On Sunday’s CNN’s “State of the Union,” Senator Diane Feinstein stated that healthcare reform should wait until “President Obama’s efforts to repair the economy and overhaul the financial-regulatory system [can] be measured.” We can certainly engage in good faith arguments about the best way to achieve comprehensive health care reform. (Taxing certain benefits? Government competition?) Yet, the goal of achieving such reform this year should be non-negotiable: healthcare reform is necessary part of the economy’s recovery, not a burden on it. Passing reform will become harder, if not impossible, in upcoming years, as Senator Dole recently pointed out as part of his argument to pass reform now. Having such a prominent Democratic as Senator Feinstein urging that healthcare reform be delayed, is unacceptable. If a former Republican presidential candidate is behind immediate reform, then Senator Feinstein should be as well. Please contact Senator Feinstein and urge her to publicly support comprehensive healthcare reform this year.
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