Why is it conceivable that in America--and in West Virginia among other places--women are actually living shorter lives than used to be the ...
I am one of those who believe, with Dr. Berwick, who used to run the Center for Medicare and Medicaid services, that waste is theft.
Many of them do an extraordinary job, and they are all different.
Well, it is true in Vermont, as well, by the way.
HRSA, HHS, announced they were going to spend $150 million in starting up 236 new community health centers.
If they do not have access to healthcare, if they do not have access to education, if they do not have access to jobs and affordable housing...
What is that about?
the United States has, by far, the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on earth; it is 22 percent.
I am chairman of the Veterans Committee, and the V.A. actually does a fairly good job in addressing some of these issues.
I think that is a good point.
I think, as Senator Warren indicated, we have a chicken and egg situation.
I think centers, community health centers, can play a real important role in many places.
the stress pathways independent of those other factors, that operate really through neural endocrine mechanisms and neuro-immunological mech...
investing in those programs and cutting back on the incidence of diabetes may actually not only ease human suffering, but save money as well...
But as I looked at that map, sorry to interrupt you, if I look at that map, there is a lot of red in the southeastern part of the country.
I have worked very hard, with some success, to expand community health centers in the State of Vermont and throughout this country.
You made the point earlier, that just programs like the TRIO program or Upward Bound giving kids the opportunity of even knowing what a coll...
Which is going to lead to a whole host of health problems, obviously.