Comments on: June bug: The press between elections and patients http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/119 Susan Mazer's Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:56:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Henry Domke http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/119#comment-48 Henry Domke Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:03:03 +0000 http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/119#comment-48 You ask "How do we resolve this?" The answer is simple: Universal Health Insurance. We remain the only developed country on earth that does not offer health insurance to all citizens. The problem you face as a small company dealing with rapidly rising costs for insurance is not unique. There are 50 million Americans without health insurance. What should you do? Vote and tell your politicians what you want You ask “How do we resolve this?”
The answer is simple: Universal Health Insurance.
We remain the only developed country on earth that does not offer health insurance to all citizens. The problem you face as a small company dealing with rapidly rising costs for insurance is not unique. There are 50 million Americans without health insurance.

What should you do?
Vote and tell your politicians what you want

]]> By: Susan Mazer http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/119#comment-49 Susan Mazer Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:43:55 +0000 http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/119#comment-49 Henry, you are correct and according to Jennifer James who spoke recently at AONE natonal conference, "Amercian exceptionalism" to which the US is addicted allows our fearless leaders to ignor what works everywhere else. The push will have to come from consumers, not from political leaders who are being pushed in a variety of conflicting directions. John Edwards had a workable plan that used what already works, Medicare and the VA system...and allowed for choice. I do not see any other plans viable or immune from the political pressures that now exist. In the meantime, the question remains as to what to do. We invest in our staff and will continue to do so as we could not fathom this work without their individual and collective skills and commitment. However, businesses often forget the value of their own employees and opt out of what they would not tolerate for their own families. Henry, you are correct and according to Jennifer James who spoke recently at AONE natonal conference, “Amercian exceptionalism” to which the US is addicted allows our fearless leaders to ignor what works everywhere else. The push will have to come from consumers, not from political leaders who are being pushed in a variety of conflicting directions. John Edwards had a workable plan that used what already works, Medicare and the VA system…and allowed for choice. I do not see any other plans viable or immune from the political pressures that now exist. In the meantime, the question remains as to what to do. We invest in our staff and will continue to do so as we could not fathom this work without their individual and collective skills and commitment. However, businesses often forget the value of their own employees and opt out of what they would not tolerate for their own families.

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