September 18 2009
Nicole Kurokawa Neily
As the President's health reform proposals continue to stall in the polls, the administration has called in reinforcements - the first lady.
From Politico:
Using personal stories from her own life - her daughter Sasha's meningitis scare, her father's struggle with multiple sclerosis - Obama said that women are "disproportionately affected by this issue because of the roles we play in our families."
"Women are affected because of the jobs we do in this economy ... Women are more likely to work part-time, or work in small businesses, jobs that don't always provide health insurance," she said. "Women are affected because in many states, insurance companies can still discriminate because of gender."
Obama, a former hospital administrator, said her husband's plan would help "achieve true equality for women."
We at the Independent Women's Forum couldn't agree more - health care is a crucial issue, and the reason that we put out our ad on how women's care will be affected by a government takeover of health care. We agree that health care reform is needed, and that the current system does not work for everyone. But we can help those in need and improve our overall health care system without a wholesale government takeover of our health care system. Reforms can be made that protect the best part of our system while assisting those who truly need help.
We believe that several incremental reforms can be made to improve the American health care system. We should:
We believe that your health and health care should not rest of having to "hope" some government bureaucrat sees fit to value your personal health conditions and circumstances. Mrs. Obama may be endorsing her husband's plans, but we do not.