Sen. Bernie Sanders is the ranking member on the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security. The subcommittee is part of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Sen. Sanders’ subcommittee activities include work on: community health centers; access to medical, dental, and mental health care; the primary care provider workforce; social services for seniors and the Older Americans Act; preventing and addressing elder abuse; health disparities and economic inequality; and other health and aging policy issues.