Health Reform Debate: Coming Soon to a Town Hall Near You


Published On: August 4th, 2009

Watch out: Congress and the health industry are coming to your town.

The president and Congressional Democrats will be holding town-hall-type meetings across the country and running TV ads during Congress’ August break, the New York Times notes. The goal is to counter the insurance industry’s opposition a public health plan option, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The health insurer’s trade group is calling for confrontation in public meetings from its members. And the success of such live public forums depends on who shows up. Politico.com notes that some Democratic leaders have already faced a spate of protesters at recent events. “Special interests and opponents have figured out how easy it is to disrupt town halls and get their own message out,” Mark McKinnon, a former adviser to president George W. Bush told Politico. “The days of the truly free-form town halls may be over.”

And with polls showing that Americans increasingly skeptical about the president’s efforts to overhaul the health care system, the WSJ’s Gerald Seib asks why people say they hate the current system, but don’t want it to change. He cites five reasons, including the “Rube Goldberg Factor”, in which many of the costs to consumers are hidden within the complex health care machine. Another is the fact that that employers pay most of the cost of insurance. Seib points out this phenomenon came about for the most part because government exempted health insurance from wage and price controls during World War II, which lead employers to offer health benefits in lieu of raises.


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