{"id":332143,"date":"2010-02-17T10:07:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogs.rj.org,2010:\/rac\/\/2.2462"},"modified":"2010-02-17T10:35:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T15:35:04","slug":"a-brief-reminder-of-the-urgency-of-health-care-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/332143","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Reminder of the Urgency of Health Care Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beth Dahlman is the Online Organizer at Faith in Public Life. This post originally appeared on Bold Faith Type<\/a> and is republished with permission.<\/i><\/p>\n

The February 25 bipartisan health care summit<\/a>
\nwith President Obama and Members of Congress will put reform back on
\nthe agenda after its relegation to the back burner several weeks ago. A
\ncouple of recent stories are poignant reminders of the urgent need for
\nthese leaders to act in good faith to pass reform legislation as soon
\nas possible. A study released yesterday found that the nation’s 5
\nlargest insurers saw their profits surge<\/a>
\nby a combined 56 percent in 2009 as they shed 2.7 million policy
\nholders, and Anthem Blue Cross announced last week that it was increasing premiums<\/a> by up to 39 percent in California.<\/p>\n

These eye-popping numbers underscore a reality that faith leaders
\nhave been bringing to Congress’s attention throughout the lengthy
\nreform debate: a health care system that leaves millions of Americans
\nuninsured and costs too much for millions more is inconsistent with our
\nvalues and must be reformed. Simply put, our current system encourages
\npowerful corporations to harm vulnerable people — insured and
\nuninsured alike. It’s just not right.<\/p>\n

The Feb. 25 Health Care Summit needs to explore how to address these
\ninjustices and deliver quality, affordable choice for millions of
\nAmerican families. Faith leaders and advocates in congregations across
\nthe country will keep a close eye on the event, evaluate it in terms of
\nhow much closer it brings us to the goal of passing reform, and tell
\ntheir elected representatives to keep moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beth Dahlman is the Online Organizer at Faith in Public Life. This post originally appeared on Bold Faith Type and is republished with permission. The February 25 bipartisan health care summit with President Obama and Members of Congress will put reform back on the agenda after its relegation to the back burner several weeks ago. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}