Senator Bill Frist
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Family planning, another huge global issue that I've been involved with, is an issue that Republicans will turn to abortion issues and Democrats will turn to abortion issues and try to politicize it in all ways. But if you instead of you say family planning, you say that healthy timing and spacing of babies.
But you just say that all of a sudden people come to the room and I think we can do a better job. Instead of, you know, saying eat healthy or eat your vegetables at all, really do frame it. And I'll just close with saying what does speak and the Affordable Care Act. became so unpopular because it focused just on access, which is important, but it didn't focus on cost. It didn't focus on money.
But you just say that all of a sudden people come to the room and I think we can do a better job. Instead of, you know, saying eat healthy or eat your vegetables at all, really do frame it. And I'll just close with saying what does speak and the Affordable Care Act. became so unpopular because it focused just on access, which is important, but it didn't focus on cost. It didn't focus on money.
But you just say that all of a sudden people come to the room and I think we can do a better job. Instead of, you know, saying eat healthy or eat your vegetables at all, really do frame it. And I'll just close with saying what does speak and the Affordable Care Act. became so unpopular because it focused just on access, which is important, but it didn't focus on cost. It didn't focus on money.
To the individual person, their prices were going up and they weren't getting any more benefits. So I think the more we can translate things into cost to effectiveness to well-being, and we know that a healthier, we know For my heart transplant, my heart transplants, they would do well long-term if nutritionally and metabolically they were strong. So yeah, I did a heart transplant.
To the individual person, their prices were going up and they weren't getting any more benefits. So I think the more we can translate things into cost to effectiveness to well-being, and we know that a healthier, we know For my heart transplant, my heart transplants, they would do well long-term if nutritionally and metabolically they were strong. So yeah, I did a heart transplant.
To the individual person, their prices were going up and they weren't getting any more benefits. So I think the more we can translate things into cost to effectiveness to well-being, and we know that a healthier, we know For my heart transplant, my heart transplants, they would do well long-term if nutritionally and metabolically they were strong. So yeah, I did a heart transplant.
I wanted to live 50 years and it came back to nutrition and a healthier lifestyle coming in. So I think if we do translate nutrition policy, not just good, bad, eat healthier, but translate it into a healthier person is a more productive person and greater wellbeing and it means more productivity at work. does mean a growing of economy, means fewer absentee days.
I wanted to live 50 years and it came back to nutrition and a healthier lifestyle coming in. So I think if we do translate nutrition policy, not just good, bad, eat healthier, but translate it into a healthier person is a more productive person and greater wellbeing and it means more productivity at work. does mean a growing of economy, means fewer absentee days.
I wanted to live 50 years and it came back to nutrition and a healthier lifestyle coming in. So I think if we do translate nutrition policy, not just good, bad, eat healthier, but translate it into a healthier person is a more productive person and greater wellbeing and it means more productivity at work. does mean a growing of economy, means fewer absentee days.
The economy growing, individual well-being increased, which translates into national effects in their economy. And the Affordable Care Act, this time around, I think if we get the right language, And we do end up couching it into growth, personal growth, economic growth, productivity that the case can be made, will be made, will be listened to.
The economy growing, individual well-being increased, which translates into national effects in their economy. And the Affordable Care Act, this time around, I think if we get the right language, And we do end up couching it into growth, personal growth, economic growth, productivity that the case can be made, will be made, will be listened to.
The economy growing, individual well-being increased, which translates into national effects in their economy. And the Affordable Care Act, this time around, I think if we get the right language, And we do end up couching it into growth, personal growth, economic growth, productivity that the case can be made, will be made, will be listened to.
Yeah. And I think the things that people listen to us, they say, well, again, you're talking about Washington, D.C. and policy and all that stuff. And it's so far away. But it really isn't. When I left the Senate, the first thing I did is come back to Nashville, Tennessee, where I grew up, Vanderbilt and family and all. And Nashville, ironically, it's sort of a Silicon Valley of health services.
Yeah. And I think the things that people listen to us, they say, well, again, you're talking about Washington, D.C. and policy and all that stuff. And it's so far away. But it really isn't. When I left the Senate, the first thing I did is come back to Nashville, Tennessee, where I grew up, Vanderbilt and family and all. And Nashville, ironically, it's sort of a Silicon Valley of health services.
Yeah. And I think the things that people listen to us, they say, well, again, you're talking about Washington, D.C. and policy and all that stuff. And it's so far away. But it really isn't. When I left the Senate, the first thing I did is come back to Nashville, Tennessee, where I grew up, Vanderbilt and family and all. And Nashville, ironically, it's sort of a Silicon Valley of health services.
All the hospital chains, disease management chains, psychiatric hospital chains are based there. on a per capita basis, much bigger than New York or Boston or Washington in terms of the reach.
All the hospital chains, disease management chains, psychiatric hospital chains are based there. on a per capita basis, much bigger than New York or Boston or Washington in terms of the reach.
All the hospital chains, disease management chains, psychiatric hospital chains are based there. on a per capita basis, much bigger than New York or Boston or Washington in terms of the reach.
But ironically, in the Davidson County, where all these home offices are, the population health measures, and it could be metabolic disorders, diabetes, obesity, how long somebody lives, infant mortality, are higher there than other sort of brother-sister cities around the country of comparable size. And so we started a local initiative called Nashville Health.