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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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…

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.

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

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...