Jim McDermott: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman.”

The Governor of Texas decided he didn't want health care coverage for 1.2 million or 1,314,000 people.

Doing without dental coverage frequently leads to preventable health problems.

To make that a reality we have to move the conversation in Congress away from harmful ideas like privatizing the program and cutting seniors' benefits.

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.