Health insurance reform Tele-Conference on Thursday, Sept. 24th

Nevada Senator Harry Reid will be hosting a tele-conference for everybody - including the media - interested in making their voices heard on health care reform.

The online registration for this tele-town hall on health insurance reform is now available at http://reid.senate.gov/.  This call will be toll-free and open to any Nevadan who would like to participate in the September 24 discussion.

Nevadans from all parts of the state and all political affiliations will receive a phone call inviting them to join Senator Reid’s live tele-town hall meeting, including those who register online.  After clicking the town hall button on Reid’s website, users will then be asked to provide their name, number, and email.  Only those with Nevada numbers will receive calls to participate in the tele-town hall.  The deadline to register is Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. PT.

This is your opportunity to express your support, objections and concerns, while getting sound, accurate information on what the Obama administration and Congress hope to achieve.

“Our work to reform America’s broken health care system has been many months in the making and has involved input from thousands of people in Nevada and millions around the country,” Reid said.  “As Congress gets closer to passing health insurance reform, it is important for me to continue getting input from Nevadans to ensure the final product represents their needs.” said Reid.

It’s also an opportunity to shed the mis-information, rumors and lies so we can move forward toward real action.

I would like to suggest a couple of things: if you are opposed to the current reform measures being floated, try to - just for a few minutes - reframe the debate vis a vis how ‘broken’ the current ‘system’ really is …. we can’t go on like this as individuals or as an economically strong nation. Secondly, please remember that this debate is about health INSURANCE reform, and NOT about how you and your doctor address or carry out your or your families health care needs.

The tele-conference is scheduled for Thursday, September 24th at 1:00 p.m.

The time for health insurance reform is now. Why are Senate Republicans putting insurance company profits over people? http://democrats.senate.gov…

BTW: on a late breaking, sort of, note. Sen. Max Baucus went back to the drawing board on the health insurance reform proposal from the Senate Finance Committee, and came back with some more sensible language in regard to Medicaid … courtesy of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Following efforts by Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, Senator Max Baucus revealed his updated health insurance reform proposal with major improvements for Nevada.  The state will receive a full 100 percent match for those added pursuant to the Medicaid expansions for five years.  Furthermore, federal funding for Medicaid increases by 30 percent while Nevada will only have to increase funding 1.6 by percent.

As I say, it’s not perfect but it’s better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.