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Principles of Health Care Reform: #3

By Aaron Quaday -- SEIU Change That Works campaign Organizer for Grand Forks, North Dakota - Mar 7th, 2009 at 4:31 pm EST

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As an organizer for SEIU's Change that Works Campaign, I am working on building a network of community members who will engage Grand Forks in a conversation about Health Care Reform. I'm interested in hearing your take on one of the principles essential to successful Health Care Reform:

#3:Reducing Waste and Improving Efficiency

What parts of the Health Care System are wasteful? What can we do to fix the Health Care System? Do you think electronic records will really improve the efficiency and safety of medical services? What other steps can we take to save money?
I look forward to hearing your responses.

Aaron Quaday

Grand Forks Organizer -- Change that Works

aquadaynodak0470@gmail.com

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Principles of Health Care Reform: #2

By Aaron Quaday -- SEIU Change That Works campaign Organizer for Grand Forks, North Dakota - Mar 6th, 2009 at 6:46 pm EST

Also listed in: North Dakotans for Barack | NorthDakota.CAN

As an organizer for SEIU's Change that Works Campaign, I am working on building a network of community members who will engage Grand Forks in a conversation about Health Care Reform. I'm interested in hearing your take on one of the principles essential to successful Health Care Reform:

#2: Health Care for All Americans

The message is simple: For our medical security, an investment in providing Health Care for All Americans is wise and an essential component of health care reform. We can avoid paying the medical bills for catastrophic visits to the emergency by un-insured if we provide access to immediate preventative or early intervention through regular access to affordable health care. This is the economic and epidemiological argument for Health Care for All Americans. Some prefer the moral imperative.

Why do you think all Americans should be covered by Health Insurance?

Or do you disagree that we will all be better off, if all Americans have access to health care? I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Aaron Quaday

Grand Forks Organizer -- Change that Works

aquadaynodak0470@gmail.com

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Principles of Health Care Reform: #1

By Aaron Quaday -- SEIU Change That Works campaign Organizer for Grand Forks, North Dakota - Mar 6th, 2009 at 1:07 pm EST

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As an organizer for SEIU's Change that Works Campaign, I am working on building a network of community members who will engage in the Health Care Reform conversation here in Grand Forks.

I'm interested in hearing your take on one of the principles essential to successful Health Care Reform

#1: Ensuring Patient Choice of providers.

Do you have a story about your experiencs during a change in HMO or Health Insurer? Do you understand what needs to happen to ensure that there are no gaps in coverage or access to doctors?

I personally have attained health coverage through three different insurance companies over the past five years. Fortunately, I haven't felt like I needed to go to a doctor during the times that I was uninsured, with one exception. (A dog bite forced me into the ER when I lacked health insurance.) I'm not sure how I would have got through that situation had the dog's owner not had homeowner's insurance to pay for my lost wages and my hospital bills. I suggest you avoid breaking up fights between dogs, in general, although I was worried that my dog was going to seriously harm the other dog (who bit me while I was pulling my dog off him.) For those of you who are wondering: my dog was on leash, the other dog had dug under a fence and escaped its yard.

Since I haven't had a regular doctor for so long, I really don't know what it would be like to have a family doctor forever and then need to find a new doctor because of a change in HMO policy. What kind of complications arise? I'm interested to hear from you if you've ever found yourself in those circumstances.

Regards,

Aaron Quaday

Grand Forks Organizer -- Change that Works

aquadaynodak0470@gmail.com

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Employment ensues

By Aaron Quaday -- SEIU Change That Works campaign Organizer for Grand Forks, North Dakota - Feb 23rd, 2009 at 2:19 am EST

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I've accepted a job as an organizer for the SEIU in Grand Forks, ND.

I am very excited about returning to Grand Forks, ND to work for health care for all and advocating for the employee free choice Act. I hope you will join me in this effort to ensure workers will have the right to collaborate. People working together to improve their own living and working situation -- we must ensure that right is protected.

I look forward to working with you on these issues. Let me know if you are interested in learning more about the work we are doing in North Dakota.

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