Bernard Sanders

the tens of millions of Americans who are either unable to afford or unable to access the kind of dental care that they need.

It is unacceptable to me that only a third of our Nation's dentists provide care to people who are on Medicaid.

nearly 70 million adults and nearly 8 million children have no dental insurance.

We need to understand that a major cause of absenteeism, interestingly enough, from school, is a result of toothache and dental pain.

70 percent of older Americans have some sort of periodontal disease.

More than 40 percent of children in America have tooth decay by the time they reach kindergarten.

We've got to understand that if we're going to seriously address the mental crisis in America, Congress is going to have to act and act boldly.

the lack of affordable dental care in America is a problem all over our Country.

every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans leave the United States go to countries like Mexico, Costa Rica, India, Thailand, and Hungary.

70 percent of older Americans have some sort of periodontal disease.

the lack of affordable dental care in America is a problem all over our Country.

every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans leave the United States go to countries like Mexico, Costa Rica, India, Thailand, and Hungary.

nearly 70 million adults and nearly 8 million children have no dental insurance.

It is unacceptable to me that 67 percent of rural communities in America are designated as dental professional shortage areas.

We've got to understand that if we're going to seriously address the mental crisis in America, Congress is going to have to act and act boldly.

It is unacceptable to me that 67 percent of rural communities in America are designated as dental professional shortage areas.

We need to understand that a major cause of absenteeism, interestingly enough, from school, is a result of toothache and dental pain.

the tens of millions of Americans who are either unable to afford or unable to access the kind of dental care that they need.

It is unacceptable to me that only a third of our Nation's dentists provide care to people who are on Medicaid.

We call on you to increase funding for HBCUs to reduce the cost of producing high quality physicians of color.

This would be transformational. It is a bill that is going to force corporate health care to accept transparency and competition.

Today, our Committee is going to focus on two extremely important health care issues that must be addressed.

I ardently advocate for the re-introduction of legislation which would specifically fund and protect the growth of HBCU medical schools.

This would be transformational. It is a bill that is going to force corporate health care to accept transparency and competition.

Today, our Committee is going to focus on two extremely important health care issues that must be addressed.