Witnesses. The director of defense and Suicide Prevention office for the office of forest resiliency in the department of defense, the acting director of Suicide Prevention program at the department of Veterans Affairs, the Suicide Prevention branch chief at the center for Mental Health services and Substance Abuse at the department of and a and Human Services family professor of Health Care Policy, department of Health Care Policy at the harvard medical school. Thank you all for being here and we are sorry that we are a bit late. Our topic today is a heavy one. Its one that is difficult to discuss. We must address it to ensure the readiness and wellbeing of our troops, their families and veterans. Suicide is a homefront threat to Service Members and veterans. Tragically, rates of suicide for active duty Service Members and veteran populations have increased in the latest reports, particularly affecting young men under 30 who make up nearly half the military. Veteran suicide is a natio
Investigation. An expected vote by the House Judiciary Committee on articles of impeachment was postponed. The vote is expected this morning. The decision by Committee Chairman jerry nadler to delay the vote came after more than 12 hours of grueling debate. Republicans on the panel erupted in anger following the announcement. Laura podestas here in new york. Why was the vote delayed . Reporter well, according to chairman nadler, it was to allow Committee Members to really think about all the discussion over the last two days and to search their conscience before casting their votes later this morning. Republicans argue democrats moved the vote to Daylight Hours for tv ratings. The committee is in recess. Reporter House Judiciary Committee chairman jerry nadler left republicans stunned late last night. This crap like this is why people are having such a terrible opinion of congress. Reporter 14 hours after the hearing started, nadler pushed the votes on the two articles of impeachment t
Membermember members, the factors that may be linked to militaryrelated suicides and preventive strategies. The Senate Armed Services subcomm subcommittee is just shy of 90 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Senate Armed Services subcommittee on personnel meets this afternoon to receive testimony about Service Member, family and veteran suicides and to learn about effective evidencebased Suicide Prevention strategies. Were fortunate today to have a panel of experts from government and academia. We will hear from five witnesses, catch it and michael colston, u. S. Navy director for Health Programs at the department of defense, dr. Orvis, director defense Suicide Prevention office for the office of force resiliency at the department of defense, dr. Miller, acting director of the Suicide Prevention program at the department of Veterans Affairs, dr. Mckeon, Suicide Prevention, branch of chief, center for Mental Health services and Substance Abuse at the department of health and Human
2027488002 and the line for uninsured callers is 2027488003. We always welcome your comments on twitter and facebook. Send us a tweet at cspanwj and post your thoughts on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. As we mentioned, we have talked about a lot of issues this week. This morning it is health care. This summer shows a lot of people they surveyed were thinking the same thing, the top issue facing america today, health care. Surveyed. Se carl cannon writing health care has emerged for the top issue for as the top issue for american voters. Any Political Party ignoring this topic or misreading the publics mood does so at its own peril. The new survey asked respondents to rank the policy issue they consider the most important to americas future. Just a little bit more from the real clear poll, some detail and what they found in the area of theth care 28 think Health Care System in america is broken, we need a completely new system. 39 of those surveyed said the Health Care System is not wor
Medicare for all. Maura calsyn, how much traction does it have for Bernie Sanders and others who support medicare for all . Guest i think the first question is, what do viewers and people mean by medicare for all . There are a lot of different visions for that. Reallyhink that what is gaining traction among the democratic electorate, i think, is this idea that the Affordable Care act was a good starting point. How do we build on that . There are some people who do not have coverage. People have a lot of concerns about outofpocket costs. And the medicare for all as envisioned by senator sanders is one of the different puzzles out there. I think it is one of the different proposals out there. Is Bernie Sanders plan, there are other medical plans. Host politico had a piece on where the candidates stood on health care. At the time they had 23 candidates, but it has been winnowed down somewhat. All of them are for the expansion of the aca, expanding the Affordable Care act coverage. Ippolit