Enclosures in the best way forward and handling payment disputes. This is two hours and 20 minutes [inaudible conversations] the committee on Health Education labor and will come to order. Senator murray has an important meeting right now and she has asked me to proceed with the hearing because we have six excellent witnesses and we want to make sure that we hear from each of you. We want the senators to have a chance to ask questions of each of these so patty should arrive around 10 lock. When she comes we will enter and let her make her Opening Statement and then we will resume the hearing. Good morning senator murphy. Nearly a year ago after brent james from the National Academy testified before the Senate Health committee with a startling statistic. Up 21 2 of what the American People spend on Health Care May be unnecessary. Let me repeat that. Up to half of the 3. 5 trillion the United States collectively spent on health care in 2017 was unnecessary according to dr. James and many
Because, you know what . I can look around this table and some of you have come in with innovative ideas that i had not thought about. I dont know if it will work, but there is enough evidence and logic to indicate we should try it. Trying to create a space for that is what we are working to do. Governor mccrory, governor walker. Governor mccrory madam, thank you. I have enjoyed your visit and your cookies and your lemonade at the executive mansion, i hope you enjoyed it. A really good time. First of all, i want to congratulate you on your comments on your focus on Mental Health and i include that in addiction because i think that is one of the most serious issues we are facing, as i have found out in my 2. Ive years in my 2. 5 years. The addiction is ending up in our prisons, emergency rooms, and our state prisons and that is not the solution. We have got to come up with a longterm partnership with the federal government, local government, and everyone involved to deal with this very
Is these groups al qaeda, would take over creating a greater threat not only to the region but to the world. Can you speak to the issue of why things have been so completely phoning used on this group called isis rather than recognizing the fact that al qaeda still has leading terror groups all around the world and why more is not being done therefore, to take the next step to address defeating the ideology. Im not sure that were ignoring al qaeda around the world. I mean there are continuing efforts and efforts that have achieved the measure of success in reducing the capacity of al shabaab in somalia an al qaeda affiliate. There is an Ongoing Campaign which the United States is supporting to go after al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, in yemen. And at least with the air campaign some of that has been also directed against al qaedas affiliate in syria. But you do underscore an issue here and that is that what used to be you know the performing actor known as al nusr has in fact become
The next 12 months and longerterm. Hopefully this will help you as governors to know whether to invest more now or to save for a rainy day. I am delighted to have such a distinguished panel of guests here to have this discussion. Yogi bear is says it is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future but if anyone can do it accurately, it is these guys. We have a broad wealth of experience and knowledge. Start withl do is five minutes or so about the current shape of the u. S. Economy and we will turn to the discussionnd have a for the next half hour or so. At the end, i would like to open it up to westerns from the governors. If there are certain topics that are more pertinent to you. To set the scene a little bit allay some fears, it is a bit bizarre at the moment that there is so much speculation that we are headed towards a recession. Measures, the u. S. Economy is in stronger shape than it has been for the best part of a decade and probably in much stronger shape than m
Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced Tuesday that Kentucky is among six states selected to participate in a yearlong cohort to support student mental health. Along with Alabama, Hawaii, New Jersey,