U.S. health care reform

Posted 1/18/2010 by Lisa A. Ferguson

Why are so many citizens resistant to the changes to our healthcare system proposed by the Obama administration? Last fall, this became a question that I decided to address in part by figuring out if I could identify a solution that would be a "win" for each type of stakeholder (including patients and the various organizations that are affected by or are part of the healthcare system) in the entire US healthcare system. Part of the reason for making this decision was because I became very concerned about the proposed changes and how the whole process was being handled in our country. I realized that the proposed changes would have a significant negative impact on the quality and costs in the U.S. healthcare system overall.

Last fall, I began the process to answer the question and develop the win-win solution for all stakeholders. I believe that I have been able to develop the win-win solution. I decided to write my answer to the question and present the solution in a paper that would become freely available. I have been working on writing this paper for months. I focused my time on improving it until I decided to share it with some key people to enable me to further revise the paper to ensure the best possible outcome of sharing the paper. As soon as I think this paper is ready, I will release it and make sure people know it is available.

I have chosen not to give in to pressure to release it before key government decisions are made because I don't want to decrease the chances of this work having the most significant positive impact. The impact that I desire is to influence key decision-makers in government and businesses to take the actions that will achieve a win for all. This paper is specifically written for those people. I hope that others will be influenced to take action as well. For example, people can write to government or vote or take other actions that would motivate those with the ability to make the appropriate changes take the desired actions.

This paper will be posted on our web site in the guest portal section, along with a bibliography sharing TOC successes in healthcare. In our registered participants section of our web site, there will be reviews written by me of the videos, DVDs and books on TOC in healthcare.

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