Demand Transparency in Healthcare Summit this Week

Feb 22, 2010

In today’s news, President Barack Obama previewed part of the latest version of health care legislation that will be unveiled on Wednesday. It is his last attempt to rescue his health care overhaul and to find a compromise between the Senate and House versions of the bill. However, Obama is proposing one new, major amendment that would allow the government to deny or roll back private insurance companies’ premium increases.

A White House official, speaking on “condition of anonymity” because details have not yet been officially released, said the insurance rate proposal would give government agencies the power to deny substantial premium increases, limit them, or demand rebates for consumers.

Here is Nancy Pelosi’s statement regarding the President’s announcement:

"The President today made available to all Americans the Administration's health insurance reform proposal, which contains positive elements from the House and Senate-passed bills. I look forward to reviewing it with House Members and then joining the President and the Republican leadership at the Blair House meeting on Thursday. This discussion will continue a year-long historic level of transparency and open debate of this crucial reform effort.”

If Nancy Pelosi believes that her close door meetings have resulted in a “historic level of transparency” throughout the healthcare debacle, then she has duped many Democrats, Republicans, and the American people. 

Just days before the televised Healthcare Summit between Obama and elected officials from both parties, speak out and remind those in Washington that they are there representing you! Let’s encourage all elected officials to abandon empty rhetoric, and fulfill their duties as participants in our U.S. Democracy, as the founding fathers intended.

Speak out today, and tell Nancy Pelosi that you want real transparency in healthcare legislation – Sign the petition: