Insurance market. The remarks made at a motoring Club Rotary Club in kentucky shows a shift from the legislator. He raised the idea last week that they wanted to turn to the democrats. This is the first time he has explicitly raised the prospect of shoring of the Affordable Care act. Mitch mcconnell who pledged to eradicate the law known as obamacare root and branch, raised the prospect of working with democrats after a measure he had crafted behind closed doors. It would jettison the requirement that people prove they had health coverage, and would make deep, longterm cuts to the medicaid program. Listen to the coverage, local coverage, of the leaders remarks in his home state of kentucky. This is the abc affiliate with their coverage of his townhall meeting. Mitch mcconnell back into the bluegrass today. Onestop he made was at a Health Pavilion community center. Senator Mitch Mcconnell taken time to address the rim before accepting questions from the audience. One of the most pressin
Good morning everybody. Normally we dont start until the ranking members here but people have scheduling problems today, and ive consulted with the staff and i can go ahead without waiting. Thank you, senator cornyn, for being here. Senator kennedys coming. The topic of todays hearing involves the ms13 crisis thats growing and spreading in communities across the nation. The atrocities of these criminals are not new. The group has existed since the 1980s and has made a reputation for itself as a perpetrator of extreme and often gruesome violence. This organization has been dubbed the worlds most dangerous gang. And some say, it would be a terrorist organization. But, you wouldnt expect anything less from a group whose model happens to be kill, rape and control. Unfortunately, over the past two years, this terrifying model has been become a vicious reality for many communities across our country. So far this year, the gang has been publicly linked to dozens of highprofile killings, rapes
The 2016 we learned from the New York Times weve lost roughly 60,000 people to Drug Overdoses. That is more in one year that 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 mean your 1 million. 183,000 lives have been lost in the us from overdoses between 2015. Thats about 50,000 we lost over the last, 500,000 we lost over the next decade. The roots of this crisis began in 1980 when a letter to the editor in the journal of medicine was misinterpreted as evidence. It was unlikely someone become addicted out of 4000 cases a center was only four connections. Years later the joint Commission Following the american medical associations recommendation assessment established standards for Pain Management interpreted by many doctors as encouraging the prescription of
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