Testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on funding and research efforts. This is about two and a half hours. The subcommittee will come to order. Thank you all very much and we apologize for being late. They his take on a life of their own. I wanted to say good morning and welcome back to labor the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say thank you on the behalf of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for this site visit. Thats the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn about nih is outwork. We met with a who are working to cure Sickle Cell Disease and develop treatment for major depressions and shrink cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials it wasnt informative moving experience as well. And we welcome our witnesses including the five institute senator actors returns today. And in addition and always a great addition doctor Francis Collins who has joined us many
Slowed down. I can tell you right now there are still a few hot spots out there, but for the most part most of the equipment brought in this afternoon to fight this fire has already been packed up and has already driven off. Many of cal fires rigs have been packed up and directed back to their stations tonight. This fire has been largely snuffed out, but at its height it was fast moving and dpru gre 526 acres. You can see the long line of flames as they inch towards home. This fire drived in the open space, a popular recreational area. People could see the massive plume of smoke all over the bay area. I saw it all over richmond and i was coming out here i was like uhoh, it must be close to my home. That was scary and then last year was the paradise fire and brought back a lot of bad memories, so scary to have it so close to home but looks like its getting contained tonight. Thick smoke prompted some people to put on masks an advisory and it was issued just around sunset and all roads i
Thank you steve. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to our dc members and or guests. It is wonderful to be here at the Detroit Economic Club. Organization is long attracted some of the nation his most distinguished thinkers and innovators. It is my privilege to introduce todays participants. Well engage us to the capitated rating discussion about the future of healthcare. The may begin by introducing our guest speakers, someone who ive known for monday years and consider him a mentor and a friend. Scott promises the president and ceo of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association National federation the source 36 independent communitybased and locally operated Blue Cross Blue Shield companies. Including Blue Cross Blue Shield of michigan. The Blue Cross Blue Shield system through his federation of insurers, covers one out of every three americans. I think this is the very important statistic. What else does this frankly. It serves every zip code in the united states. In every zip code in ame
The subcommittee will come to order. Thank you all very, very much and, again, we apologize for being late. Days take on a life of their own. But i wanted to say good morning, dr. Collins. Welcome back to labor hhs, the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say thank you on behalf of the of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about nihs work. We met with the researchers who were working to cure Sickle Cell Disease, to develop treatments for major depression, shrink and treat cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials. So it was a moving an informative but a very moving experience as well. Let me welcome our witnesses, including the five institute and Center Directors who join us today and in addition, and always a great addition, dr. Francis collins whos joined us many times, director of the National Institutes