Thursday, January 24, 2008

Julia's Musings: Looking Back-Trends from the First Day

It’s all about the trends. Starting with Senator Lincoln and ending with Senator Salazar attendees received a unified message. 47 million people are uninsured. 9 million children are without health insurance. Racial and ethnic health care disparities are still not being addressed. The fight to pass SCHIP Reauthorization is not over.
Sprinkled through this message were the buzz words of the day, “prevention” and “technology”.
Probably the most interesting spin on the health care debate came from Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln. In her morning remarks she addressed the overlap between health care policy and economic policy. Looking at the interplay between the economy and health care, although not new, was definitely refreshing.

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