This survey represents the oral health of more than 256 million Americans. While the findings are encouraging, the report clearly tells us that more effort is needed to improve the oral health of low-income Americans.

The good news is that things are getting better, Clearly we need to do more to improve the oral health of poorer Americans.

Average Americans are going to win this, not me. And not just your organization, not just the providers of health care, but the American people are going to cause this to happen. But they have to keep sending those cards and letters.

If we are going to have a health care program that works for all Americans, we are going to have to get beyond the blame game.

With black Americans at the top of most lists of chronic diseases and among the least likely to have health insurance, the budget would have a devastating impact on our community, particularly black women.

This poll shows that Americans across the political spectrum value the role Medicaid plays in our health-care system, ... As with the rest of the health care system, much of the political debate surrounding Medicaid these days focuses on controlling costs, but proposals to cut funding for the program or scale back the coverage it offers do not appear to be popular with the public.