Health care reform Public Option Resolution passed at October 13, 2009 JCDCC meeting.

Matt Keating from DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA spoke about the Public Option for Health Care. They want all 36 counties to pass the resolution he brought. It will be given to the senators to let them know there is support.

WHEREAS, the heath care system of the United States is in crisis, with almost fifty million Americans lacking any health insurance, tens of millions more lacking adequate coverage, and millions more who do have private coverage paying increasingly unaffordable premiums, resulting in inadequate access to care and premature death, illness, or financial ruin for millions of Americans; and

WHEREAS, public polls show that an overwhelming majority of Americans want health care reform to offer the choice of a robust public option similar to Medicare in order to, in the words of President Obama, “keep the insurance companies honest,” while co-ops or so-called “triggers” are inadequate in and of themselves to address the health care crisis by creating significant competition for the medical insurance industry; and

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm

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