I believe there is an understandable lack of trust in the vas explanation. I urge all my colleagues to support this motion and i yield back. Thank you mr. Coffman. Thank you mr. Chairman, i want to remind my friend and my colleague from colorado that congress and of the morning hours, approved over a billion dollars to augment and there were projects over concerns of minorities that more conditions sort of have been attached and that the funding should have been sunlightbmitted careful. I am engaged in this how we should hold the va accountable for. Again, i find it a bit rich that Congress Approved that funding in the middle of the night over, i think the concerns of the minority. Today i am concerned that you are asking us to exercise our subpoena power when it maybe unnecessary. You have denied my request for witness for violating committee rules. How can we as a committee to Work Together to make the right decisionings f decisions for veterans. I am requesting today that we hold a
Participation today. We have a Wonderful Group from Georgetown University medical center, medstar, as well as from the university at large. So we are really delighted to have the opportunity to welcome each and every one of you and particularly pleased to welcome dr. Patrick conway. I thought before professor introducing dr. Conway i wanted to publicly thank the generosity of the mcculley family who has underwritten the schools to offer this kind of extraordinary gift of leaders and health care to address your university and schools community. Some of our past lectures mike from human services, academy dr. Diana mason, American College of healthcare executives and now dr. Patrick conway is added to the list. So we are really just delighted to have you with us. Those of us who are involved in prepareing Health Professionals to the future, Health Leaders are particularly interested in your topic around Health System transformation and medstar as well are equally interested in perspective
Of an individual market command i think when individuals have the choice and see the cost scale between the different options, they are willing to make decisions about taking a narrowera narrower set of choices or this particular set of providers because i understand the value tradeoff equation is my expense. That is different than when your employer makes the choice for you. So there are different Market Conditions today which allows more of the kaiser type model to flourish again. One more question. Thank you. I will ask another question. The question is, already talked about patient outcomes. The diabetics improving the Cancer Patients living longer . We have outcomes, the things that we measure. Diabetics are Getting Better in terms of the standard measures. We dont yet have mortality data on that. The ecology area is near where the Measurement Development is earlier. But i have no doubt that patients are healthier. We are seeing results headed in the right direction, but it is ear
This is a classical case of a dictator in the golden cage where he is allpowerful, mega reach, as long as his staying power, and walking away is really in case of putin its probably host you write about some of the corporate entities that go to russia and essentially are apologists for Vladimir Putin and the current regime. Guest the fact that corporations, whether americans or europeans, always look for profits and avoid human rights and domestic repression conducted by dictatorships. Its not new. Im reading a book about the studios in nazi germany. For years have been selling movies, titles and accepted in censorship, cutting lines and throwing some movies if not to propaganda, disprove them. So unfortunately its a reality, and what is required is a very clear red line going by the government to what can be done, what should not be done, and unfortunately, all these economic about economic tools, call weapons, yet to be used. Sanctions against putins russia, in my view, are very mild
And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah and has a career in the private sector. Before joining the va, chairman mcdonald was chairman, president and chief ex