Next, a Public Health official looks at efforts to improve. Vaccine and develop a universal flu vaccine. This house, science, space and Technology Committee hearing is about 2 and half hours. This hearing will come to order and without objection, declare a recess at any time. Good morning and welcome to our witnesses. Todays hearing on science and innovation, the worlds population, killing approximately 300 Million People in the 20th century alone. Smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated thanks to the development of the vaccine. Another devastating disease, polio, 33 cases reported worldwide in 2018 compared to 350,000 cases in 1988. Every day it save lives especially lives of children and other vulnerable populations. There is no such thing as healthy skepticism when it comes to vaccines. Unfortunately there is a wellfunded Disinformation Campaign targeting the public and weakening Public Health laws. School vaccination requirements have been commonplace in the us for gene
This is about two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the finance committee will come to order. This morning the finance Committee Examines the change healthcare hack that nearly brought our countrys Health Care System to a standstill six weeks ago. Joining the committee is andrew witty, the ceo of Unitedhealth Group, which owns change healthcare. Ill put things in perspective. Last year, uhg generated 324 billion in revenue, making it the 5th Largest Company in the country. Overall, the company touches 152 million individuals across all lines of business, insurance, physician practice, home health, and pharmacy. With its profits, uhg has purchased dozens of other Health Care Companies and is the largest purchaser of physician practices. This corporation is a health care leviathan. I believe the bigger the company, the bigger the responsibility to protect its systems from hackers. Uhg was a big target long before it was hacked. The fbi says that th
This is about two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the finance committee will come to order. This morning the finance Committee Examines the change healthcare hack that nearly brought our countrys Health Care System to a standstill six weeks ago. Joining the committee is andrew witty, the ceo of Unitedhealth Group, which owns change healthcare. Ill put things in perspective. Last year, uhg generated 324 billion in revenue, making it the 5th Largest Company in the country. Overall, the company touches 152 million individuals across all lines of business, insurance, physician practice, home health, and pharmacy. With its profits, uhg has purchased dozens of other Health Care Companies and is the largest purchaser of physician practices. This corporation is a health care leviathan. I believe the bigger the company, the bigger the responsibility to protect its systems from hackers. Uhg was a big target long before it was hacked. The fbi says that th
This is about two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the finance committee will come to order. This morning the finance Committee Examines the change healthcare hack that nearly brought our countrys Health Care System to a standstill six weeks ago. Joining the committee is andrew witty, the ceo of Unitedhealth Group, which owns change healthcare. Ill put things in perspective. Last year, uhg generated 324 billion in revenue, making it the 5th Largest Company in the country. Overall, the company touches 152 million individuals across all lines of business, insurance, physician practice, home health, and pharmacy. With its profits, uhg has purchased dozens of other Health Care Companies and is the largest purchaser of physician practices. This corporation is a health care leviathan. I believe the bigger the company, the bigger the responsibility to protect its systems from hackers. Uhg was a big target long before it was hacked. The fbi says that th
This is about two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the finance committee will come to order. This morning the finance Committee Examines the change healthcare hack that nearly brought our countrys Health Care System to a standstill six weeks ago. Joining the committee is andrew witty, the ceo of Unitedhealth Group, which owns change healthcare. Ill put things in perspective. Last year, uhg generated 324 billion in revenue, making it the 5th Largest Company in the country. Overall, the company touches 152 million individuals across all lines of business, insurance, physician practice, home health, and pharmacy. With its profits, uhg has purchased dozens of other Health Care Companies and is the largest purchaser of physician practices. This corporation is a health care leviathan. I believe the bigger the company, the bigger the responsibility to protect its systems from hackers. Uhg was a big target long before it was hacked. The fbi says that th