President Obama Meets With Healthcare Industry
There was a significant meeting between President Obama and healthcare representatives. It was for the President to listen and talk with them regarding health care reform, and it went well.
Moving forward in these talks was an important task for the President and the representatives from health care and health insurance. There was progress in such things as covering pre-existing conditions and trying to lessen the impact of health care spending.
There were exciting promises made to President Obama by these representatives. They said they’ll reduce their costs in the amount of $2 trillion over the next ten years, which of course the president encouraged them to maintain their pledge.
Going forward it is wonderful that the Administration is open to talking to the healthcare industry and that the healthcare industry is willing to make concessions. But there are a lot of details to be hammered out in the future.
The healthcare and health insurance industry must be part of the solution to the healthcare mess. President Clinton learned during his time that shutting out the healthcare industry doesn’t work.