Our responsibility as elected representatives is at the very least to listen. And ive been listening over thb last week, but really over the last year, the constituents of mine in the state of connecticut, over the week, to Emergency Fuel tank that i conducted because no hearing were held by United States s senate. And no markups and no votes in committee. What we saw here was complete secrecy, a deal produced behint closed doors, and seeing the light of the day for the first time last thursday. Our republican colleagues have gone from total secrecy that total chaos. The reason for the chaos is the fact, most dramatically revealed today just hours ago when the Congressional Budget Office told us, not surprisingly, that 22 million americans would be thrown to the wolves as a result of this measure, thrown to the wolves of no Health Care Coverage. And 49 million americans eventually would be without Health Care Coverage by 2026. Next year alone, 15 million more people will be uninsured u
In my state, they go from 4. 6 to 22. 5 . I want to thank my colleagues for their efforts to come up with Common Sense Solutions to ensure americans will have access to high quality and the lowest cost possible and we must respect the relationship between the patient and doctor. Thank you very much. Chair, thanks. Gentle lady, now recognize mr. Green, five minutes for questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank the witnesses for being here today and the work you do. Let me talk a little bit texas experience. Under the Affordable Care act, millions of americans were able to access Vital Health Care resources in our communities. In my state, texas, realized the following benefits. During the last Enrollment Period, 1. 3 selected marketplace plan. 48 of those individuals were new consumers. Unfortunately, 1. 2 million individual whose were otherwise covered remain uninsured, because texas failed to expand to medicaid. 51,000 are my constituents. As of 2015, the a ca provided over 470 millio
The hearing is just under three hours. Committee on health, education, labor and pensions, and the appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, human services, appropriations will come to order. In march of this year, Public Health officials reported an outbreak of ebola virus in guinea. Unlike past Ebola Outbreaks that it have been efficiently and effect if there stopped, this outbreak has spread in ways that are potentially catastrophic for the world. Due to the gravity of the situation, the danger poses not only to the affected region but also to our country, i have taken the unusual step of calling together this joint hearing of both the authorizing committee i chair and the appropriations subcommittee which funds it, which i also chair. We have come togetherred to to learn what can so we can Work Together over the coming weeks to stop this daysly plague. The extent of this epidemic is tragic and grows more serious with each passing day. The death toll is already far greater than
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Committee on health, education, labor and pensions, and the appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, human services, appropriations will come to order. In march of this year, Public Health officials reported an outbreak of ebola virus in guinea. Unlike past Ebola Outbreaks that it have been efficiently and effect if there stopped, this outbreak has spread in ways that are potentially catastrophic for the world. Due to the gravity of the situation, the danger poses not only to the affected region but also to our country, i have taken the unusual step of calling together this joint hearing of both the authorizing committee i chair and the appropriations subcommittee which funds it, which i also chair. We have come togetherred to to learn what can so we can Work Together over the coming weeks to stop this daysly plague. The extent of this epidemic is tragic and grows more serious with each passing day. The death toll is already far greater than all other previous Ebola Outbreaks comb