Click here to view today’s post at Running a Hospital Blog, the online voice of Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The entry urges people to participate in HCFA’s Consumer Health Quality Council.
Over the years, Running a Hospital Blog has actively posted about health care quality issues and best practices to make hospitals safer for patients and families. Stories about good quality care and also poor quality care have been highlighted on the blog.
We thank Paul Levy for highlighting the work of Health Care For All’s Consumer Health Quality Council on his blog in addition to showcasing two powerful stories created by our Council members.
To view more consumer stories, please go to www.hcfama.org/quality/stories. If you are interested in joining the Consumer Health Quality Council, please contact Kuong Ly at kly@hcfama.org or 617-275-2940.
-Kuong Ly
I think it’s great that this is keeping people informed. Obviously people are going to disagree on the subject but the most important thing is to become educated about all sides of the issue.
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We’re not at all surprised that Obama has given the final blow to his ersatz health reform and given in completely to the insurance companies while selling us lock, stock and barrel down the river.
But it ain’t over til the fat lady sings. No bill is better than a bad bill – single-payer is the only way – so keep on fighting.
Don’t ever forget that lawmakers can choose among several plans and get special treatment at federal medical facilities. In 2008, taxpayers spent about $15 billion to insure 8.5 million federal workers and their dependents while they want to force us to purchase expensive, crappy insurance plans that we can’t afford to use.
Meanwhile, wear one of these uniquely American T-shirts and show ‘em how angry you are:
Death Panels:
Blue Cross
Aetna
Cigna
Wellpoint
United Health
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