Friday, October 3, 2008

In the News: MS Health Reform Principles and Presidential Prospects

Multiple sclerosis is a challenging illness that raises difficult issues in every area from basic stem cell research to insurance reforms, to disability policy, to clinical research and care. Not surprisingly, then, the MS community is anxiously watching the health reform debate…

[The National Multiple Sclerosis Society] enunciates seven basic principles (click here to view the National Health Care Reform Principles) that provide a great starting point to evaluate the two candidate's competing plans… It reflects the unique perspective of people whose lives, health, and financial solvency are deeply affected by what will happen on November 4…

People living with MS need serious help. Most are insured, have worked for decades, and are now treated shabbily by our health financing system. Others with equally serious diseases are treated similarly… If you, or someone you care about, might someday face a serious chronic illness--and that's pretty much all of us--you have four weeks to make a difference.

This is an excerpt from a blog entry by Harold Pollack in the Huffington Post. Read the complete story here.

1 comment:

Denver Refashionista said...

I sure hope we as a nation make a good choice. I have my mail in ballot ordered.