Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons are available as an app, or line. More information on babbel. Com. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this is the day that the United States honors dr. Martin luther king, junior, assassinated 50 years ago this spring. But this year, the memorials came amid the ongoing furor over words President Trump has allegedly spoken, and the views he holds on race. All across the nation, americans marked king day, with a march in atlanta, mu
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons are available as an app, or line. More information on babbel. Com. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this is the day that the United States honors dr. Martin luther king, junior, assassinated 50 years ago this spring. But this year, the memorials came amid the ongoing furor over words President Trump has allegedly spoken, and the views he holds on race. All across the nation, americans marked king day, with a march in atlanta, mu
Consumers. So it means that many consumers are paying very little to get very affordable coverage. We have 120,000 people paying less than 10 a month in bronze plans. 70 of those that have subsidies are picking a silver plan. Many of those in the cost sharing subsidy where in california at the highest cost sharing subsidy, an outpatient visit is 3 a bus ride. Theres no deductible. This is not the story across the nation. If you look an we did looking at colorado and miami, instead of having seven products like we have in l. A. , in denver they have 35 different silver products. In miami 35 and some of those products that are the cheapest premiums mean you dont get any care unless you satisfied a 3,000 deductible. Thats not good for consumers. I think its the right thing for consumers. Let me quickly note about getting access to care. We have some very early indicators that are very positive in california. There is a lot of discussion about narrow networks. Id note that virtually all of
The 2016 we learned from the New York Times weve lost roughly 60,000 people to Drug Overdoses. That is more in one year that all the names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and likely, that number is underestimated because much of the data will not be in until the end of this year, 2017. Its staggering. For every fatal overdose its estimated there are 20 nonfatal overdoses and for 2016 that could mean your 1 million. 183,000 lives have been lost in the us from overdoses between 2015. Thats about 50,000 we lost over the last, 500,000 we lost over the next decade. The roots of this crisis began in 1980 when a letter to the editor in the journal of medicine was misinterpreted as evidence. It was unlikely someone become addicted out of 4000 cases a center was only four connections. Years later the joint Commission Following the american medical associations recommendation assessment established standards for Pain Management interpreted by many doctors as encouraging the prescription of
Today the subcommittee holds a hearing entitled combatting the opoid crisis, battles in the states. Make no mistake, the term combatting and battles are entirely appropriate. Our nation is in the midst of a tremendous fight against death affecting every corner of our nation. There were more than 52,000 deaths in overdose. A 20 increase in the prior year. It was almost seven time it is rate of death from the heroin epidemic of the 1970s. We learned we have lost roughly 60,0 0 people to Drug Overdoses. That is more in one year than all the names on the vietnam veteran memorial wall. That is likely underestimated because much of the data will not be in until the end of next year. For every fatale overdose there is 20 nonfatale overdoses and for 2016 that could be near one million. More than 130,000 lives have been lost between 1999 and 2015. Thats about 50,000 oh 500,000 will be lost over the next decade. The roots began in 1980 when a letter was misinterpreted as evidence it was unlikely