Health care reform was attempted in the early 1990s and failed. Why is this point in time any different?
Improving health care is hugely important to our country. Forty-seven million people do not have coverage, millions more have too little coverage, and many who do have good coverage do not obtain quality care because of excessive costs. If we want to succeed in saving lives from cancer, we have to improve the access and delivery of care for all Americans. The fact that reform has been tried before and failed is no reason to quit. People told us we could never change Americans views on tobacco but we have, and over time, smoking rates have fallen dramatically. We believe that by educating the public and elevating the debate on this issue, the Society and ASC CAN will help to define clear goals for reforming the system and set the stage for real action.
Improving health care is hugely important to our country. Nearly 46 million people do not have coverage, 25 million more have inadequate coverage, and many who do have good coverage do not obtain quality care because of excessive costs. If we want to succeed in saving lives from cancer, we have to improve the access and delivery of care for all Americans. The fact that reform has been tried before and failed is no reason to quit. People told us we could never change Americans views on tobacco but we have, and over time, smoking rates have fallen dramatically. We believe that by educating the public and elevating the debate on this issue, the Society and ACS CAN will help to define clear goals for reforming the system and set the stage for real action. We are working to bring all of the health care stakeholders together to make real progress on improving our health care system. We recognize that everyone must come to the table to find a solution because we can no longer afford to do not
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