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Under Veterans Mission act, program of assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace. While officials were invited to discuss the critical programs they oversee, the department chose to decline that invitation. This committee and the va shared a common goal to pass the mission act in 2018 to better serve veterans and their families and we continue to Work Together to address important issues for our nations veterans. I would expect them to be here with this to share all theyve accomplished since the va was transformed with this legislation and discuss what needs to be done to make improvements. The va is an integral part of in dialog, which is why i planned a whole subsequent engagements with the va officials to discuss title 1 implementation. Id be remiss not to recognize the unprecedented challenges this have year due to the covid19 pandemic. The dedicated staff on the v as front line deserve our thanks for fulfilling the Fourth
With matters of health care . Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the nations largest private philanthropy, focused on improving health and health care in america. We are a large foundation, we give out grants each year, over 500 million. Our focus is on what we call it a culture of health, and it is recognition that health is about what takes place where we live, where we work, where our kids go to school and play, that it is about more than just having access to highquality health care, and our big focus now is on what we call health equity, and that is ensuring that everyone in america has a fair and just opportunity to live their healthiest lives. Host when it comes to issues of the pandemic, you wrote a recent opinion piece for usa today, and one of the lines is that it is still really early in the lifecycle. We have been at this for several months now. Can you explain the reasoning for saying that . Beforea couple careers coming to the robert Wood Johnson Foundation, i worked at th
Important question, the cdc tracks flu every year all i am so pleased to moderate this important session. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan Public Health policy research and Advocacy Organization based in washington, d. C. The covid19 pandemic is an immense challenge. Envision a nation that values the health and wellbeing of all. Since the spring of this year, we have held a series of webinars focused on the impact protecting older adults from the arm of social isolation. How the pandemic is concentrated in many gaps. We also cohosted a congressional briefing on advancing Racial Equity. It should go without saying that this is an unprecedented pandemic. The likes of which has not been seen in this country. Seenve certainly disparities in past Public Health emergencies. The pandemic has greatly exposed trust for Americas Health has been advocating. Calling for data disaggregation. We are also focusing on other issues. Calling for investment in Public Health infrastructure. This includes i