Divided We Fail: A Forum On Healthcare Reform

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As healthcare costs skyrocket and retirement savings dwindle, more attention than ever before is being focused on the subject of health care reform. Senator Kent Conrad and a panel of policy experts join us in the Prairie Public studio as we discuss the issue that is one of President Obama’s top domestic priorities. 
If you missed the broadcast, you may view the program in its entirety here.

Encore Broadcast

Tuesday, June 16 at 7 pm CST on Prairie Public’s Digital Channel 1

Thursday, June 18 at 1 am CSTon Prairie Public’s Digital Channel 1

Program Guests

North Dakota Sentor Kent Conrad, chairman of the Senate budget committee  and serves on the subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy. 

Bonnie Cramer, the national board chair of the AARP who is widely regarded as an experienced budget and human services expert. 

Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, the second largest labor union in the US and one which has identified health care as a top priority. 

Kelli Poehls, public affairs coordinator for the Fargo Moorhead Chamber of Commerce which represents 1,900 private, public and non-profit member firms that collectively employ more than 85,000 people. 

Woody Barth, Vice President of the North Dakota Farmers Union, the state’s largest general farm organization which was founded in 1927 and today represents more than 42,000 farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. 

Advocacy Websites On Healthcare Reform

• Alliance For Healthcare Reform– a national non-partisan, non-profit which organizes forums on heath care reform
  www.allhealth.org
• Coalition to Advance Healthcare–a national coalition of business leaders and employers dedicated to discuss meaningful, marketbased solutions 
  www.coalition4healthcare.org
• An information site on health care reform and its impact on patients right maintained bythe non-porfit group Conservatives For Patient’s Rights
  www.cprights.org
• Divided We Fail initiative - a partnership with AARP, Service Employees International Union, National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Business Roundtable 
  www.dividedwefail.org
• The AARP’s advocacy website on healthcare reform
  www.healthactionnow.org 
• The White House web site on healthcare reform including position papers and special reports
  www.healthreform.gov
• Humana’s position paper on healthcare reform
  www.humana.com/about/government_relations/issues

Further Reading

• Business Week ”Health-Care Reform: The Industry Signs On” 
• Time Magazine ”Making Health-Care Reform Pay for Itself”
• The Atlantic “A New Beginning For Health Care Reform?”
• CNN.com “Commentary: Obama should think small on health care reform”