The Tipping Point on Health Care Reform
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on May 12th, 2009 in Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
“First, the rising costs of health care must be brought down. Second, Americans must have the freedom to keep whatever doctor and health care plan they have or to choose a new doctor or health care plan if they want it. And, third, all Americans must have quality, affordable health care.” – President Barack Obama, May 11, 2009
In Monday’s historical meeting that included insurers, hospital representatives, physicians, medical device companies, pharmaceutical companies, labor, and administration officials, the focus was on comprehensive health care reform as key to laying a new foundation for our economy.
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May 13th, 2009 at 7:51 am
This is all probably a Trojan Horse, an effort by the “insurance mafia” to water down legislation or defeat it entirely. Obama should focus on creation of a public plan competing against private “mafia” plans. In short order those greedy evil-doers will be shown the door by the public who most probably will flock to the public plan. Then we can just have one single-payer system and save hundreds of billions of dollars.