Health Care Czar DeParle: ‘Time To Act Is Now’

By Kleinheider Posted on March 11, 2009 at 9:55 am

The Tennessean at the head of the White House Office for Health Reform makes the case for action:

Some have suggested that we should put off fixing the system because times are tough; that we can’t afford to tackle healthcare until we fix the economy. The reality is that if we want to fix the economy, we can’t afford not to tackle healthcare.

As the president said in his opening remarks Thursday, “Healthcare reform is no longer just a moral imperative, it is a fiscal imperative. If we want to create jobs and rebuild our economy, then we must address the crushing cost of healthcare this year, in this administration.”

Exploding costs are bankrupting families and burdening businesses, dragging down state and local budgets, and piling up our national debt. The time to act is now.

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