Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"They have to be viewed as an essential part of primary care, not 'isn't it swell if we could afford it?'"

"Do they have depression, or have they been given antidepressive medication? I don't consider those to be the same thing."

"We need to say good-bye to silo thinking in which quality is over here, cost is there, and so on."

"These goals remain essential to improving the quality of our Nation's health system."