Obama’s Planned Health Care Reforms Look Golden to Silver Staters
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Las Vegas, NV – It's a plan that looks like solid gold to many Silver Staters. President Barack Obama is looking to make good on his campaign pledge to increase access to health care and reform the system. Obama says Americans will see lower health care costs through improved information technology, and he's including $39 billion in his economic recovery plan to help workers who have lost their jobs to pay for health insurance.
Deborah Moore with the AARP's "Divided We Fail" initiative says it's got a lot of support.
"Our entire congressional delegation and over 13,000 Nevadans have come out in support of the need for a change in our health care system. You know it's time; the health care system is really broken."
Opponents of the plan say now is not the time for big spending on health care with the economy in dire straits. The U.S. House and Senate are considering separate versions of the stimulus plan and hope to reach agreement by mid-February.
Obama's plan calls for spending 20 billion dollars to computerize medical records. Moore's coalition has examined that proposal, and she believes it would be money well spent.
"It would reduce the potential for medical mistakes. It would make your records portable so it would reduce the number of tests you need to take because records aren't available. It really helps reduce costs. So it's a win for both the patient and the provider."
In Nevada the Divided We Fail initiative includes business groups and unions along with AARP. Nationwide, they count more than 1.5 million supporters who are calling on the new administration and Congress to take action on health care and financial security in the next 100 days.
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