Now, federal and local Veterans Affairs officials and Health Care Providers visit the paralyzed veterans of america conference to talk about how to provide better access and specialized care for veterans with spinal cord injuries and diseases. All right, so, before we have dr. Baligh yehia come up and give what will be great keynote remarks, i want to start the morning off with having a conversation with you about something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industr
Across the country. Well start with shoons commissioners from oklahoma, washington, tennessee and alaska. The Senate Committee on Health Education and pensions will please come to ord order. In the individual Health Insurance market for 2018. We have five state Insurance Commissioners. Thank you for coming from long distances some of you to be with us to give your testimony on how to help the 18 million americans in the individual Insurance Market. To give a idea of how many people are interested in this, snar murray and i invited senators who were not on our committee, which has about a quarter of the senate is on this committee, to come to a coffee with the five commissioners that weve just completed for a hour. We had 31 senators there. So thats remarkable level of interest. Senator murray and i will have a Opening Statement then introduce our five witnesses. After their testimony, senators will have a opportunity to ask witnesses questions and well do it in five minute rounds. So a
Testimony by state Insurance Commissioners and governors from across the country. Well start with shoons commissioners from oklahoma, washington, tennessee and alaska. The Senate Committee on Health Education and pensions will please come to ord order. In the individual Health Insurance market for 2018. We have five state Insurance Commissioners. Thank you for coming from long distances some of you to be with us to give your testimony on how to help the 18 million americans in the individual Insurance Market. To give a idea of how many people are interested in this, snar murray and i invited senators who were not on our committee, which has about a quarter of the senate is on this committee, to come to a coffee with the five commissioners that weve just completed for a hour. We had 31 senators there. So thats remarkable level of interest. Senator murray and i will have a Opening Statement then introduce our five witnesses. After their testimony, senators will have a opportunity to ask
Something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industries. And if youre a healer, youve got some job security if you do it well enough, and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from the perspective of the patient, im willing to bet that somewhere on that list of what brought you into your respective discipline was a sense of compassion. What is compassion . Its a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune. Who are w
America hosted the event late last month. Its just over twoandahalf hours. All right, so, before we have dr. Baligh yehia come up and give what will be great keynote remarks, i want to start the morning off with having a conversation with you about something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industries. And if youre a healer, youve got some job security if you do it well enough, and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from the perspective of the