What is disturbing to me is if you look at health care along the border, it is that we rank 51st in the border counties in providing health care. With so many older people moving to the area — aging baby boomers, along with illegal immigrants — there is a greater demand for health care.

Consumer-driven health care... is an attitude.

There was a lot of talk that he was going to make all out-of-pocket [health-care] spending tax deductible, which I thought was a pretty lousy idea.

It is important for consumers to look at all the health-related issues both good and bad from a factual perspective. While the average consumer gets few of their daily/yearly calories or even sugar from confectionery, they should always remember that such foods are a small part of a balanced diet.

Your state's health is not good.

We were devastated, ... We spent two years developing it. I had even flown to the NIH (National Institutes of Health) to do research on my own dime. So we could have sunk into a deep depression. Instead, we made a movie.