Today the subcommittee holds a hearing entitled combatting the opoid crisis, battles in the states. Make no mistake, the term combatting and battles are entirely appropriate. Our nation is in the midst of a tremendous fight against death affecting every corner of our nation. There were more than 52,000 deaths in overdose. A 20 increase in the prior year. It was almost seven time it is rate of death from the heroin epidemic of the 1970s. We learned we have lost roughly 60,0 0 people to Drug Overdoses. That is more in one year than all the names on the vietnam veteran memorial wall. That is likely underestimated because much of the data will not be in until the end of next year. For every fatale overdose there is 20 nonfatale overdoses and for 2016 that could be near one million. More than 130,000 lives have been lost between 1999 and 2015. Thats about 50,000 oh 500,000 will be lost over the next decade. The roots began in 1980 when a letter was misinterpreted as evidence it was unlikely
Good morning everyone. Today the subcommittee of oversight and investigation holds a hearing entitled combatting the Opioid Crisis battles in the states. Now, make no mistake the term combatting and battled are entirely appropriate. Our nation is in the midst of devastation around every corner of the nation. In 2015 there were more than in the u. S. , more than 33,000 deaths involved in opioid. 24 increase from the prior year. Overdose death rate in 2015 was almost seven times the rate of deaths from the heroin epidemic of the 1970s. For 2016 weve already announced from New York Times weve lost roughly 60,000 people to Drug Overdose and that is more in one year than all the names on the Vietnam Veterans memorial wall. And likely that number is underestimated because much of the data will not be in until the end of this year 2017. Its staggering. For every fatal overdose its estimated there are 20 nonfatal overdoses and for 2016 that could be near 1 million. More than 183,000 lives have
The major medicaid changes remain and there are some decisions and the major thing we have to remember about medicaid. The would change the structure. Instead of being a state program maybe a zika outbreak or. Urricane or something in and there are also medicaid, some other changes that include, changing a formula that would provide more money to help provide uncompensated care. Say. It is one change that is important. Host let me talk to about medicaid. It is a fundamental issue. If you are a governor of a state and you receive a block grant and you cap out, what happens to those individuals who the health care . Guest that is a decision you and your legislature have to make. If you have more expenditures than the cap level, do you reduce the number of beneficiaries . Do you reduce the Services Offered . Do you require beneficiaries to pay more . These are tough choices that have caused concern for folks. Vacate covers 70 million americans medicaid covers 70 million americans. Making
I enjoyed reading your book, equal is unfair americas misguided fight against income inequality, it is show thoughtprovoking to read from someone who says inequality is not a problem. Could you start out telling us why inequality isnt a problem . Guest lets start out with what is inequality. Inequality means a gap. We can have a gap because some are getting richer and others poorer but we can have a gap because people are getting richer at different rates. One reason might be that some people are being really productive. The people at amazon who are employing thousands of people, creating tons of value by pioneering some New Invention and he will get richer than me, and say my wife who is a teacher. She is a great teacher but only providing economic value at an a few dozen people at a time. On the other hand, other things can increase inequality that are bad, unjust, take advantage of people. Bernie may doff was embezzling and stealing money through inequality. I say inequality isnt a
[ applause ] all kidding aside, obviously we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. [ laughter ] for example, no, seriously, just recently in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice at the steakhouse the Mens Cooking Team did not impress the judges from omaha steaks and there was a lot of blame to go around. But you, mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership and so ultimately you didnt blame lil jon or meatloaf, you fired gary busey. [ laughter ] and these are the kind of decision thats would keep me up at night. [ laughter ] and that a brief look at some of president obamas past remarks at the white house correspondents dinner. You can watch this years edition, president obamas last, on saturday april 30th at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Our live coverage of the president ial race continues tuesday night for the new york state primary. Join us at 9 00 eastern for election results, candidate speeches, and viewer reaction. Taking you on the road