Kathleen O’Connor, health care industry analyst and journalist, founded
CodeBlueNow! upon the belief that the public has a right to be involved
in creating its own health care policy. Involved in healthcare for 30 years, she
shares her unique ability to communicate current health care topics in
a language everyone can understand.Congress
Jul 25, 2008
Let 100,000 voices and yours, be heard.
Much of the health care reform debate now will be negative campaigning. All the other various reform groups will be focused on their ads and negative press, but CodeBlueNow! and a few other groups are bringing new possibility to the table.
Or country has had enough negativity – it’s time we rally around a fresh vision and take health care out of a partisan political fight. We are working on a health care platform for the people, a template we can then present to Congress. Another group is doing things in a positive way, also.
Faithful Reform in Health Care is trying to raise 100,000 voices to bring compassion, value and vision to health care. Click here to support their campaign.
Faithful Reform, like CodeBlueNow! is a national, nonpartisan, 501(c)3.
Jul 02, 2008
Public Held At Arm’s Length: Usual Suspects and Same Dead End Road
Today’s Boston Globe announced Senator Kennedy’s leadership in pressing for bipartisan health care reform.
But a review of the article shows the folks working on this “bipartisan” effort are all the usual suspects looking to flawed ideas. Congress and key advocacy groups have made up their mind on what we need to do, without consulting the public.
Congress is incapable of finding a bipartisan solution. It is a bitterly partisan institution that doesn’t listen to the other side. I think the Democrats are hoping they will get a large enough majority in the House and Senate to pass a health care bill in 2009. But, to pass this bill, they will need some Republican support, especially in the Senate. The Massachusetts bill is badly flawed. There are no cost containment measures.
The public is deeply concerned about the Wyden-Bennett Bill.
What Congress and/or the Candidates should be doing is building consensus on some core elements of a plan that would have support across party lines. It clearly exists, as CodeBlueNow!’s research shows.
This should be a wakeup call to the parties and the candidates. What is the definition of insanity? “Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.”
We can no longer leave health care reform to the candidates and advocacy organizations, they have failed us since 1929.
Cheers and more later. Kathleen
