Testimony before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Risk-Sharing Policies and Higher Education May 20, 2015

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Continuing America’s Leadership: The Future of Medical Innovation for Patients Witness before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Special Hearing on Ergonomics Testimony Submitted to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education

Testimony Submitted to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH Richard A. and Elizabeth Henby Sutter Chair of Occupational, Industrial, and Environmental Medicine Director, Division of General Medical Sciences Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine Washington University School ...

Lagniappe: the impact of headache disorders in America.

The immense burden of headache disorders in America has been very rarely considered during the formal deliberations of Congress. On February 14, 2012, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the United States Senate held a public hearing on Pain in America: Exploring Challenges to Relief. During that hearing, Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont entered into the Congressional R...

United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Judiciary Hearing on “Role of Litigation in Patient Access to Care” Statement of James Hurley, ACAS, MAAA Chairperson, Medical Malpractice Subcommittee American Academy of Actuaries

The American Academy of Actuaries is the public policy organization for actuaries practicing in all specialties within the United States. A major purpose of the Academy is to act as the public information organization for the profession. The Academy is non-partisan and assists the public policy process through the presentation of clear and objective actuarial analysis. The Academy regularly pre...

Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General.

Surgeons general of the United States have often championed important causes that improve the nation’s health. Leroy Burney and Luther Terry took on the issue of smoking and health. C. Everett Koop championed the treatment of HIV-AIDS as a medical condition. With the nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy, who aims to take on the epidemic of obesity, President Barack Obama is striving to continue this ...