and to use innovative practices such as telehealth. this is why we are working with the dea to make it possible for clinician to have a greater reach and to reach americans in the areas of such difficulty accessing. >> right. thank you again for your work. i yield back. >> thank you. all members have had the opportunity to ask questions. i would think our witness for taking time to be here with us today. pursuant to committee rules i remind members have 10 business days to submit additional questions for the record. i asked our witness to submit responses within 10 business days upon receipt of those questions. without objections, the subcommittee is adjourned. [inaudible conversations]

peter: finally, we had talked a little bit about tele-education and telehealth. those are pretty fast fields, aren't they? ms. pidgeon: yes, both of those are tremendously fast-growing fields, but i think they are both great examples of that old adage that necessity is the mother of invention. here in alaska, we have been at the front edge of telehealth, tele-education, and, really, it's out of necessity. in many of our small communities, there really is not the ability to foster -- sometimes, there's no dr. delivering care to community residents, and when an emergency comes their way, they have utilized telemedicine for years to bring expertise in communities to improve the quality of health care and health in their communities and really actually reduce cross over time, too, minimizing -- reduce cost over time, too, minimizing unnecessary and expensive and sometimes risky flights from a distant location where maybe you can get the expert help that was needed. that has been a huge benefit for alaska and telemedicine. same on the education front. many of our smal

and to use innovative practices such as telehealth. this is why we are working with the dea to make it possible for clinician to have a greater reach and to reach americans in the areas of such difficulty accessing. >> right. thank you again for your work. i yield back. >> thank you. all members have had the opportunity to ask questions. i would think our witness for taking time to be here with us today. pursuant to committee rules i remind members have 10 business days to submit additional questions for the record. i asked our witness to submit responses within 10 business days upon receipt of those questions. without objections, the subcommittee is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> c-span washington journal. live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, heritage action for america's tim chapman discussed his groups role in the upcoming midterm elections and supreme court confirmation hearings. then a look at election security in the upcoming midterms. amid concer

. >> finally tina pidgeon, we talked a little bit about the education and telehealth. those are pretty fast-growing fields, are they? >> yes, both of those are tremendously fast-growing fields but i think they are both great example of that old adage that necessity is the mother of invention. here in alaska, we have been happy front edge of telehealth, tele-education, and really about necessity in many of our small communities, there is not the ability to foster, sometimes there's no doctor, often community health aides delivering care for the residents and when an emergency comes their way really an alaskan communities, they have utilized telemedicine for years to be able to bring expertise and in communities to improve the quality of health care and help in their communities and really reduce costs over time to minimizing unnecessary and expensive and sometimes risky flights from a distant community to a location where maybe you could ask for treatment that was needed . so that's been a huge benefit or alaskan telemedicine. the same on the education front. many are m

here in alaska we have been at the front edge of telehealth, tele- education and really it is out of necessity. many of our small committees there is not the ability to foster and sometimes there is no doctor at community health aides were delivering care to the residents and when an emergency comes their way in alaska and communities, they have utilized telemedicine for years to be able to bring parties and communities to improve the quality of healthcare and health in their communities. a reduced cost over time to minimizing unnecessary and expensive and sometimes risky flights from a distant community to a location where maybe you could get the extra treatment was needed. that's been a huge benefit for alaskan telemedicine. same on the education front. many of our spiral, rural villages have a single school where the go to school. that means that you might only have one or two or three teachers. in many school districts they been able to locate more expert teachers and what they can do share those resources by using distance-learning and utilizing the underlying broadband to impro

for example, telehealth. may be cheaper than a physician's office visit, but it is not meaningful -- that medicare and medicaid would pay for physicians office visit. these system mostly stick to the old service network number rather than adopt new technology that could bring down system costs. havethan a decade after we iphones and skype, which made video chatting and everyday experience, there is still spot reimbursement and scant use of something like telehealth. attead of innovations, aimed large populations, we end up with something else. we see innovations aimed at specialty conditions, specialist physicians and niche health conditions. years, of the past five the fda has approved more new specialized drugs than it has primary care drugs. r&dhis world, to recoup costs, drug and device manufacturers are charging higher and higher prices to fewer and fewer patients in order to recoup the cost of going to market. and in prescription drugs, cost shifting is especially visible. patients pay 20% of their pres

then telehealth. that is a big opportunity for us. you can't assess something if you can't measure it. you can't make it universal unless -- unless you acknowledge it's a real problem. what congress said in 1996 required fcc to report annually on telecommunications capabilities being deployed to all americans in a timely fashion. in 2016, the deployment report said and you concurred with the, it was critical. you said the administration had failed to deliver advanced communication capabilities to the american people in a reasonable and timely fashion. you ask illicitly said it was not -- explicitly said it was not being met. in 2018, in the report, it is under your leadership, it was determined that the services were now being deployed in a reasonable fashion. you said in your statement that the current fcc is now meeting its statutory mandate to encourage the deployment of broadband on a timely basis. >> that is not what congress required. >> it is required to get the job done. i want to spell out some of the facts and you can tell m

we have greatly expanded telehealth and walk-in clinics. we are in process -- processing veterans disability claims more quickly than ever before. earlier this year, with roberts help, we passed veterans choice, the one i wanted so badly. us for 40 years, 50 years? forever. care, veterans cannot get and the kind of care they need in a be facility, they have the right to go see a private doctor immediately. and we pay for it. we save a lot of money by doing that and take care of our veterans properly. and theaccountability v.a. toys, accountability was tough to get approved. 45 years, they tried and could not. v.a. choice was topper. we got them -- tougher. we got them both. robert, thank you for your help. no veteran should have to indoor long waiting times for the care they have earned. that is where the a choice will come along. we will not rest until veterans have the highest quality care anywhere on earth. secretary wilkie, i want to congratulate you strongly. you are an outstanding man and a great football player, which nobody knows. h

opportunity to ramp up cost savings even more with rapid advances in digital technology such as telehealth, remote monitoring, and artificial intelligence. one example i became aware of is when an australian health system offered remote care coordination services to people with type ii diabetes. they collected home monitoring information. those patients then saw a drop in their blood glucose of a full percentage point when managed remotely versus seeing a traditional doctor. that is a large enough of effect size to get a new drug approved at the fda. the cost of hair also dropped about $900 per patient per year. this is what the power of technology can do. i yet technology by itself is not enough. in other industries, technology has only been transformative when it has operated in an efficient, networked way. in detroit, i can think of no better example than the story of the automobile. henry ford used technology, the moving assembly line, to reduce the time needed to produce a single model t from 12 hours to 90 minutes, which allowed a 2/3 reduction in cost and pricing. but the automobile

we have greatly expanded telehealth and walk-in clinics. we are crossing veterans disability claims more quickly by far the never before. earlier this year, with robert's help, we passed veterans choice. that was the one i wanted so badly. that we all went to so badly. for 40 years,us 50 years? it has eluded us wherever. forever. if veterans can i can care and the kind of care they need at a v.a. facility, they need to go immediately to see a private doctor and we pay for. money, by thef way. we take care of our veterans properly. so, between accountability and the v.a. choice, they said it was tough to get it approved. 45 years they tried and could not. the a choice they said was tougher. we got them both. i just want to thank you guys. robert, thank you for your help. endureran should have to long waiting times for the care they have art. that is where the choice comes along. will not rest until veterans of the highest quality care anywhere on earth. robert wilkie, you are an outstanding man and also a great football player. we won't disc

so we should align public policy in support of this movement in telehealth. that's what i'm glad chairman pai asked me m to lead the new telehealth initiative which will consider at our august meeting. the connected care pilot program aims to provide up to $100 million to support connected care deployment, focus on low income patients. i look forward to working with all stakeholders aski we seek, establishing the program. chairman black burn, ranking member doyle, members, thank you for holding the steering. i welcome your questions. >> gentleman yield back. ms. rosen were purcell, your recognized. >> good afternoon, chairman black burn, ranking member door and the other members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. i believe the future belongs to the connected. no matter who you are or where you live in this country, you need access to modern communications to have a fair shot at 21st century success. int the federal communications commission. it's been nine months today since we last appeared before you for an oversi

. >> and finally tina, we had talked a little bit about tele- education and telehealth , those are prettyforward to fields, aren't they. >> yes, both of those are tremendously fast-growing but i think they're both great examples of that old adage that necessity is the mother of invention. here in alaska we have been at the front edge of telehealth, tele- education, and really is out of necessity in many of our small communities there really is not the ability to foster, sometimes is no doctor and its community health aides were delivering care to the residence and when an emergency comes their way, really it in alaskan communities they have utilized telemedicine for years to be able to bring expertise in communities to improve quality of healthcare and health in their communities and really, actually reduce cost over time to minimizing and unnecessarily an expensive and risky fright fro flight from a distance community where maybe you could get the service that was needed. same on the education front. many of our smaller world villages only have a single school were all the schools studen

then, the incoming president for alaska telemedicine and telehealth. health about providing care to remote communities in alaska. watch the communicators monday night on c-span2. >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the confirmation process on c-span leading up to the senate confirmation hearings and the vote. watch live on c-span, watch anytime on c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> as part of our year-long 50 capital store, the c-span bus made the journey to juneau, alaska, capital of the 49th state. this weekend on book tv in american history tv, we will feature our stops across alaska, showing the states and natural beauty, history, and literary culture. >> now, as part of c-span's alaska weekend, an interview with senator lisa murkowski. she talks about her home state, her role as chair of the natural resources committee and her thoughts on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. this is just under 30 minutes. lisa murkowski of alaska, there are not too many third-gener

then incoming president for telemedicine and telehealth, chris dietrich on providing service for health centers. >>> now democratic agenda strategies for the 2018 elections. this is hosted by the group called new democracy. this is 45 minutes. >>> we're just waiting on one more. i wanted to say thank you, everyone. i know it's like 3:00 p.m. on the day. it's a long day and everyone is tired. i was going to do breathing and yoga exercises to raise the energy, but i thought that might not be very good for our perceptionist coastal elitists, so i decided not to. but if anyone's smartwatch is telling them to take a breath or walk around the room, there is no judgment coming from the health care panel. anyway, we appreciate everyone staying until the end of the day to discuss an important conversation on the pathway to health care. for over a year now, americans have listed health care as the most important problem facing the country. in fact, just this week, 65% of americans said in a reuters ipsis poll that they are very concerned about the overall cost of insurance including premiums, ded

we are greatly expanding telehealth and walk-in clinics, so our veterans can get in anywhere at any time, they can get what they need and they can learn about the problem and they don't have to necessarily drive long distances and wait. we are all -- and it's been a very big success -- we are processing veterans disability claims more quickly than ever before. the va has implemented the decision ready claims process where claims can be completed in under two weeks. we are striving for one day, but only two weeks. it used to be many, many months. last year, i signed legislation legislation -- it's amazing, i just said last year. it's been a long time already, hasn't it? that was some campaign, wasn't it? [cheers and applause] i signed it legislation so that veterans can use their g.i. bill education benefits at any point in their lifetime, big difference. they never expire, so that's can get the education they need when it is right for them. and with the vfw tremendous help, we past veterans choice, the biggest thing ever. that has to be the biggest improvement you can have. so now if you

telehealth. it holds benefit to the system at large but on the issue of access for rural america, which iser carr, what can we expect out of the three-year pilot program and what can rural communities expect in. >> thank you for the question. these are some thing we want to tee up in this notice of inquiry that is up for vote. we have seen and great examples of telehealth patient monitoring technology that significantly improved outcome for low-income patients including rural america in the mississippi deal to and also seen significant cost savings. that one program i mentioned, the mississippi delta, if just 20% of the diabetic population enrolled in that program would safe $189 million in terms of expenses. >> very good. anyone else to add on that? yes. >> i also would add and agree with everything commissioner carr said. president kennedy's first ncc chairman and i wrote a new bipartisan aned that emphasizes the importance of telemedicine and he pounds on the -- if you look at the cases we ide

then telehealth. that is a big opportunity for us. you can't assess something if you can't measure it. you can't make it universal unless -- unless you acknowledge it's a real problem. what congress said in 1996 required fcc to report annually on telecommunications capabilities being deployed to all americans in a timely fashion. in 2016, the deployment report said and you concurred with the, it was critical. you said the administration had failed to deliver advanced communication capabilities to the american people in a reasonable and timely fashion. you ask illicitly said it was not -- explicitly said it was not being met. in 2018, in the report, it is under your leadership, it was determined that the services were now being deployed in a reasonable fashion. you said in your statement that the current fcc is now meeting its statutory mandate to encourage the deployment of broadband on a timely basis. >> that is not what congress required. >> it is required to get the job done. i want to spell out some of the facts and you can tell m

the incoming president of telemedicine and telehealth, will talk about providing healthcare three telemedicine. on the tv on saturday at noon eastern, the c-span cities tour explores the alaska literature -- literary scene with the author of amazing pipeline stories. on sunday at 9 pm eastern, on afterwards, officer -- author mark adams talks about his book, tip of the iceberg. his experience retracing in 1899 expedition as scientists, conservationists, and others on the alaskan coast. on sunday at 2 pm, that c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capitol in the alaska native heritage center. they also will look at preparing seafood for market. at 4:30 pm on reel america, watch four documentaries on alaska. a 1936 film, a 1949 film, a 1967 film and a 1944 film. watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday, july 21 and 22 on the c-span networks

then, incoming president of the alaska collaborative for telemedicine telehealth christopher dietrich on providing healthcare through telemedicine to remote communities in alaska. watch "the communicators" tonight at eight p.m. p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> on the eve of the 100th anniversary of nelson mandela's birth former president barack obama delivered the annual medulla lecture in south africa to a crowd of almost 15000 people. president obama talked about promoting active citizenship in a changing world. this is about 90 minutes. ...

the incoming president for telehealth will talk about providing healthcare and telemedicine. then, book tv saturday noon eastern the c-span cities tour except the literary historical theme. the author of amazing pipeline stories, the president of the alaska heritage institute with her book on alaskan natives. stan jones will talk on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. sunday on afterwards, author mark adams talks about his book, tip of the iceberg. he retraces and 1899 -- the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capitol, the alaskan heritage center and we will take a look at preparing seafood for market. at 430 on real america, watch for documentaries on alaska. the film alaska silver millions, 1949 film, eskimo hunters in northwestern alaska. watch alaska weekend, saturday and sunday july 21 and 22nd on the c-span networks. where you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >> sunday for the q&a, the daughter of american diplomat discusses her memoir, daughter of a cold war. >> i met putin and 91 in st. petersburg. >> was he deputy mayor then? >> yes. i was running my b

program file program were to have the telehealth technologies?remaking for the question. and with that notice of inquiry. it was telehealth the remote technology are significantly improved outcomes. and in the mississippi delta also with those cost savings the one program that i mentioned 20% of the diabetic population and then projected to save $189 billion through medicaid expenses. >> very good. but then to emphasize the importance of telemedicine and we found that these principles very well. look in kentucky for the first time they can treat students because there is no pediatrician and that falcon key county. or look in idaho with a give better health consultations around the country. all the things the fcc is doing in collaboration we can dramatically improve those outcomes. that isn't a direct impact on you but spending a lot of money and to save money for the system and to save money for the system how about another five minutes. >> you are recognized. >> thank you for all your service to the country and i appreciate it to have the transp

ree-year pilot was sort of job creation can enroll families expect from telehealth technologies? >> thanks so much for the question. these are some of the things that we want to tee up. we have seen significant cost savings. diabeticam, 20% of the population and rolled that program and saved $189 million in terms of the state's medicaid expenses. >> very good. anyone else to add on that? >> i agree with everything commissioner carr said. -- newt min and i now and i wrote an op-ed. of the casest some we identified, schools in kentucky for the first time are able to treat students because there are no future visions in all of al in county, kentucky. if you look at florida and idaho where they are providing consultations around the country, what you see what they are doing in collaboration with private and public sectors, we can improve health outcomes for millions of americans. we are scratching the surface. onnding a lot of money emergency room visits, if we do proactive health treatments for some of these folks, we can save a lot of money for the system, but more importantly, sav

expanding broadband is important not just for telehealth in medicine but for increasing social connections. social isolation is a real problem. it is directly associated with high health care costs and poor healthcare outcomes. there's value -based healthcare but there needs to be a recognition amongst policymakers that these have unique challenges and in many cases require innovative payment models to help with the transition. finally, there's a need to build a health professional pipeline. most were born and brought up there. more exposure to healthcare in the adolescent years would be highly desirable. snow just a few of these ideas echoing many that have occurred. i look for to the discussion. [applause] >> thank you. i want to open it up to everybody at the table. the mayor has been sitting up here some of the questions that i had proposed for discussion have been addressed. want to open it to the larger group. i think we have been aware of what the administration has been doing. announcements come out every day of new efforts to undo the puzzle pieces and how they fit together. i wan

[applause] we're greatly expanding telehealth and walk-in clinics so our veterans can get anywhere atthey can learn about the problem, and they don't have to necessarily drive long distances and wait. we are also -- it's been a very big success. [applause] we're also processing veteran disability claims more quickly than ever before by far. the v.a. has implemented the decision ready claims process where claims can be completed in under two weeks. we're striving for one day. but under two weeks. it used to be many, many months. [applause] last year i signed legislation -- it's amazing i just said last year. it's been a long time already, hasn't it? that was some campaign, wasn't it? [cheers and applause] i signed legislation so that veterans can use their g. i'mi.l education benefits at any point in their lifetime. that's a big difference. [applause] they never expire so vets can get the education they need when it is right for them. and with the vfw's tremendous help, we passed veterans choice, the biggest thing ever, the biggest thing. that's got to be -- [applause] the biggest impr

then incoming president of the alaska collaborative medicine and telehealth, are providing healthcare through telemedicine. two remote communities in alaska. then on booktv, saturday at noon eastern, they c-span city store explores alaska's literary and historical seen with dermot cole. author of amazing pipeline stories. the president of the sea alaska heritage institute with her book on alaskan natives, celebration. and stan jones author and former anchorage daily news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. and sunday at 9 pm eastern, on "after words" mark adams talks about his book, tip of the iceberg. his experience retracing in 1899 expedition of scientists, artists, conservationists and writers of the alaskan coast. un-american-- on american history t.v. they visit the alaska state capital, the heritage center and army base. at 4:00 on reel america, watch for documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film, alaska silver millions. the 1949 film, eskimo hunters and northern alaska. the 1967 film, alaska centennial. and the 1944 film, alaska highway. watch alaska weeken

expanding broad band is important not just for telehealth and telemedicine but increasing social connections. social isolation is a real problem in rural america and one directly associated with high health care costs and poor health care outcomes. there's receptivity towards rural health care in america but there needs to be a recognition that they have unique challenges that require innovative payment models to help with the transition needed. finally, there's a real need to build a health professionals pipeline in rural america. most health professionals were born and brought up there. more exposure to health care careers, particularly during the adolescent years, middle school, high school years would be highly desirable. anyhow, a quick snapshot on a couple of these ideas, echoing many of the thoughts you've heard and looking forward to the discussion. thank you. >> thank you. i just want to open it up to everyone at the table. if anyone wants to jump in. mayor james, you've been sitting up here for a little while. if you have anything to add. some of the questions i proposed for our di

. >> we're greatly expanded telehealth and walk-in clinics so our veterans can get anywhere, at anytime, they can get what they need, they can learn about the problem, they don't have to necessarily drive long distances and wait. we are also, it has been a very big success. reporter: the president also mentioned disability claims and how they brought those claims down to be processed within two weeks but the goal is to bring the processing part to one day. so they're still working on that goal. the president highlighted new leader of the veterans affairs department. yesterday the senate voted on putting forth robert wilkie, 55 years old. the senate voted 86-9. the president highlighted that those that voted against wilkie and are super left and running against him in 2.5 years. mr. wilkie will be responsible for overhauling the veterans affairs department. it is the second largest department in the government branch with over 360,000 employees. last but not least, there was a lot to recap, there is talk about military. the president highlighted fact yesterday they voted and will be incr

we're greatly expanding telehealth and walk-in clinics so our veterans can get anywhere at any time. they can get what they need. they can learn about the problem, and they don't have to necessarily drive long distances and wait. we are also -- it's been a very big success. we're also processing veteran disability claims more quickly than ever before by far. the va has implemented the decision ready claims process, where claims can be completed in under two weeks. we're striving for one day. but under two weeks. it used to be many, many months. last year i signed legislation -- it's amazing i just said last year. it's been a long time already, hasn't it? that was some campaign, wasn't it? i signed legislation so that veterans can use their g.i. bill education benefits at any point in their lifetime. it's a big difference. they never expire, so vets can get the education they need when it is right for them. with the vfw's tremendous help, we passed veterans choice, the biggest thing ever, the biggest thing. that's got to be the biggest improvement you can have. so now if you can't get

then incoming president of the teled me sip and telehealth, providing health care through telemedicine to remote communities in alaska. and then on book tv, saturday at noon eastern, the c-span cities tour explores the alaska literary and historical scene with der mitt cole, author of amazing pipeline stories. the president of the sea alaska heritage institute with her book on alaska natives, celebration, and stan jones, author and former anchoragedale news investigating reporter on the exxon valdez oil spill. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on after words, mark adams talks about his book "tip of the iceberg." >> the c-span city tour visits the alaska state capital, and we'll look at preparing seafood for market from alaska glacier seafood incorporated. and at 4:30 on real america, watch four documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film "alaska's silver millions," the 1949 film, "eskimo hunters." "alaska centennial" and "alaska highway." watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday, july 21 and 22, on the c-span networks. at c-span.org. or listen with the free c-span radio am. -- app. >> house s

then incoming president of the alaska collaborative for telemedicine and telehealth, christopher dieterich on providing health care through telemedicine to remote communities in alaska. and then on book tv saturday at noon eastern, the c-span cities tour explores the alaska literary and historical scene with dermott colt, trosita whir. and stan jones reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. and sunday on after words, mark adams talk about his book "tip of the iceberg." his experience retracing an expedition of scientists, artists, and writers of the alaskan coast. on american history tv on c-span3, the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capitol, the heritage center, and we'll look at preparing seafood for market. and at 4:30 on reel america, watch four documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film "alaska's silver millions." the 1949 film "eskimo hunters in northwestern alaska." the 1967 film "alaska centennial." and the 1944 film "alaska highway." watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday july 21st and 22nd on the c-span networks, on c-span.org, or listen with the c-span radio app. >>

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one program provides grants to support statewide or regional pediatric mental health aired telehealth access programs. such programs could be especially helpful in early identification and dream of mental health issues in school age children. this is especially critical because 50% of all chronic mental illness begins by age 14. 21st century cures made meaningful long sought reforms to our mental health system and is the result of thoughtful bipartisan legislation created over the course of several years. while this law reflects on our diligence and commitment to improving america's overall mental health, there is work that remains to be done. i'll yield back the balance of my time and recognize ranking member of the subcommittee, mr. green, five minutes for an opening statement, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for holding today's hearing on the implementation of the 21st century cures act. today we will be examining division c of the law which focuses on mental health programs and activities administered by the substance abuse and mental health service administration. i want to t

then, incoming president of the alaska collaborative for telemedicine and telehealth to remote communities in alaska. watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. announcer: this week on "q&a," grace kennan warnecke, the daughter of an american diplomat, discusses her memoir, "daughter of the cold war." brian: grace kennan warnecke, why did they call you years ago "miss x"? race: because my father sent back the longest telegram ever sent to the state department in 1947. this telegram became an article which he was not allowed to sign which first appeared in foreign affairs and it was called the "x article" because it was anonymous. they did not know who signed it. it was then reprinted in "life" magazine. but, because of the mystery about it, it was called "x" and i was called "miss x" by people who thought they were very smart. brian: what year would that have been? grace: i was in college so this was in the 1950's. brian: the telegram is 5500 words. what was it about? grace: i have seen the whole telegram laid out on tables. it is amazing. the telegram was about the fact

then incoming president of the alaska collaborative for telemedicine and telehealth, christopher dietrich, on providing health care through telemedicine to remote communities in alaska. watch "the communicators" tonight at 8 eastern on c-span2. >> the group new democracy discussed how the democratic party can advance its agenda leading up to the 2018 and 2020 elections and also training americans for jobs in a future work force. speakers included former louisiana senator mary landrieu and several current members of congress. this is just under an hour. >> to the second part of this discussion which really is about the social compact, the new bargains we have to strike and get business, labor and government together on to underpin upward mobility for working class people, people who don't have great levels of education and need more to get the middle income jobs and the better jobs. so to kick us off, we're lucky to have our good friend congressman john delaney from maryland. he is a entrepreneur and i think still the only member of congress to have served as a ceo of companies that are pu

then incoming president of the alaska collaborative for telemedicine and telehealth, christopher dietrich on providing health care through telemedicine to remote communities in alaska. watch "the communicators" tonight at 8 eastern on c-span2. >> the group new democracy discussed how the democratic party can advance its agenda leading up to the 2018 and 2020 elections and also training americans for jobs in a future work force. speakers included former louisiana senator mary landrieu and several current members of congress. this is just under an hour. >> to the second part of this discussion which really is about the social compact, the new bargains we have to strike and get business, labor and government together on to underp

transportation, telehealth, things around mental health disorders, and recognizing that you cannot address opioid addiction without talking about mental health, talking about issues around trauma, and certainly addressing issues around homelessness. we have learned that every single service is so much better. >> that is the core tenets of social health, and we have the front lines have been saying that we know what works. we just need the resources to help us get there. this sense of optimism is a sense of what i feel in listening to our partners and our federal elected officials coming here today. i want to end with concluding remarks from senator warren and congressman cummings. sen. warren: addiction is a medical issue, not a moral failing. we need to treat it that way. i listened to mr. hodge talk about how hard it is to get treatment or to find treatment beds available. there is nowhere in america where if someone comes in and says, i have hurt my leg, they say, you have broken your leg, we will have a spot for setting your leg probably in the next two weeks. can you come back then? t

then come incoming president of the alaska collaborative for telemedicine and telehealth, christopher dietrich come on providing health care to remote communities in alaska. watch the communicators tonight .t 8:00 eastern on c-span 2 >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white , and, the supreme court public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> washington journal continues. host: on mondays when congress is in session we like to look at the week ahead in washington. to do that we are joined by reporters covering both ends of pennsylvania avenue from capitol hill, dan neuhauser is a staff correspondent for the national journal. ayesha rascoe is white house reporter for npr. weeks most anticipated hearing is mike pompeo's appearance before the foreign relations committee. how is the white house approaching this hearing on wednesday afternoon? ayesha: it seems

then, incoming president of the alaska collaborative for telemedicine and telehealth christopher dietrich on providing healthcare through telemedicine to remote communities in alaska. and then, on booktv saturday at noon eastern the cspan cities tour explores the alaska literary historical scene with dermot cole, author of amazing pipeline stories, the president of the heritage institute and a book on celebration and daily news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon oil still. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words", author mark adams talks about his book tip of the iceberg's experience retracing in 1899 expedition of scientists, artists, conservationists and writers of the alaskan code word on an american history tv on c-span three, sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. the cspan cities tour visits the alaska state capitol, the alaska native heritage center and will take a look at preparing seafood for market from alaska glacier seafood incorporated. at 4:30 on real america, watch documentaries on america for the 1936 film alaska silver millions, the 1949 film eskimo hunters in northwester

this allows plans to offer coverage for valuable services like telehealth or primary care appointments without a deductible. the bill permits patients to access the patient-centered direct primary care arrangements. provision champion by the bipartisan team of mr. paulsen and mr. blumenauer. the bill also allows coverage for certain medical services from a retail or onsite clinic and permits contributions to an s.a. if their spouse has a f.s.a. which is prohibited today. another provision allows rollovers from other tax-advantaged health accounts to be used to fund h.s.a.'s. these proposals were included in mr. kelly and mr. blumenauer's bipartisan legislation. additionally, this bill contains the fit act introduced by mr. jason smith and mr. kind, that would allow certain qualified fitness expenses to be eligible items that can be paid for with tax-advantaged dollars offsetting a portion of their costs and promoting healthy activity. lastly, the legislation repeals the affordable care act's unnecessary barriers when it comes to using tax-advantaged health accounts to purchase over the

incoming president of the alaska collaborative telemedicine and telehealth, christopher dietrich on providing healthcare through telemedicine to remote communities in alaska. then on booktv, saturday at noon eastern. the c-span cities tour explores the alaska literary and historical theme with dermot cole, author of amazing pipeline stories. the president of the heritage institute with her book on alaskan natives celebration and sam jones, author and former anchorage daily news investigative reporter, on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. sunday at 9 pm eastern, on. "after words" talking about -- on the alaskan coast. on american history t.v. on c-span3. sunday at 2 pm eastern. the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capital. the alaska native heritage center and will look at preparing seafood for market from alaska glacier seafood incorporated. at 4:30 pm on reel america, watch four documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film, alaska silver millions. the 1949 film, eskimo hunters in northwestern alaska. the 1967 film, alaska centennial. and the 1944 film, alaska highway. watch alaska weekend

the incoming president of the alaska collaborative for and telehealth on providing health care to remotemunities in alaska. , the c-span cities tour explores the alaska literary and historical theme with the author of "amazing pipeline stories." of the sea alaska with her book on alaska natives. and a former investigative reporter on the 1980 nine exxon valdez oil spill. sunday on afterwords, his ray "tip of the iceberg" tracing an expedition of scientists, artists, and excavation us of the alaskan coast. tour visitsities the alaskan state capitol, the alaska native heritage center, and preparing seafood for market from alaska glacier seafood incorporated. america, for documentaries on alaska. , a1946 film, a 1949 film 1967 film, and a 1944 film. alaska weekend saturday and sunday on july 21 and 22nd on the c-span networks at c-span.org, or listen with the c-span radio app. "washington journal" continues. host: chris stewart is at our the housember of select intelligence committee joining us ahead of the hearing you have to get to at 8:30. what is that about? china and china's interferen

then the incoming president for the telemedicine and telehealth on providing remote care to alaska. and then saturday at noon eastern, the cities tour explores the historical scene with dermott cole author of "amazing pipeline stories." rosita whirl with alaska natives. and stan jones author and former anchorage reporter. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on after words, mark adams talks about his book "tip of the i icebe iceberg." on american history tv on c-span3, sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capital. the alaska native heritage center. and will take a look at preparing seafood for market. and at 4:00 on real america, watch four documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film alaska silver millions. the 1949 film eskimo hunters. the 1967 film alaska centennial. and the 1944 film alaska highway. watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday on the c-span networks, c-span.org, or listen in on the free c-span radio app. >>> matt walsh is the author of "the unholy trinity" blocking the left's assault on life, marriage, and gender. he was one of he the spea

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nutshell, the bill allows plans to cover -- to offer coverage for high-value, low-cost services, like telehealth, chronic disease management, such as diabetic testing strips, or primary care visits below the deductible. in a nutshell, what we're trying to do is give patients more choices, more capacity, to be more demonstrative about navigating through their own health care needs. this is a good bipartisan approach. i thank the gentlelady for including it, and i thank her for the time. i urge its passage, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from kansas reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. blumenauer: reserves. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentlewoman from kansas is recognized. jenkjnk -- ms. jenkins: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. paulsen, who has worked tirelessly in this area. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. mr. paulsen: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairwoman for yielding. mr. speaker, as an a

then incoming president of the alaska collaborative for telemedicine and telehealth on providing health care through telemedicine to remote communities and alaska. watch "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> and taking your life to the use senate starting with speeches by leadership and then senators will turn to the nomination of robert willkie to be the next secretary of veterans affairs. a confirmation vote on the nominee scheduled for 5:30 p.m. eastern time.

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[cheering and applause] we are greatly extending telehealth and walk-in clinics start veterans can getan get what they need to learn about the problem and they don't have to necessarily drive long distances in weight. we are - it's been a big success and were also processing veteran disability claims more quickly than ever before and the va has implement it the decision ready claims where claims can be completed in under makes and we are striving for one day but under two weeks. it used to be many months. [applause] last year i signed legislation, amazing i said last year, it's been a long time already, has in it? that was some campaign, was in it? i signed legislation so that veterans can use their g.i. bill education benefits and any point in their lifetime. big difference. they never expire so that's can get the education they need when it is right for them. and with the vfw's terminus help we passed veterans twice, the biggest thing ever and the biggest thing that has to be the biggest improvement you can ha have. so now if you can't get treatment that you need in a timely manner,