The Case for Present Health Reform Legislation

At the link below you will find a one-page .pdf, remarks by Andy Kurz at a rally held at the Chicago Temple on February 24, 2010. It was the eve of President Obama's Healthcare Summit. Andy told us in plain English what there is to like in the coming reform.

As I post this, House debate on the reconciliation bill is winding down to a close. - Hal

Good evening. My name is Andy Kurz, I’m retired and on Medicare. My 42 year career included over 12 years of executive level finance and risk management, including CFO for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Wisconsin... I am not here tonight to convince you the bill is good, far from it. I am here to say that this bill is necessary, and in context, as transformational as Medicare was in 1965. (more)

Health Care Reform: Separating The Wheat From The Chaff

by Andrew Kurz and Miles Zaremski

The article at the link is intended as a fresh look at health care reform, presenting the main points and distilling more than 2,000 pages of legislation into fewer than 2,500 words. The tone is dispassionate; this is not a critique of political efforts to date. Over a dozen issues are identified where there is broad agreement. A die-hard critic may find more common ground than meets the eye.

The President reminds us that, after nearly a century of trying, we are closer than ever to achieving health care reform. A look at the core issues, presented as civil discourse and shorn of distractions, may create the needed consensus.

Health Care Reform: Separating The Wheat From The Chaff