I know it is election season and we have to have hearings like this. I am not sure--I don't know if this is on CSPAN or not, but it is a good time to get some footage of you defending something or other for your campaign commercials.
McDermott comments on the political nature of the hearing during election season.
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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.
In my opinion, it could be one of the most important hearings we have held during my time as ranking member on the subcommittee.
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.
It is not what happens in Mr. Kind's district, where about 80 percent of the people have advance directives.
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