Diseases for those who have run out of other options. It includes the National Institute of health, the fda, the center for medicare and medicaid. Cms is the Largest Health insurer with an annual budget of 800 billion dollars. I believe you have the qualifications to do the job, but there is much that you will need to do in order to assure members of the committee that hhs is heading in the right direction. It is a turbulent time that lies ahead. One of the greatest challenges shoring up the exchanges and making sure that they are operating efficiently. Recent reports of the numerous issues faced by the state exchanges at something to implement the law have been cause for great concern. States are required to have a Healthcare Exchange where citizens can go and shop for Health Insurance. They have the option of starting their own exchange, using the exchange provided by the federal government, or in hybrid will stop they are determining what type of exchange to implement. Were given in
Set up what the administration has been doing and the larger issue of what this could potentially have among house guest the ministration is among House Republicans. Is the administration ofhas been a huge subject protest among the immigrant advocacy community. Jeh johnson has been listening to a lot of advocates and talking about the things they can do. It is not entirely clear what they will do. The thinking is there will probably be some good some new guidance about what they should consider when it comes to. Ooking at immigration people who are living in mixed of them aree citizens, some of them are illegals. Advocates would like the president to expand his Deferred Action Program that he has to a broader population of people. He put something together a couple of years ago under some protest that finally allowed this to happen. Young people who were brought here by their parents, they dont have to worry about being deported anymore. We are not sure what the administration is going
Pills when they needed one or two, so in the kind of takes us to the question that you are asking about medical education. If we want dentists to give one or two pills instead of 30, if we want doctors to recognize that these are not good treatments for headache and fibromyalgia and low back pain. They need very good information on that. Both of the education on this topic right now is not teaching doctors that using these medicines long term is a bad idea. The cdc has put out Educational Programs out there. The bulk of the education is really telling doctors when you follow certain rules when you prescribe, it will turn out rowsy in the end. If you check a urine, somehow the patient wont wind up addicted. Close monitoring is the thing to do for people on this treatment. It doesnt turn it into something thats safe. These strategies dont prevent addiction. These are not good treatments for most people with chronic pain. Okay. Do you think we should mandate the states to mandate that med
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