The Senate passed another SCHIP bill with major flaws, especially its failure to cover poor children first.

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month is an opportunity to honor and support those living with Alzheimer's disease.

Hospital caregivers also help by providing guidance and counseling to the families of those who are ill.

During National Hospice Month, we recognize the dedicated professionals and volunteers who provide love and comfort to those who are terminally ill.

I will do my very best to make sure we can tackle cancer

We'll invest in programs that offer everything from counseling for new mothers to afterschool programs to free medical services, and job counseling for parents.

Four million American children were denied basic health coverage today because Washington politicians failed to stand up to this President's disgraceful veto.

I led the fight in Illinois to pass the Hospital Report Cards Act that required hospitals to disclose details on nurse staffing and the quality of care so that everyone was aware how well their health care system worked.

I do not accept that in the richest nation on Earth we have to stand by while 47 million Americans have no health care.

When I am President, we will reclaim that tradition of medical innovation and wage a more aggressive war on cancer.

This isn't just counter-productive, it is a failure to keep faith with so many Americans who are in the fight of their lives against cancer.

By vetoing funding for stem cell research once again, the President is deferring the hopes of millions of Americans who do not have the time to keep waiting for the cure that may save or extend their lives.

Regular screening is vital.

These are Americans who understand we have an obligation to our seniors to modernize and strengthen the Medicare system.

I first thanked them for their extraordinary leadership on developing a fine piece of legislation for Medicare.

Seniors deserve to have the prescription drug coverage that they have waited on for too long now.

The best way to provide our seniors with modern medicine, including prescription drug coverage and better preventative care, is to give them better choices under Medicare.

Medicare will pay for extended hospital stays for ulcer surgery, at the cost of about $28,000 per patient.