Healthcare Reform: We Can’t Wait For Washington

Posted on | February 11, 2010 | 1 Comment

Eric Dishman

“Well, I guess you are done blogging since healthcare reform is dead now?”

Ouch! This comment came from a friend–from someone who says he actually likes some of my blogs and is eager for healthcare reform to happen. But I can understand his presumptions. The pages of ink spilled on the speculation about the demise of healthcare reform far outnumber the 1000 pages of the bill at this point. As I write this, the media are swarming around the proposed Feb 25th meeting–what has been called a “televised discussion”–that the President will have with the GOP about reforming healthcare reform. Much as I liked Obama’s televised Q&A with the House Republicans last week, I’m skeptical that authentic “discussion” will happen under the click and flash of cameras and crews. (CONTINUE …)