Don't let Health and Human Services Secretary deprive you of your legally prescribed medicine.

To truly honor our veterans, we must ensure the people who care for them are respected and feel safe in their workplace. This is often not the case at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in Illinois, where dedicated employees have frequently been victimized by widespread harassment, retaliatory actions against those reporting abuses, bullying, and other forms of intimidation. Upper management at Hines has not been responsive in investigating these offenses, which violate Veterans Administration policies, contractual agreements, and the constitutional rights of those victimized. In many instances, members of management have themselves been guilty of these abuses. In other instances they have ignored complaints, dismissed them outright, and used pressure and threats against some employees making these complaints. Instances of bullying and harassment have increased exponentially, with 650 complaints in the past year as verified by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office records. Hines management has refused to accept accountability or even conduct an open discussion on these issues, despite detailed complaints brought to their attention by employees and representatives of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 781. Members of the National Nurses Union and the Service Employees International Union have also reported similar instances of harassment. Some of the harassment at Hines has been directed against employees who have exposed waste, fraud, and abuse at the facility. This kind of unacceptable behavior adversely affects more than just the employees who have been victimized. Our concern is for our veterans—the men and women who have sacrificed so much for the protection and security of their fellow Americans. When employees are afraid to speak up for improvements in care and efficiency, it’s our veterans who truly pay the price. When a work environment is hostile, good healthcare workers leave. Our nation’s veterans deserve the very best healthcare available, and that cannot be provided under current conditions at Hines. We ask you to join us in demanding accountability and more responsive action from Hines management in addressing complaints from the workforce, disciplining those who have violated proper conduct standards, and working to create a more peaceful and productive working environment.

I'm have the most painful disease known to man and I could get rid of four medications with one legal plant. Disabled people who partake in smoking should not have to feel like a criminal. The prohibition on cannabis needs to end. Anybody with anxiety they give Xanax which when stopped causes seizures and its addicting!!! Wake up and realize there are safer alternatives that are being denied to us over propaganda that the government put out cause of the fiber. Cannabis also is a great strong fiber called "Hemp". But in 36 before the war the oil executives wanted nylon to be the fiber of choice. So instead of natural and stronger we went petroleum and weaker"nylon". This plant is a great medicine and a great fiber to save trees. Please help this state legalize cannabis and tax it like they do tobacco and alcohol.

Due to concerns about regulatory scrutiny, physicians need guidance as to what principles should generally be followed when prescribing opioids for chronic or recurrent pain states. Regulators have also expressed a need for guidelines to help them to distinguish legitimate medical practice from questionable practice and to allow them to appropriately concentrate investigative, educational, and disciplinary efforts, while not interfering with legitimate medical care.

Concussions are one of the most commonly reported injuries in children and adolescents who participate in sports and recreational activities. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that as many as 3.9 million sports-related and recreation-related concussions occur in the United States each year. A concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the skull. The risk for long-term, chronic cognitive, physical, and emotional symptoms associated with the development of post-concussion syndrome and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, as well as the risk for catastrophic injuries or even death, is significant when a concussion or head injury is not properly recognized, evaluated, and managed. Georgia is one of six states that has not adopted a safe return to play statewide guideline.

I feel very strongly that no animals should have antibiotics in their food supply because that will affect the health of human beings. This practice must be outlawed.

Affordable Health Care.

Yes i dont want my pension tacken away.Congress is getting in the way of jobs,and not doing thier job.

Tell Papa John and Applebee's if they don't support health care for their workers, you will never buy their food.

Several states have implemented a cap for the patient suffering from medical malpractices. Even if the damage is severe, patient suffering is scaled by the politicans (who may have never faced any medical malpractice). This is only protecting the interest of the big hospitals. We should change this law.

In accordance with the Affordable Care Act, Oklahoma is being offered federal funding that will provide 100% of the cost of expanding the state's existing Medicaid Program for 3 full years. This expansion will enable the state to provide healthcare coverage to up to 190,000 additional Oklahoma citizens who are currently uninsured. After the 3rd year, the amount of federal funds being provided to the state, will be incrementally reduced, until the state is receiving a maximum of 90% of the cost of the Medicaid expansion. At that time, Oklahoma will become responsible for covering the remaining 10% of the remaining expansion costs. Not only will accepting this funding significantly improve the health and the quality of life of many currently uninsured Oklahoma citizens, it will also provide substantial economic benefits for the state, by saving the state millions of dollars in uncompensated healthcare costs, and by creating thousands of new high-paying jobs in healthcare, and related fields, which will generate significant new tax revenues for the state of Oklahoma.

I am disabled and am constantly denied services from Medicaid that my doctors feel that I need. I have mechanical heart valves and Medicaid refuses to pay for PT/INR checks to monitor my blood thickness due to blood thinners that I have to take for the rest of my life. I also need shots in my knees for crippling arthritis and Medicaid always turn me down. I have a pacemaker and Medicaid paid for a machine to monitor my heart activity but refused to pay for the monthly charge that sends the information to the doctor.