by chief fredrickson, richard grimes, police chief -- auburn police chief and superintendent of the massachusetts state police. [applause] for law enforcement and the citizen to ensure we are doing all we can to keep dangerous people off the streets. [applause] massachusetts is a national leader in healthcare. one of the healthiest state in the nation we have th with the e of health care coverage. health care collectors economically and clinically it's constantly delivering solutions to some of the most challenging and complicated problems facing patients and their families. the flipside is the price we pay tpay. small business is on the highest health-insurance costs in the country. the price of the medical service is as much as 300% depending on where it is provided. the community hospitals continue to struggle and ironically some of the rules make it tough to practice modern medicine. later this year, we will file legislation to address these and other issues by expanding the use of medicine and rethinking some of the scope of practice guidelines and dealing with the issues that have negativel