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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

What do you guys think about school-based healthcare and dental care in general?

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

Well, we just had that in a hearing the other day about that, about how--first of all, a lot of physical ailments that we have in our society are traceable back to mental illnesses that people have.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

I think we have an opportunity--at least I hope we do--of really making some changes in the kind of foods our kids eat in school.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

We have really got to focus on--sorry, Dr. Butler, I know aging and----

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

I think if we don't address the debt load on our students, we are not going to be able to draw them into primary care.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

But, it is going to, as you point out, save us a lot of money early on and also later on.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

We have got to change this, and there is a lot of talk about change.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

Well, let me just say, Bob, that one of the things we have to reauthorize this year is the Child Nutrition Act.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

I have said it to former Secretary Spellings a number of times, and I have said it to our new Secretary Duncan that we have No Child Left Behind in reading and in math, but how about no child left behind in terms of their health, just…

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

Again, a lot of times when we talk about people with disabilities, we think of someone that uses a wheelchair or has a physical disability.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

I think there are a lot of synergies there that I think could be very beneficial.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Jan 26, 2009

I think that is a great point because the cases I mentioned that I know I have in my head are all primary care doctors...

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