Archive of posts for June, 2009:
Writer Linda Finarelli:
The health care system in the United States is broken. That much was in agreement among those who spoke at a health care reform meeting hosted by state Rep. Josh Shapiro, D-153, Monday at Holy Redeemer Hospital.
“Clearly we’ve got to address access,” Holy Redeemer Health System President and CEO Mike Laign said. “Everyone should have access” to some measure of health care “so they are not living in fear.”
Writer Linda Finarelli:
Health-care reform is not a new topic for state Rep. Josh Shapiro, but it’s about to take on national proportions for the local Democrat.
Shapiro, who represents the 153rd District, is one of a select group of 32 state legislators from across the country appointed to a White House team of State Legislators for Health Reform. The group, established “to advance the need for health reform this year,” according to a White House release, met June 17 with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform.
KYW Newsradio’s Lynne Adkins:
A Pennsylvania state lawmaker is part of the team working to help President Obama reform health care.
Democratic State Representative Josh Shapiro from Montgomery County admits it won’t be easy, but he says both sides of the aisle are committed to making changes. During the very first meeting he says he was surprised to find that people all over the country faced the same health care challenges:
“There was a Native American legislator from the west who was talking in our group about the lack of ob/gyn’s in his community. That’s the same need we have right here in Southeastern Pennsylvania and our need is only growing. Our states couldn’t be more different but the issues were exactly the same.”
He says reform is possible if both parties feel they have a say in the process.
HARRISBURG, June 18 – State Rep. Josh Shapiro, D-Montgomery, has been selected as one of 32 state legislators nationwide to help President Obama reform health care.
The group of lawmakers, which has been named the “White House Team of State Legislators for Health Reform,” met with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle at the White House yesterday.
State Leaders to Work for Health Reform in Communities Across America
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle today announced the establishment of State Legislators for Health Reform. The group includes State Legislators from across the country who will work to advance the need for health reform this year in their communities across the country. Members of the group met with Sebelius and DeParle at the White House today.
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