Health Care Reform Update: From Iowa - The Good, the Embarrassing, and the Refreshing!

by Alta Price, M.D.

In very good news from Iowa on the health care reform front, my hometown paper, The Quad City Times, wrote an excellent editorial on Sunday, August 16 - The case for a public insurance option. It is worth a read.

Also check out this editorial from Melissa Coulter, the “Mayor” of Quadsville - Hysterics hamper discussion of health-care reform. From the Mayor’s piece I quote:

“The noise has spilled over onto www.qctimes.com and http://my.quadsville.com. In just the past week, 12 Quadsville blog posts have been written about health care, sparking 115 comments.”

Five of those Quadsville blog posts were written by Dr Dx (and cross posted to Blog for Iowa every weekday afternoon). My, hasn't Dr Dx been busy! Dr Dx also highly recommends readers of Blog for Iowa participate in democracy in online communities at their own hometown papers.

In very embarrassing news from Iowa on the health care reform front, Senator Chuck Grassley just can’t keep from blurting out the truth about his agenda, at least when he isn’t lying about health care reform “pulling the plug on grandma” to scare Iowa’s seniors. Honestly, he has gotten on my last nerve. Do you think if we ignore him he’ll keep himself out of the national news as the number one obstructionist standing between American citizens and the health care reform the vast majority of them want?

To counteract that bitter Grassley taste, fellow Iowans, have a sip of this, remembering that it all started here in Iowa:

President’s Weekly Address: Real Conversations about Health Insurance Reform