| THE DISPATCH Issue: #17 |
October 9, 2008 |
Greetings!
CodeBlueNow! is celebrating five years of public engagement and consensus building in health care reform. Thank you for all of your support!
Our September 18th Health Care Town Meeting was a success! Thanks again to our sponsors and those who attended the event. If you were unable to attend the Town Meeting and missed out on the lively discussion, keep reading to find out how to watch the program and read the Voters' Health Care Platform.
Also in this issue, an exclusive interview with CodeBlueNow! CEO and Founder, Kathleen O'Connor, on why we need your voice in health care reform. | |
Seattle Channel to air Town Meeting
Tune in to channel 21 or online |
| Seattle Channel (Seattle local channel 21) will be broadcasting the Town Meeting tonight at 5 PM PST and throughout next week. Watch the thought provoking conversation on health care reform and the Voters' Health Care Platform with C.R. Douglas, Seattle Channel, and two former governors, Arne Carlson, R, MN and Richard Lamm, D, CO. They make the case and point the way to bipartisan reform.
Share the video with friends and colleagues. Upcoming broadcast times are listed below. The program is also available to watch anytime online at Seattle Channel's website.
Upcoming Broadcast Times: Thursday, October 09, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 10, 2008, 9:00 a.m. Saturday, October 11, 2008, 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 12, 2008, 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 13, 2008, 3:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 11:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 6:30 a.m. |
| Read the Voters' Health Care Platform
Full Platform now available at CodeBlueNow!'s website |
We publicly launched our Voters' Health Care Platform on September 18th at our Town Meeting in Seattle. It is now available at our website, www.codebluenow.org . We will use the Platform as a benchmark to evaluate health care reform proposals.
The Platform is based on five years of grassroots research across the country as well as having statistically valid data from market research surveys. It shows the majority of Americans would support coverage for everyone, and would retain an employer-based system rather than supporting government-run, tax-funded reform. By the same margin, Americans also reject health care as a purely individual responsibility like automobile insurance.
As the economic turmoil continues, health care will be an increasingly important issue as more people lose their jobs and their benefits. Some are losing their retiree benefits and states will be slammed with decreased revenues and growing health care costs.
Here are some Platform highlights:
- Assure everyone has coverage.
- Keep a private insurance market, but build in accountability. Hold insurers accountable for cost, quality, efficiency and customer service. Doctors keep private practices and individuals see their licensed provider of choice.
- Define a basic benefit package all would have. That would lead to administrative simplicity and savings, which could be redirected toward patient care and greater opportunity and freedom because people could choose any job, without fear of losing benefits. Those wanting more benefits can buy more, as they do now. And everyone pays -- individual, employer and government.
- Reward patients and providers for supporting the health of the patient, improve care for chronic conditions, create incentives to keep people well, while not penalizing those with conditions beyond their control.
- Use existing agencies to manage the benefits at the state level and let people choose health savings accounts like 401(k) plans that they can use for health care and long-term care.
Click here to read the full Voters' Health Care Platform.
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Engaging our Communities
Special interview with D.J. Wilson, Wilson Strategic Communications, and Kathleen O'Connor |
Watch an exclusive interview with Kathleen O'Connor and D.J. Wilson on CodeBlueNow!'s work and why we need the public's voice in health care reform. Learn why health care reform has failed since the 1920's, what the people want, and what makes Kathleen tick.
Watch Engaging our Communities. |
| Five years running!
Help celebrate CodeBlueNow!'s fifth birthday |
Donate today so we can put the Voters' Health Care Platform into the hands of every Governor and U.S. Senator. Help us celebrate our birthday and the "People's Voice." Cheers and more later,
Kathleen O'Connor
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