however, all of this work began when i was attorney general worrying about the kault of health care in arkansas nursing homes or when i was governor, trying to deal with the fact that there were still substantial numbers of rural communities where people had virtually no access to health care. where it was not possible to deliver a baby safely. where the infant mortality rate was well above the national average. so i've been involved in this subject for a long time. and i have believed all my life that the role of government was the work with the private sector and the nongovernmental groups and communities and ordinary citizens essentially to empower people to have better life stories. and that's what this whole issue