Demand for National Action

The Christian Science Monitor (full article) reported today that the National Coalition on Health Care (link), consisting of corporations, unions, healthcare organizations, religious groups, and pensions called on Congress and the President to address the Nation’s healthcare crisis. They argue, citing polls, that healthcare is a greater public concern than social security.
The broad-based nature of the coalition, including people from public and private sectors, indicates the broad societal concern about healthcare. The healthcare crisis is certainly a growing national problem. National problems are often solved with programs based on state-level reform. We hope the amendment, in addition to fixing the problem in Massachusetts, may become a model for national reform. As a state, we have led the way before, and the amendment may be just one more way that the Bay State stays on the leading edge of reform and good governance.