Health Care Summit: Good Start, Big Challenges Ahead
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Ed Coyle, director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, describes President Obama’s Health Care Summit in which he participated.
On March 5, I joined several of my colleagues in the labor and progressive communities at President Obama’s health care summit.
President Obama deserves great credit for putting together a diverse, bipartisan group to sit down together to discuss this issue. There was a strong sense of cooperation from a wide range of elected officials and organizations around the table.
But even with this good start, I believe this is going to be a big test for all of us. The real challenge will come when the details of health care reform are proposed. Make no mistake—sharp lines will be drawn as this plays out in Washington. Retirees and workers must stay educated and mobilized to make sure that every American has access to quality health care.
