Jim McDermott: “As I listen to Mr. Williams and Mr. Glassman, I try to figure out in my mind what can we up here do to make it better?”

the bottom line, as far as I am concerned, is what happens to patients.

These falls can result in serious injuries and expensive hospitalizations.

Patients who have poor or no dental care often find themselves suffering from costly and potentially fatal conditions such as cardio-vascular disease and oral cancers.

Now, the reason I raise this issue is that we all know that about 70 percent of healthcare costs occur in the last 6 months of life.