"I think the problem with the country is that we operate on a sickness model, not a wellness model... Basically, we treat people who become ill. What we don't do is do a very good job in keeping them healthy in the first place... We lose all the educational benefits, all the things we could be doing, all the things we ought to be doing, in terms of food safety... because the emphasis is on sickness. But I really don't think there's a conspiracy to make people sick so we can heal them. That I don't agree with."
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Democratic Party (United States) politiciansPeople from VermontUnited States presidential candidates, 2004Physicians from New York (state)Yale University alumni
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Source: Real Time with Bill Maher, October 15, 2004
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Howard Dean
Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American physician, author, and retired politician who served as the 79th governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 and chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2005 to 2009. Dean was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2004 presidential election where he campaigned as long-shot candidate. Later, his implementation of the fifty-state strategy as head of the DNC is credited with the Democratic victories in the 2006 and 200
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