OpEd: This Time, Failure Is Not an Option for Health Care Reform -- Sphere News, Opinion and Analysis »
Posted By TimALoftis 5 days, 7 hours ago in Political Opinion
If the health reform debate of 1993-94 taught this nation anything, it's that there are very real moral, economic and political consequences from failing to fix our health system. This time, health reform will succeed because failure is not an acceptable option.
Indeed, the latest Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows that 63 percent of Americans think the country would be better off with health reform. That's up from 46 percent in August, during the heyday of opponents' misinformation campaigns.
Rhetoric aside, Americans seek the benefits of reform. We want to know we aren't going to be denied health insurance because we are sick. Stakeholders want to manage their institutions into a sustainable future. Employers want to become competitive on a world stage again. And we all want government leaders to work together to solve our nation's greatest problems.
This time around, health reform will succeed. And lawmakers who play a proactive, problem-solving role in the debate will be rewarded at the polls in 2010 and beyond.
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"This time around, health reform will succeed. And lawmakers who play a proactive, problem-solving role in the debate will be rewarded at the polls in 2010 and beyond."
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THAT is the piece that is significant. Its time to dump politicos who view their constituents as someone to court at election time. -
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