Today and we welcome them. Lieutenant dingell, rear admiral bruce gillingham, surgeon of the u. S. Navy. Lieutenant general dorothy hogg, Surgeon General of the United States air force. Mr. Mccaffrey, assistant secretary of defense for Health Affairs and lieutenant ronald j. Pace director of Health Agency and mr. Bill tinston Program Executive officer of Defense Health care and management systems. Today we have serious questions on how medical reforms have been accounted for in the president s budget for fiscal year 2021. We will have members coming in and out. We are getting briefings on covid19 as we speak and theres a few other meetings going on. Your full testimony is available and i know members had it like i did last night to read through it. Well get start. Across is the spectrum of the military health care to benefit care in many cases the budget justifications lacks adequate detail for the subcommittee to make informed decisions. We hope the Witnesses Today can address the sub
[inaudible] assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. Nd director of the health agencies. And Program Executive officer of Defense Health care and systems. T today, we have serious questions on how medical reforms have been accounted for in the president s budget for fiscal year 2021. We will have ce, members coming in and out. E are getting briefings on coindividual 19 covid19 as and there are other meetings going on but your full testimony is available. Last members had it night, like i did, to read through it. So well get started. Spectrum in the military Health Care System to benefit care, in many cases the justifications lacks adequate detail for the subcommittee to make informed decisions. And an update on the electronic system, m. S. H. Genesis. We look forward to hearing about these topics and more. To thank you for appearing before the subcommittee and now i want to recognize our distinguished mr. Calvert, for his comments. Mr. Calvert thank you, madam chairman. Thank
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On capitol hill to testify on the coronavirus and how the military was responding to the outbreak. This subcommittee hearing is an hour and a half. Assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. Nd director of the health agencies. And Program Executive officer of Defense Health care and systems. T today, we have serious questions on how medical reforms have been accounted for in the president s budget for fiscal year 2021. We will have ce, members coming in and out. E are getting briefings on coindividual 19 covid19 as and there are other meetings going on but your full testimony is available. Last members had it night, like i did, to read through it. So well get started. Spectrum in the military Health Care System to benefit care, in many cases the justifications lacks adequate detail for the subcommittee to make informed decisions. And an update on the electronic system, m. S. H. Genesis. We l today, we have serious questions on how medical reforms have been accounted for in the
Dr. Arigon will be providing that as soon as hes here. Its the most up to date information we had as of this weekend but the situation changes recalledly with regard to recommendation. I will emphasize a couple of things in advance of the doctors comment. We have no newly diagnosed cases in San Francisco of the coronavirus at this time. There are a total of 11 cases across the country that had been reported. Six in california. Two patients diagnosed in a nearby county who were transferred to ucsf. I want to emphasize again, we have no newly diagnosed cases in San Francisco. I also think its very important that we, as a Health Department, express that this is Public Health. This is classic Public Health. We have been through a number of these preparations with sars, with h1n1, with concerns around ebola and so we have expertise in this area to be as prepared as possible. Obviously, its not possible to fully people for every plausible scenario, but were taking, basically, scientific step