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A powerful start -- but only a start
Our representatives in Washington expanded health-care coverage because advocates, activists and community leaders demanded it for decades. Now, it is up to us again to ensure the millions still left out of our care system can get in.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | March 29, 2010; 01:17 PM ET | Comments (0)
Equity for future generations
Is this bill everything I could have dreamed it would be? Of course not. But it is an extraordinary accomplishment.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | March 19, 2010; 09:59 AM ET | Comments (3)
Obama gets the big picture right
There is always room to argue with the specifics of a bill, but when it comes to the big questions at the heart of the health-care debate, President Obama's proposal gets the big picture right. The bill addresses the four...
By Angela Glover Blackwell | February 24, 2010; 02:32 PM ET | Comments (1)
First insure those in need!
Starting small may help in the regulation of insurance companies, but it does not do enough for the millions of Americans currently living without health care.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | February 4, 2010; 11:27 AM ET | Comments (0)
We're ready to fight, too
There is a crew of fighters ready to push for the reforms that are achievable. But we need a target. I hope the president's next step is to plant a bulls-eye wherever we can make the biggest difference.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | January 28, 2010; 11:16 AM ET | Comments (0)
Listen to the front line
Without the voices of our most vulnerable communities, the provisions that could have helped those communities the most -- a robust public option, expansion of Medicare, an improved children's health insurance program, etc. -- have lost out.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | January 4, 2010; 06:19 PM ET | Comments (0)
A brilliant solution
Medicare has been an unequivocal success in protecting older Americans from the vagaries of the health-care system. Expanding it slightly should be just as uncontroversial.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | December 15, 2009; 10:08 AM ET | Comments (0)
Healthy communities are the real cost-savers
The proposed bills we've seen out of both the House and Senate make significant steps forward in bringing millions of Americans into a safe, sustainable insurance system. A robust public option is crucial to breaking the monopolistic stranglehold many insurance...
By Angela Glover Blackwell | October 26, 2009; 05:07 PM ET | Comments (0)
Building Up From the Legislative Floor
The Baucus bill - while far from perfect - is a reasonable, responsible effort to deal with the dual crises of ballooning health-care costs and the swelling ranks of the uninsured.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | October 13, 2009; 05:15 PM ET | Comments (0)
A Test of Character
The time is now for real change. It's up to our elected leaders to decide whether they want to play a constructive role -- or merely hurl invective from the sidelines.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | September 10, 2009; 11:50 AM ET | Comments (0)
A Fresh Start -- and an End to the Delays
Ted Kennedy often called major health-care reform "the cause of my life." With his passing, I hope America and our representatives will take it up as the cause of Kennedy's legacy.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | August 26, 2009; 12:35 PM ET | Comments (0)
Remind Us Who We're Fighting For
The real pain of real Americans needs to become the center of this debate again, not the pitched voices of ill-informed mobs.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | August 25, 2009; 12:50 PM ET | Comments (1)
Prevention Saves Lives and Dollars
Prevention measures didn't even get the respect of a cost score from the Congressional Budget Office. This is a totally backwards way of thinking.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | July 21, 2009; 04:05 PM ET | Comments (1)
A Simple Answer: Yes
It is time for the nation's wealthiest to forgo their out-sized gains of the Bush years and return to a time of a more reasonable and progressive tax structure -- and save countless lives in the process.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | July 14, 2009; 09:39 AM ET | Comments (2)
A Neighborhood Model for Smarter Care
Community health centers have been remarkably successful in bringing vital and too often missing health-care services to low-income communities and communities of color.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | June 30, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
Start Thinking Outside the Doctor's Office
The health-care debate can no longer be dominated by industry voices and a misguided belief that policies affecting our health begin and end at the doctor's office door.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | June 17, 2009; 09:37 AM ET | Comments (1)
Building Healthy Communities
We can no longer afford to have a "sickness-driven" view of our health. We must create healthier communities -- places with easy access to fresh food, parks, safe streets, and clean air -- to help all Americans live healthier, longer lives and reduce health-care costs while we're at it.
By Angela Glover Blackwell | June 6, 2009; 07:23 AM ET | Comments (1)
