Once again, politicians are rushing to judgment on a plan that the public will not support.   Senators Ron Wyden, D, Oregon and Senator Bob Bennett, R, Utah, have co-sponsored a bill to move the responsibility of health insurance away from employers and over to individuals.  Does the public want that?  No.  Data from the Kaiser Family Foundation clearly show there is significant resistance to this idea (See Drew Altman’s essay on their research). CodeBlueNow!’s data clearly show this, as well. 

It would not take rocket science to build a health care system – it does take political will.  What we have found is that more public consensus on health care reform exists than either the parties or the candidates will admit. 
That’s why we have to get elected officials out of the center of attention to create a proposal.  They can’t do it.  We the people have to create our own Voters’ Health Care Platform.  I think our Declaration is as good a place to start as any. 

Stay tuned!  Cheers and more later.

Kathleen