The vision is to have a strong public system, the vision is to make sure that there's health care when and where you need it, ... And we're paying attention.

The vision of this, when the president signed off on this, was that when you are granted an ID card at one agency, then that same ID card would work at another agency -- that you won't need 10 to 15 ID cards to get into different buildings.

At 104, she needs to continue to be in good health as she is.

I don't believe that private delivery systems will be anxious to take on some of the high-cost services, such as expensive cancer treatments or transplant surgeries. They're more likely to look at what is profitable.

We're not closing the door to looking at the insurance-based model for one part or for several parts of the health-care system,

We've got people waiting 18 months for surgery on their hips, ... And we have a demand for that type of service where they can pay for (the surgery) so they can get their life back.