The President’s September Health Reform Speech

The President made it clear he stands on common ground for our country by “building on what works.” A new government run plan that undermines the private sector now seems less likely. A major shift of patients into a plan paying Medicaid and Medicare type rates would harm rural patients’ access to local health care. Reform affecting rural communities must and can be built on quality outcomes and efficiency while delivering care locally. As the President concluded, I “believe we can replace acrimony with civility, and gridlock with progress.”