The fact that we have a healthcare crisis in America is a given. The solution is not. I don't have the answer. But it starts with getting lots of ideas on the table, evaluating the pros and cons of each, talking to lots of health care experts, talking to lots of consumers (with and without adequate health care benefits), and, finally, coming up with a plan that incorporates the best of the best.
To start off the discussion, here's how one relatively isolated New Mexican community solved the problem for themselves:
CLICK TO READ: On the 'Frontier,' a New Approach to Public Health - New York Times
BE PART OF THE SOLUTION: If any of you out there come across any interesting ideas, articles, or commentaries, email them to me or post a link in "comments". And please comment on the ideas already posted. Let's stop talking about the problem and start solving it ourselves--just like the folks in Lordsburg, New Mexico.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES AND RESOURCES:
HEALTH CARE REFORM ORGANIZATIONS:
JOIN AMERICANS FOR HEALTH CARE: Americans for Health Care is working to win common-sense solutions that increase access to reliable, affordable health care coverage for ALL.
SIGN UP to be part of the movement to achieve quality, affordable health care for ALL!
MEDICARE:
t r u t h o u t - Paul Krugman | A Private Obsession
New Medicare Benefit Helps Only Drug Companies by Dr. Marc Siegel - The Nation
The Poor May Be Left Out In Medicare Drug Transition
RISING HOSPITAL COSTS:
To Fight Rising Costs, Hospitals Seek Allies in the Operating Room - New York Times
No comments:
Post a Comment