The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.

The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.

Today we have a health insurance industry where the first and foremost goal is to maximize profits for shareholders and CEOs, not to cover patients who have fallen ill or to compensate doctors and hospitals for their services. It is an industry that is increasingly concentrated and where Americans are paying more to receive less.

America has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, the best medical technology, the best medical breakthrough medicines in the world. There is absolutely no reason we should not have in this country the best health care in the world.