From the alliance for Health Reform, this is 1. 5 hours. And president of and ceo of the alliance for house reform. This is part of a series on the future of Health Insurance. Three summitsng on the future of health care this year, starting with the future of Health Insurance, moving on to the future of chronic care, and then the future of the health care work. You arexcited that here. It is fair to say that the future starts here and now of Health Insurance in the senate. We have a lot to talk about today. But before we do, i want to thank our sponsors for todays session, our annual series. Our sponsors are anthem, and i want to thank the blue cross and Blue Shield Association and our other sponsors for their support. I would like to point out one of our Board Members is meg murray. She is from the association of Community Affiliated lands. Thanks for being here. We will hear a couple of brief words from two of our sponsors. I want to introduce shawn martin, Senior Vice President at t
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
Journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern monday morning. Join the discussion. State officials discuss efforts to combat opioid addiction. Two hours, 15 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Today the subcommittee of oversight and investigation holds a hearing entitled combatting the Opioid Crisis, battles in the states. Make no mistake, the terms combatting and battles are entirely appropriate. Our nation is in the midst of a tremendous fight against death and devastation affecting over corner of our nation. In 2015 there were more than 52,000 deaths from Drug Overdose in the u. S. With 33,000 involving opioid. 23 increase. In 2015 it was almost seven times the rate of deaths from the heroin epidemic of the 1970s. In 2016, weve lost roughly 60,000 people to Drug Overdoses, 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 overd
Reporte. Next, hear from state and local education officials in a house education and the Workforce Committee hearing on the implementation of the every Student Succeeds act. The hearing runs two and a half hours. The committee on Education Workforce will come to order. Good morning. Welcome to todays full Committee Hearing. I thank our panel of witnesses and our Committee Members for joining todays discussion on the implementation of the every Student Succeeds act effort. As it can be considered a milestone for k12 policy because it was a monumental shift in the role of states and School Districts would have in the future of education. As it sought to achieve two specific goals for k12 education. Autonomy and accountability. School districts were given new independence when creating a k12 Education Program that works best for their own students. Ending a washington knows best approach to education. Additionally, as the specifically prohibited the federal government from influencing st