two-thirds of rural counties in America are depopulating, two-thirds.
under a one-payer, publicly funded, universal system such as the one embodied in Senator Sanders' Medicare for All Bill ...
the VA is the largest integrated health care system in the country. It has problems.
many of my colleagues voted to cut $1 trillion in funding over a 10-year period to Medicaid, and $500 billion to Medicar...
the day will come, and more and more people understand it--that we are the only major country on earth not to guarantee ...
Are we satisfied that we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for the same damn drugs that are sold around the w...
I think Senator Roberts a couple of years ago--Senator, correct me if I'm wrong, but you were telling me I think in part...
Private insurance reimbursement rates are higher than Medicare in your state?
I think there is general agreement that we have a shortage of physicians in the country and in rural America in particul...
Under the much-maligned Affordable Care Act, we doubled funding for federally qualified community health centers.
the cost of healthcare is very, very high. Of course it's high. We pay almost twice as much per capita for healthcare as...
we spend on average twice per capita what other countries spend, all of whom cover everyone while enjoying a longer life...
the most popular health program in America is Medicare. The second most popular program is the VA.
unanimously they will tell you no, they want to strengthen the VA.
But I would hope that at the end of the day, we understand that healthcare is a right, not a privilege.
The IPO, or the Interagency Program Office, is one of the few aspects of her modernization that is mandated by law.
I am willing to give them additional time to do that, but I will not wait forever.
It is more important than ever that the Commission's Federal Co-chair be a strong advocate for the communities that desp...
