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Senate Floor: SUPPORT OUR TEACHING HOSPITALS
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Joe Biden Joe Biden said 36 sentences of a total of 36 sentences.
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Joe Biden
Mr. President, I rise today to express my strong support for this country's teaching hospitals.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.60944
VADER
0.718
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0121562865
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0031443473
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0008683364
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0008362444
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.000603452
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0003120277
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.000213035
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001891025
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0001679832
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
6.26738E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
4.59859E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
78.034
Magnitude:
15
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
5.4
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
69.5
Gunning-Fog Score
5.7
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
7.3
Automated Readability Index
6.5
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.7
Sprache Readability Score
2.2
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
8
Joe Biden
These institutions provide the critical experiences of internship and residency by which raw medical school graduates, who have learned the science of medicine, are converted into seasoned physicians who have learned the art and practice of medicine. We are all going to face illness at one time or another in our lives, and we want to make sure that there will be well-educated, conscientious, and compassionate physicians to care for us during those periods. The critical role of the teaching hospitals in molding the doctors of the future cannot be overestimated.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.19722
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.6
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.27297
VADER
0.402
Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0187897182
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0048814429
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0006542571
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0004721217
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0004375217
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0002161287
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0002105826
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
7.91484E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
7.67987E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
6.05503E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
3.45397E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
92.826
Magnitude:
91
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
35
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
26
Sprache Difficult Word Count
30
Joe Biden
These teaching hospitals also serve as key participants in the medical research advances from which we all benefit enormously. We tend to forget that medicine is a relatively young science. Antibiotics, which we all take for granted, have been in use for only about 50 years. Heart bypass surgery and kidney transplants, procedures so commonplace that we hardly give them a second thought, were virtually unheard of 40 years ago. These and other medical advances have led to a tremendous increase in life expectancy in this country over the past 100 years. Yet all of these innovations would have been virtually impossible without the ongoing participation of teaching hospitals in programs of medical research and development.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0.66667
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0.66667
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.29928
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.57143
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.57143
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.18958
VADER
0.871
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0405275234
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0386555796
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0026405116
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0003433224
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0002784286
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.000167331
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001434752
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.00013089
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001078326
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
5.48442E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
6.5738E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
96.823
Magnitude:
113
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
43.5
Gunning-Fog Score
16
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
34
Sprache Difficult Word Count
36
Joe Biden
Finally, these teaching hospitals provide a tremendous service to our communities. For many of the most vulnerable among us, the teaching hospitals represent their major, and often only, source of medical care. The homeless, the indigent, the elderly, the new arrivals to our country: for many in these groups, there would be no medical care at all if not for the care provided by the teaching hospitals, such as Christiana Care in my home state of Delaware.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.84615
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.84615
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.12026
VADER
0.68
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.0275645754
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0076681106
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0037171885
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0021570024
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0018657298
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0002678199
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0002047653
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0001962513
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0001044224
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.63127E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
7.982E-7
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
96.88
Magnitude:
77
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
44.5
Gunning-Fog Score
17
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
19
Sprache Difficult Word Count
20
Joe Biden
So we should all agree that teaching hospitals are an absolutely essential resource for our society; we don't want to go back to 19th century medicine, we want to move ahead to 21st century medicine.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0
Neutral
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0
Harvard-IV (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.94591
VADER
0.404
Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.033023674
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0166573969
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0117758849
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0078499841
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0018967879
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0001313825
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001004421
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
4.00036E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
2.46625E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
2.06629E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.49196E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
77.682
Magnitude:
35
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
36
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
10.6
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
5.8
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
9
Sprache Difficult Word Count
12
Joe Biden
But there is a problem: the teaching hospitals' financial underpinning has become very precarious, and a number of the most reknowned teaching hospitals in this country are now losing money each year. We have come somewhat late to the unsurprising realization that the time and resources which the teaching hospitals devote to the education of future physicians, the research we need for better and healthier lives, and the care of the indigent and working poor, costs a lot of money.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.28571
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.28571
Slightly Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.54654
VADER
0.176
Leans Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.1100238762
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0232773804
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0168852595
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0074584386
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0030072884
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0024081679
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0008545507
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0003334825
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0002887894
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0002619215
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
2.63414E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
80.333
Magnitude:
80
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
27.7
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
22
Sprache Difficult Word Count
22
Joe Biden
These costs are going up every year for our teaching hospitals: new technology costs money, dedicated employees must be paid a living wage, and so forth. But the income of teaching hospitals is not coming close to matching these cost increases. Health insurance companies are reducing their payments to health care providers, including teaching hospitals. Teaching hospitals, with their obligatory high costs, are not able to compete financially for contracts to take care of HMO patients. A significant percentage of teaching hospital costs has been paid in the past by Medicare, but as Medicare finds itself facing future insolvency, its payment to teaching hospitals for training interns and residents has also declined. We in Congress contributed to the decline in teaching hospitals' income with several provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, particularly the reductions in payments for indirect medical education and disproportionate share hospitals.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-2.3979
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.46667
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.46667
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
0.97345
VADER
0.813
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence > Graphic
0.1671401784
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0409477885
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0364420499
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0093901748
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.009145221
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
0.0059033373
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0047627975
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0012242357
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0009285513
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0002956609
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.76046E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
95.841
Magnitude:
145
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
30.9
Gunning-Fog Score
18.8
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.2
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
46
Sprache Difficult Word Count
50
Joe Biden
Everybody who gets health care in this country benefits from the work of teaching hospitals, but in the face of the financial straits that have overwhelmed our health care system, nobody wants to pay for them.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
1
Very Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
1.09861
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.55556
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.55556
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.727
Very Positive
Moderation
Harassment
0.0383418781
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0103113234
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence
0.0049795388
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0024806295
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0010770547
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.000274786
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001961794
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0001456525
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
2.53268E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.12788E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.5902E-6
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
97.811
Magnitude:
36
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
43.4
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.4
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
6
Sprache Difficult Word Count
10
Joe Biden
Mr. President, it is absolutely essential that this country's teaching hospitals remain vital and viable. Medicare may no longer be in a position to continue paying a disproportionately large share of teaching hospital expenses. In the long run, we must carefully reevaluate the funding mechanism for teaching hospitals to ensure their stability; if we all benefit from them, then perhaps we should all pay part of their costs.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
0.5
Positive
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
0.5
Positive
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.52941
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.52941
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.09861
VADER
0.785
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.0178319751
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0042679036
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0005084401
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0003944656
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0002897608
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.000230589
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
9.73758E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
9.59012E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
4.23307E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
2.33566E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
1.20426E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
96.637
Magnitude:
68
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
39
Gunning-Fog Score
16.2
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
11.4
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.4
Sprache Readability Score
4.8
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
24
Sprache Difficult Word Count
25
Joe Biden
These long-term changes are important, but we in the Senate must also be concerned about the here and now. Teaching hospitals that are currently losing money may not be able to wait for the "long run"; they need help in the next few months. Senator Daschle has just introduced the Medicare Beneficiary Access to Care Act, which contains provisions that would benefit the teaching hospitals and their patients, and I understand that the Senate Finance Committee is currently working on proposals to address some unintended consequences of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, including those that have impacted on teaching hospitals.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-0.5
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-0.8473
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.5
Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
1.02165
VADER
0.933
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.052229804
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0247726974
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0013848567
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0009943767
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.0003296235
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0002268126
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0001576945
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0001574221
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
9.28625E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
6.23922E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
1.37801E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
95.054
Magnitude:
100
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
35.5
Gunning-Fog Score
19
Coleman-Liau Index
12
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
6.3
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
30
Sprache Difficult Word Count
29
Joe Biden
But time is of the essence, and the key word is urgency. Next year may be too late. The Senate is working furiously to pass the necessary appropriations bills in the few legislative days we have remaining this session, but I implore my colleagues not to move to adjournment until we take action to make sure that the teaching hospitals will still be around next session. The teaching hospitals spend 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, working to make sure we live long and healthy lives, and it's time for us to return the favor. If we don't have enough time this session to complete the necessary major surgery on the payment system for teaching hospitals, the least we can do is set aside the few hours or days it would take to administer a little life-saving financial CPR.
Sentiment
Loughran McDonald (Relative)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Absolute)
-1
Very Negative
Loughran McDonald (Logit)
-1.60944
Harvard-IV (Relative)
0.83333
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Absolute)
0.83333
Very Positive
Harvard-IV (Logit)
2.03688
VADER
0.901
Very Positive
Moderation
Violence
0.1397681655
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Violence > Graphic
0.0036741883
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm
0.001808116
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment
0.0016759403
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Harassment > Threatening
0.0016386548
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Intent
0.0007996064
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate
0.0002347957
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual
0.0002136617
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Hate > Threatening
0.0001389648
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Sexual > Minors
0.0001156037
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Self-Harm > Instructions
7.24819E-5
OpenAI Moderation v1 (007)
Topics
Topic:
Health
Score:
63.304
Magnitude:
139
Code:
3
Url:
https://fsc.al/cap-mc#3
Source:
Comparative Agendas
Readability
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
12
Flesch-Kincaid Ease
55.9
Gunning-Fog Score
16.4
Coleman-Liau Index
9.7
SMOG Index
12
Automated Readability Index
12
Dale-Chall Readability Score
4.6
Sprache Readability Score
5
Dale-Chall Difficult Word Score
29
Sprache Difficult Word Count
32