been able to do. >> phil called me and said, get back down to the white house. come back down here. the president wants to see you. i went out on the independence side toward the house, and there were a lot of people there who seemed to just have gathered and it was very emotional. so i got back down to the white house. i opened the door of the roosevelt room and it's uproarous in there. >> the party is upstairs. >> president obama invited a small group of us up to the residence. and it was a combination of the people who really helped get the health care bill done, but then he wanted people like me who had been there in 2007 and 2008 to be there for this moment. >> mrs. obama was out of town, which is probably how he got away with doing something to spontaneous.

doesn't seem to mind and continue the tax on health care while mandatory and the family all being bethany to doctors see it. it's public health system could collapse at a time when people are already suffering from the political turmoil that seems to have no end. and for more than this, i'm joined from bangkok by phil robertson from human rights watch. phil has the military's crack down on medics deprived citizens of healthcare. certainly the crackdown on both doctors and nurses, and also occupying hospitals by the military who is making it very difficult for the ordinary people, marta, to get the health care they need. they have to run a gauntlet of surveillance and control actually if they want to go to one of these hospitals to get health care. there are many people who just don't feel safe. they fear to go into the hospital that are controlled by the military. especially if they are, their relatives have been involved at all with civil disobedience movement. and we're receiving reports of people who are injured on the streets who won't go to hospital get health care. and even cases of

they are indispensable, they are the heart of our health care systems. we're seeing around the world. nurses who are angry at this lack of recognition and respect and increasing strikes in european africa and pacific region as well. on that note, i have coworkers do have a huge leverage particularly now, and they've been demick. if protests grew more nurses went on strike, that would create enormous pressure for their cause, wouldn't it? we went into this pandemic $6000000.00 nurses, short a globally. we got aging nursing workforce in many countries. we've got nurses who have left because to burn out because of anxiety. we don't know the impacts of long copays. the last thing we can afford to do is to lose our nurses are hospitals, all clinics, without stuff, without nurses, they're just empty buildings. it's the people that matter and we should be investing in them and protecting them. now the condemning is at a different stage in different parts of the world. do you see situations improving for health, co workers in areas with high infection rates beca

we couldn't even take care of our own health, and that had extreme effects in our private and family life. now it all seems like exploitation to me. the soda, in recent years, spain has made massive cuts to its public health system. more than a 3rd of medical stuff only have short term contracts, and many clinics have been privatized. during the pandemic, the government promised improvements, but instead the situation is worse and, and get those in charge, haven't changed their tune and must have taught. we are currently making great efforts to create more permanent positions and to ensure that fewer people have to work in unsafe conditions. we hope that the situation will improve, and 2022, almost had. i mean, i know that got, i mean, then those for nurse laura, almo dever and her fired colleagues, there could be some good news, at least for now, many of them will be reinstated over the summer to fill in for others who have gone on vacation at good morning, this with howard captain. he is the ceo of the international council of nurses. i c n. and he joins me from geneva and switzerl

there are many who work in health care who we need to continue working in health care. we don't want to di enfranchise them who don't want to be told what they need to get vaccinated with and when. i would absolutely love it if every single health care worker was vaccinated. i've had to deal with epidemics. vaccine preventable diseases in hospitals, outbreaks caused by health care workers who were not vaccinated. the reality is that mandates can backfire. it can become so political, so heated and you just don't get that good will and that buy-in. i want to see vaccines happen across the board for the public, for health care workers. people are choosing to get vaccinated because they understand the personal benefits and that it's a civic duty. we need to be mindful about where this can go when we are mandating and forcing people to get something done. >> i think the flip side would be flying devil's advocate that yes, vaccine preventable disease, you want people to voluntarily get vaccinated. the issue is they are not. i want to show you the u.s. vaccination trend. we're

this is the logical fulfilments of the ethical commitment, of all health care workers, to put patience first. and take all steps necessary to ensure their health and well-being. nationwide, only 58.7% of nursing home employees, have been fully vaccinated. according to the centers for disease control. and fewer than 9% of hospitals, have required their workers to get vaccinated, according to the american hospital association. today the department of veterans affairs became the first federal agency, to require some of its employees to be vaccinated. the department of veteran affairs will require 115,000 of its front line health care workers, to get vaccinated in the next two months, or face penalties, including possible removal. today new york city mayor announced the cities roughly 340,000 municipal workers, will be required to be vaccinated by the time schools reopen in mid september. or face weekly testing. joining us now is dr. zeke emanuel, a member of president biden's covid-19 advisory board. he is currently a vice provost on global initiatives, at the university of pennsylvania.

there at the forefront of the public health messages organizing systems of care as, as well. and the situation is improving. but we are also seeing areas where the virus is resurgent and there is a huge issue at the moment with the in equity of access to vaccines for nurses and health care workers. there are nurses and health workers in some parts of the world still waiting to be vaccinated, whilst younger people are being jobs in other countries. we all know we're not going to win this race against the virus on our own. as nations, it is a global race and we need to see much more sharing and solidarity and cooperation around the world. and then i see in the report published earlier this year and says, studies across regions suggest that the panoramic has exaggerated the stress and anxiety of felt by nurses and other health. co workers. what do these people suffer from? in particular, we have seen huge physical and psychological impacts on nursing and health care stuff. physical exhaustion, insomnia, burn now and stress, but also the emotional burden of being away from your f

i'd love the federal government to utilize the health care dollars we're spending to incentivize health care systems to do more to keep people safe. through chair, for instance -- through medicare, for instance, providing high-quality care for -- heat is a major driver of emergency rooms. we don't incentivize providers to act. so we could use this massive investment of taxpayer dollars in the health care system which is used for preventable problems like heat to get the health care system engaged on this problem. my big concern with our current response right now, which involves heat alerts and cooling centers, is whether they actually protect the most vulnerable and the health care system will not -- while not perfect in getting to the most vulnerable, between federally qualified health centers, medicare and medicaid recipients, there are avenues to get to folks who are lease likely to get -- least likely to get heat alerts. mr. crist: thank you. doctor. ms. sherrill: before we bring a hearing to the close, i want to thank our witnesses testifying before the committee today. the record

and all health care programs. can you describe these programs and their goals and how will you ensure these programs work? >> it's great to see you. i see that those digs look really familiar to me. that office of yours. you've been able to come in and do a phenomenal job as a member of congress. >> somebody left me some nice furniture. by the way, thank you for all your work and trying to make sure our district, it's a tale of two cities in many ways. folks working together in many ways. president biden has spoken about equity and made it clear he wants to see results. to now say we're going to demand results as well from the people and the programs we have at health and human services. one of the things we're doing, a couple of quick examples, the emphasis and the investment of real money turning into mortality and morbidity. we can take for granted that we have access to health care. some communities have women who are dying as a result of their pregnancy. the women who have terrible outcomes and it should surp

>> no, there are many health care workers that are not vaccinated, unfortunately. in long-term care facilities, for example, about 60% of the workers are vaccinated. but that means 40% are not vaccinated. >> woodruff: and so what is the impetus behind this move today? as we were saying, almost 60 maker-- major medical organizations saying it should be a requirement, mandatory that health care workers be vaccinated. >> well, our motivation is that we're health care workers, we're caring for patients. patients come first. it's our obligation to promote their health and well-being and one of the ways we do that is by taking vaccines. we take the influenza vaccine, the hepatitis vaccine and in the mix of covid-19 we're supposed to take the covid vaccine to protect our patients. whether they are elderly, they're children who can't be vaccinated or imuno compromised cancer patients or organ transplant paicialts. we need to help and protect them and the pest way to do that from covid is to get vaccinated. >> but this pandemic obviously has been going on now for over a year

phil has the military's crackdown on medics deprived citizens of health care. certainly the crackdown on both doctors and nurses, and also occupying hospitals by the military does making it very difficult for the ordinary people of marta to get the health care they need. they have to run a gauntlet of surveillance and control actually if they want to go to one of these hospitals to get health care. there are many people who just don't feel safe. they fear to go into the hospital that are controlled by the military. especially if they are, their relatives have been involved at all with civil disobedience movement. and we're receiving reports of people who are injured on the streets who won't go to hospital get health care. and even cases of people now are contracting cove at 19 and getting into respiratory distress and being unwilling to go to the hospitals and preferring to try to wait it out at home and hope that they improve by themselves. would you then describe what's happening in me and ma, as a medical emergency it is certainly a medical emergency. it is

if less than 5% of the cost increases are due to health care trends like inflation and costlier care, then what is driving the rest of the sharp increases we are seeing? >> very fair question. i appreciate it it. want to focus on two things. one is something that we have been anticipating and we are now experiencing, which was -- which is a significant increase in the demand for care coming out of foregone care during the pandemic, something that we are seeing, incidentally across the economy for veterans and non-veterans alike. as an example of that, i will tell you that from march to may of this year n the direct care system we had 16.5 million appointments. in the community care system, we had 1.25 million appointments. compared to the same period last year, we had 9 million appointments in the direct care system, less than 700,000 in the community care system. so that's about an 80% increase in each, 81 in the first, 79 in the second. part of our staffing request for this year recognizes that that bow wave of care will continue into next year. so that's obviously very important. n

and more now when i bring in health care analysts, dr. john campbell, he joins need tonight from carlyle in the u. k. doctor camp looks good to see you again. let's start with france in greece. they are making corona virus vaccinations, mandatory for all health care workers. talk to me about why this is necessary. well, because these patients are at risk and health care workers can pass the virus on to that patients that we now know quite definitively from day through the u. k. the people that are vaccinated a 50 percent less likely to get the virus in the 1st place. and if they do get that 50 percent less likely to pass it on. so we're talking about the 75 percent level of protection here. so there's a pretty good medical rationale for this. is there an ethical ration now for not making the vaccines compulsory? i'm thinking of the german chancellor, agular macro. she says that there's no need right now to make the vaccinations mandatory. this is a good division of course, and you'll get lots of different opinions from different ethicists

they are the heart of all health care systems. we're seeing around the world. nurses who are angry at this lack of recognition and respect of increasing strikes in european africa and pacific region as well on that note. half coworkers do have a huge leverage particularly now in the panoramic. if protests grew, if more nurses went on strike, that would create enormous pressure for their cause. wouldn't we went into this pandemic, 6000000 nurses, short a globally. we got aging nursing workforce in many countries. we've got nurses who have left because to burn out because of anxiety. we don't know the impacts of long copays. the last thing we can afford to do is to lose our nurses, our hospitals, all clinics, without stuff, without nurses, that just empty buildings. it's the people that matter and we should be investing in them and protecting them. now the condemning is that a different stage in different parts of the world? do you see situations improving for us co workers in areas with high infection rates because of the lessons l

health care. they thrive. they have better preventive maintenance and they're just long term going to do better. so if we can find ways to provide that with these partnerships and with other facilities, other organizations, it's going to benefit veterans in the long run. it is hard to believe there isn't a full hospital there. but providing that have access is extremely important. >> there isn't. >> i come from a very rural part of the country as well in nebraska. the nearest v.a. facility was over three hours from where i was living at the time. they have increased c box in those areas but to the point, when you can't have access to the health care we need to find that flexibility, as pat mentioned, to get them because we know they do better with v.a. health care. >> mr. butler, anything? >> the chicago facility has demonstrated to be a proven model. >> yeah. >> i have also been to alaska and seen how the integration between dod and the alaskan health care system works together. >> yeah. >> so i think that th

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and when you have an extensive health care -- inexpensive health care, you cannot take care of your family. and the government has been infiltrated by profit minded outsourcing people. and when they come, they destroy the cycles that help people together. which is to have some form of insurance as part of their needs . host: thank you. we will let our guest respond. guest: thank you for those points. i want to share, in addition to health insurance that you referenced, in april, a poll by one of our grantee partners, just capital, found that nearly 30% of employees say they still did not feel safe at work. that was about a year into the pandemic. a quarter said that employees did not have a voice to developing their employers covid safety and health protocols through this is not only a humanitarian problem, it's bad for business. it's bad for public health. the pandemic reminded us that all workers, especially those in the lower paying front-line roles have unique insight and expertise into customers and business models. when you activate workers as partners, you can build safer workplaces

workers across the state, including in patient health care workers like at hospitals and lawn careng-term care facilities and outpatient clinics like the dentist and other doctor's offices. >> we're at a point in this epidemic, this pandemic where choice. individuals choice not to get vaccinated is now impacting the rest of us. any profound and devastating and deadly way. >> california's vaccine verification system for all healthcare and state workers goes into effect in the beginning of august. governor gavin newsome making the announcement monday in oakland after months of allowing workers to self attest to their vaccination status. the state will require proof for those affected workers who are not vaccinated they'll need to get tested weekly and wear masks under state protocols. we. >> our sincere and then our belief and desire that we need to step things up at this stage of the pandemic. our projections are sobering. 62% of the state's population is now fully vaccinated but covid-19 in california continues to rise. monday's announcement comes as state officials say the delta v

they are the heart of our health care systems. we're seeing around the world. nurses who are angry at this lack of recognition and respect and then increasing strikes in european africa and pacific region as well on that note. health care workers do have a huge leverage, particularly now in the pen demik. if protest grew, if more nurses went on strike, that would create enormous pressure for their cause, wouldn't it? we went into this pandemic $6000000.00 nurses, short a globally. we've got aging nursing workforce in many countries. we've got nurses who have left because to burn out because of anxiety. we don't know the impact of long copays. the last thing we can afford to do is to lose our nurses, our hospitals, all clinics, without stuff, without nurses, they're just empty buildings. it's the people that matter and we should be investing in them and protecting them. now there and then it gets at a different stage in different parts of the world. do you see situations improving for health care workers and areas with high infecti

and as it says, i've been working in public health care since 1983 and an intensive care since 1990 to the board of william octopus. and i'm new i all i can say is, i mean this has to be the biggest flap in the face we've had since the fall of communism as well. to march. christina c line was working in a n d and gone porsha bashed in an intensive care. then at the peak of the pandemic, 3rd wave and hungary, medical workers had their public employee status removed. the government said the new law was to improve the efficiency and flexibility of the chronically underfunded health care system. but the reforms mean it is now easier to fire nurses and health care assistance, and they can be relocated anywhere in the country for up to 2 years. but the legislation did not include was a pay raise. the country's health care workers faced an agonizing choice to accept the new conditions or quit. and if they talk to the media, the risk losing their job. the to staff we met spoke to us only on the condition that we would not show where they work from the wages and couldn't believe that the govern