"Let me just say to Mr. Nycz and to everybody here that we're going to do our best to focus more and more attention on this issue--why this hearing is so important."
"What we're really talking about is the workforce, in general, whether it's dental therapists or dentists or hygienists."
"But if you don't expand access, it is an equally or perhaps more costly proposition."
"We need a stronger financial commitment to support the public health infrastructure so that the dental needs of all Americans can be met."
"They go to the emergency room, and then they are referred to the health department."
"You're telling me that they are making money?"
"If you are a lower income American. You're on Medicaid, but you don't have access--Medicaid does not pay for a dentist."
"And are you finding--and we have the same issue--we had a hearing here on primary healthcare, getting doctors, young medical students, involved in primary healthcare. Are you finding that, given the o..."
"What we have learned in Vermont is that every time you build--it's like, 'If you build it, they will come.'"
"I think to remember Deamonte Driver, our job is to dedicate ourselves to make very, very significant improvements to our dental care system so we never see another Deamonte Driver situation again in t..."
"We are going to take a look at models which seem to be high quality and cost-effective."