We discovered in doing the , it is afor the video huge problem for a lot of lgbt youth. As you saw on the video, it is only illegal in five states, which is incredible and 2017 that that is possible. Also, we have a Vice President right now who has advocated for National Funds to be spent on conversion therapy. Thats kind of scary from the beginning. That is what inspired us to make it, mike pences election. When i came out to my parents , i endured a lot of emotional and physical abuse. Ive had clients that experienced electrocution. In my late 20s went through an exorcism. Prayer begging the lord to make me straight, and he never did. When you try to slam a round peg into a square hole, something has got to give. Conversion therapy is a psychological treatment meant to change someones Sexual Orientation or gender identity. The practice can involve anything from talk therapy and teambuilding exercises to painful aversion therapy and shock treatment. And organizations mainstream psycho
Focused on the future and how we can Work Together to create a better, brighter healthier one for the Healthcare System rather than on rehashing the mistakes we made long ago. As we begin to move forward, we must not lose sight of where we started. Years ago, next month in this very room, the Committee Heard testimony from a veteran named barry coates who spoke about waiting almost a year for care at the department of Veterans Affairs facility of south carolina. He was finally seen long after he should have been. He was diagnosed for colon cancer that had spread to his liver and to his lungs. He passed away in january last year. It was garys story and accompanying allegations that 40 veteran patients had died while waiting to receive care for the Va Medical Center in phoenix arizona that kicked off a nationwide access and accountability scandal the likes of which the da had never seen. It also led directly to the creation of the Choice Program and to the allocation of billions more tax
Friday a hearing on marine Corps Readiness and modernization efforts. A House Armed Services subcommittee hears from the deputy commandant Lieutenant General gary thomas. Live 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2. And later representatives from indigenous and tribal groups gather in washington, d. C. For a rally in response to the Dakota Access pipeline and the excel peepline project. Thats live also on cspan 2. Your documentary has been selected as this years grand prize winner. Oh seventh and ninth grade sisters ava and mia lazar of blacksburg, virginia, this years grand Prize Winners of our student cam video documentary competition. Their winning documentary is titled the tempest tossed, which explores refugees and immigration policy. A refugee is defined as someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence and cannot return safely. With so many people fleeing their countries, desperate, without a home, politicians and institutes today are argui
The idea of the government requiring, most americans, rather, to have insurance or pay a fine. Thats why they put that into the proposal. To be clear, it is repealing the insurance penalty, but not the insurance mandate. Why . Right. Well, as we know, the first part of this effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act has to go through a budget process called reconciliation. Theyre doing this because that allows the bill to pass with 51 votes in the senate, not 60. The bill could not be filibustered. And so why they focus on the penalty is under budget reconciliation, everything has to have an impact on the budget. So the penalty creates a fee, there is a revenue impact and so thats why they have focused on the financial penalty itself. And this Republican House plan also includes tax credits. So how do they work . What they would do is they differ from the tax credits and the aca. The difference is that under the House Republican plan, they would be geared more to age and not
Theft and sale of drugs by agency workers. The House Veterans Affairs Committee Held this hearing late last month. Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome everyone who has joined us today. Today we will address the lack of oversight in internal controls regarding controlled substances within the Veterans Health administration that leave facilities open to Drug Diversion and veteran harm. The diversion of drugs from v. A. Health care facilities is an incredible Patient Safety issue that puts veterans, v. A. Employees and the public at tremendous risk. Unfortunately the news has recently been filled with story after story of Drug Diversions within v. A. In little rock, arkansas, v. A. Pharmacy technician reportedly used his access to medical supplies, websites to order and divert 4,000 oxycodone pills over 3,000 hydrocodone pills and more than 14,000 viagra and cialis pills at the cost of the v. A. Of more than 70,000. This technician was allegedly selling thes