Would you sign this petition on health care reform?
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010I received a request to sign the following Letter to the Editor that will appear in the Denver Post on Saturday, March 14 edition.
“Doctors feel the consequences of unavailable or unaffordable health insurance every day. Uninsured and under insured patients forgo needed care, turning treatable conditions into complex and expensive health care events. Many can’t get insurance due to pre-existing conditions or over-priced individual plans. Our fragmented health insurance system creates administrative burden for patients and doctors alike, but does little toward improving quality, communications, or overall health in America. Our patients are seeing double-digit insurance premium increases and sky-rocketing deductibles. More and more they cannot afford to come to the doctor.
Delaying health insurance reform would unnecessarily perpetuate lack of access to health care, financial hardship, and suffering. We urge passage of federal health care reform legislation immediately and call for continued executive evaluation and creative legislation until all Americans have access to affordable quality health care.”
Would you sign this? If you want to sign, go to http://bit.ly/aY9IuW.