As the Senator knows, the Dakotas and many upper Midwestern States were battered by a series of storms this winter and spring. Many of the States affected by weather-related emergencies are still battling and will not have a complete or accurate assessment of the damage until later this spring. Indian tribes, many of which live in remote areas, are among those whose communities suffer most in this kind of disaster.
Discussing the impact of severe storms on the Dakotas and upper Midwestern States.
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We have cost problems. We have access problems. But as you rightfully point out in your question, we certainly have quality problems.
It will use Social Security and Medicare surpluses. It will create the same deficit situation, I promise you, as we have seen all through the 1980s and early `90s.
The flaws in our health system are pervasive and corrosive. They threaten our health and economic security.
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