Together again to pass the American Rescue plan to ensure the v. A. Has the funds it needs to continue serving our veterans throughout the covid19 pandemic. This includes Additional Resources for homeless veterans. I understand there was some confusion on this point. I appreciate cnns effort to work to set the record straight. Im so proud of his accomplishments, but there is still much more to do. I also want to thank you for working with us to craft legislation that was signed by the president yesterday. To vaccinate more veterans, caregivers, and Family Members. I know this is a heavy lift. The strength of the v. A. s internal Health Care Delivery system in the departments successful role in Vaccination Efforts is what makes consideration of new authorities like this possible. To be clear, any expansion must be contingent on the v. A. Having adequate supply of the vaccine and the v. A. Must continue to prioritize vaccinations and Health Care Delivery for our nations veterans that are
The Bipartisan Policy Center in our focus today on telemedicine and Rural America from Senior Vice President here with the sender, i had the pleasure of working with our team led by marilyn, catherine haze and doctor on it. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the bipartisan policies, weve established a little over a decade ago by four former majority leaders of the u. S. Senate, senator bob doe, senator tom and George Mitchell on the democratic side. Senator mitchell from the great state of maine, which you will hear shortly is the state of maine very well representative this morning. The country is indeed, the world quite frankly is experiencing a onceinalifetime pandemic, causing untold suffering and death. Doctors, nurses, hospitals, Healthcare Providers are struggling to provide legal care under very difficult conditions if theres any good, theres not much but if there is any good to come out of this virus, its that it has expedited the Digital Health transformation out the
Bill welcome to the Bipartisan Policy Center. For those of you unfamiliar with the Bipartisan Policy Center, we were established a lit overall a decade ago by four former majority leaders of the United States senate, senate bob dole, the late senator howard baker on the republican side, senator tom daschle and senator George Mitchell on the democratic side. Senator mitchell, of course, from the great state of maine, which you will hear shortly is a state, maine is very well represented here this morning. The country is indeed indeed the world, quite frankly, is experiencing a once in a lifetime pandemic, causing untold suffering and death. Doctors, nurses, hospitals, Health Care Providers are struggling to provide Critical Care under some very difficult conditions. But if there is any good, and theres not much, but if theres any good to come out of this virus it is that it has expedited the Digital Health transformation out there designed to help these providers deliver health care mor
Live now to discussion with main senator angus king who joins Healthcare Providers and Bipartisan Policy Center experts on the use of telehealth during the covid pandemic. Health team led by, Catherine Hayes and others. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Bipartisan Policy Center we were established a a little over a decade ago by four former majority leaders, senator bob dole, late senator howard baker on the republican side. Senator tom daschle and senator George Mitchell on the democratic side. Senator mitchell from the great state of maine which youll hear shortly his estate, very well represented here this morning. The country is indeed, indeed the world quite frankly is experiencing a once in a lifetime pandemic caused untold suffering and death. Doctors, nurses, hospitals, Healthcare Providers are struggling to provide Critical Care under some very difficult conditions. But if there is any good, and theres that much, but if theres any good to come out of this virus,
The ways and Means Committee will come to order. Good morning. I am delighted to see all of us back here at what i always considered the best address on capitol hill. We are hoping todays hearings we holding todays hearings. Before we begin i want to remind members of the few procedures. First, consistent with regulations, keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for an meeting themselves unmuting themselves. When members are present, they must have the cameras on. If you need to step away, please turn your camera off and audio off as well. I will turn to the topic of todays hearing. Substance use and suicide risk in the American Health care system. Exactly one month ago, we held the first hearing on examining americas Mental Health crisis. Our discussion underscored how multidimensional the issue really is. The covid19 pandemic complicated this longstanding crisis, causing increases in social isolation and anxiety. All of which heightened Mental Health