Real Health Care Reform Means State Innovation and a Public Insurance Option - The Commonwealth Fund

Commentary on The Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey on Health Reform by Tammy Baldwin, Representative from Wisconsin Health care for all is a part of the American dream that has gone unfulfilled since 1945 when President Harry S. Truman first proposed it. How many people have suffered; how many families have been bankrupted; how many business plans have been deferred; how many futures have been denied because we do not have affordable, accessible, quality health care for all? For the first time in more than six decades, as we begin to transform our economy and reclaim our stake in the American dream, health care for all is within our grasp. In a reformed health care system, all individuals must have a wide variety of health insurance options to ensure quality, affordable care. Further, real health care reform demands that health care decisions be made by health care providers and their patients, not by accountants and actuaries. Read More