The result was, of course, that today, tragically, more than 40 million Americans don't have health insurance, and for many, not having health insurance means they don't have access to good health care.

I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston.

Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.

In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before.