If you think for a moment, its obvious that there is a vast benefit to you in having a friend or a lover. You choose relationships with people who are important to you. You choose to give your affection to people who mean something to you. Now, if you heeded the altruists actually gave your love, or try to give your love indiscriminately, that would indeed be selfless to love a stranger or an inning is an act of self abrogation. But genuine love is not selfless. It is not dispensed as charity. I mean, just think about the absurdity of decluttering that you love someone not because of anything worthwhile in him or her, but purely as an act of charity. Now, its an absurdity because love is given not into the right in response to a persons value to you in some way. And as a result it offers you the opportunity for exquisite joy. To love your spouse, to love the person with which you want to spend your life, to embody the things you value most. That is an intensely personal, selfish choice
Sen. Hatch we are getting some interesting testimony, but it is not going to the problems that we have here in the senate. We will just have to see what happens. Senator wyden has a few more questions to ask and then that will be it. Sen. Wyden mr. Chairman, i will and again,id man these are the kinds of questions that you and i agree should be asked at this hearing. Sen. Hatch sure you reared sen. Wyden let us talk about flexibility, put into context of the nation nationss Senior Citizens to read i watched all of these older people as a director of the center raise their families, build our communities, but growing old in america costs a lot of money so today, Senior Citizens have a guarantee that medicaid is going to cover the cost of nursing home care. This is hugely important because medicaid picks up the bill for two out of three Senior Citizens in Nursing Homes in america. That is a guarantee for nearly millions of older people. This proposal, that Graham Cassidy proposal, i call
We have a lot seeking service and the arts program has been very popular. I understand that the veterans access choice and accountability act allows for continuation of that, but could you address for me how that will happen . Its important for our rural veterans. They like it and it works for them and i just wanted to get clarification in terms of how its impacted by the choice card. So the legislation extended the arts program. We have extended the contract temporarily while we are renewing the arch program so it will remain in place essentially as it has existed in the past Going Forward. Okay. I appreciate that. I yield back, thank you. Senator flores. Mr. Secretary i appreciate you joining us and i also appreciate the work that you and secretary mcdonald and the team are doing to work with congress and this committee in particular to build the va at the 21st century. A few weeks ago there was an article about the business of research on returning war veterans and i will ask the ch
Have been occurring on a regular basis since Early September so i would like to thank you and i appreciate the time that you have invested in openly communicating with the staff on the house and the senate side of the committee on the implementation issues in the progress that you have been making on this implementation issues. In the va i hope it is a precedent for improving relationships as we go forward. The law provided Additional Resources and authorities to provide for the key improvements for veterans. Timely access to health care, expansion of the internal capacity and the indication of the benefits. Today i hope you will hear tangible ways that benefits. The veterans are getting the outcomes intended. If there are roadblocks to the implementation you need to know what they are and how it can be fixed on those roadblocks. With regards to timely access to health care i am aware that the department has expressed serious concerns with the 90 day deadline on the Choice Program. The
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