Barbara Mikulski actually said...

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

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

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

Narrowing the quality chasm will make it possible to bring the benefits of medical science and technology to all Americans in every communit...