For joining us. I will start off with a little bit of history. Topic one, drug prices. In july of 2020, donald trump said since the day i took office, i have made reducing drug prices one of my highest priorities. For four straight years, donald trump complained about high drug prices, did lots of finger pointing at others about the problem and repeatedly talked about how he was the best friend of seniors best friend seniors who depend on medicare could have. What was actually accomplished over the last four years . Exactly nothing. Asked forward to the Biden Administration. From the time fastforward to the Biden Administration. From the time joe biden took office, he made it clear he was committed to lowering drug costs and Health Care Prices for families. I remember him having a conversation with me shortly after the election. He said the finance committee is a place where things happen. And everybody has been talking about doing something about drug prices forever. Now is the time t
This is just under two hours. Cooks healthcare issues that must be addressed. First, the major need for more black latino native american and secondly the alarming rate of Maternal Deaths in america thats disproportionately impacting black latino native american women. They are in the midst of a Healthcare System that in my view is largely broken and dysfunctional. Where we spent almost twice as much per capita on healthcare as the people in any other country. A 5 million americans today are uninsured or underinsured. We dont have enough doctors, nurses, Mental Health specialist, or pharmacist we have another crisis on top of all of that. That is, that problem lack of medical personnel is extremely, especially acute in latino and native american commutes which is the subject of the hearing today. Despite making up almost 14 of our population just 5 of all doctors in our country are black. Less than 4 of all dentists to default nurses in america are africanamerican. Despite making up ov
For joining us. I will start off with a little bit of history. Topic one, drug prices. In july of 2020, donald trump said since the day i took office, i have made reducing drug prices one of my highest priorities. For four straight years, donald trump complained about high drug prices, did lots of finger pointing at others about the problem and repeatedly talked about how he was the best friend of seniors best friend seniors who depend on medicare could have. What was actually accomplished over the last four years . Exactly nothing. Asked forward to the Biden Administration. From the time fastforward to the Biden Administration. From the time joe biden took office, he made it clear he was committed to lowering drug costs and Health Care Prices for families. I remember him having a conversation with me shortly after the election. He said the finance committee is a place where things happen. And everybody has been talking about doing something about drug prices forever. Now is the time t
Thank you, madam klein. Good afternoon. So the Dobbs Decision created a Health Care Crisis in america and this task force was convened by the president of the United States to address this crisis in a way that we would approach it from an all of government hands on approach to address what we have the ability to do to ensure that the women of america receive all the protections they are due under law and that our administration through our agencies can provide to assist them to have access to the care they need and deserve. We believe and i certainly believe that a woman should have the freedom to make decisions about her own body and that her government should not be making those decisions for her. We believe that if she chooses, she of course will and can consult with her physician with her loved ones with her faith leader. One does not have to abandon their faith or beliefs to agree that the government should not be making these decisions for the women of america. Todays extremist,
Critical issue of reproductive rights. And were also looking forward to hearing from four physicians who will speak about the impact of the Dobbs Decision on their medical practice and on their patients. But first id like to turn over to you madam, Vice President to get us started. Thank you, madam klein. Good afternoon. So the Dobbs Decision created a Health Care Crisis in america and this task force was convened by the president of the United States to address this crisis in a way that we would approach it from an all of government hands on approach to address what we have the ability to do to ensure that the women of america receive all the protections they are due under law and that our administration through our agencies can provide to assist them to have access to the care they need and deserve. We believe and i certainly believe that a woman should have the freedom to make decisions about her own body and that her government should not be making those decisions for her. We belie