Rep. Cheri Bustos: Communities know what's best to improve social determinants of health

What she's saying: "The idea is that we do this call to action, people get back in touch with us, we use that to write future legislation," Bustos said.

• "But the whole idea of the $153 million is that we say 'communities, tell us what your problems are, apply for this money, use this money to investigate the root cause of this and then use this money to help fight the negative social determinants,'" she added.
• "It's not just doing this so-called 'let's study this,'" she said. "You know how that works in Congress, there's a lot of 'let's just study this.' This $153 million goes beyond that. It's let's study it and then let's tackle it."

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