Bush 41 HHS Sec. weighs in (expresses hope that Obama admin will succeed in passing HC reform)

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Source: MSNBC

from NBC's Athena Jones
The White House is distributing a letter from former President George H. W. Bush's Health and Human Services Secretary, Louis W. Sullivan, expressing his hope that this administration succeeds in passing health care reform.

Statement by Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine
and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989-1993

"As a physician and a former Secretary of Health and Human Services, I've worked in our health care system and participated in the health reform debate from the front lines. Many administrations, including ours nearly 20 years ago, have tried to fix our health care system. In the time since I left office, approximately 10 million more Americans are uninsured, an increase of 27 percent, which is unacceptable. The longer we wait and ignore the problems in our system, the larger that number will grow. Fortunately, today we have a real opportunity to pass health reform and change the path we're on. I am particularly pleased with the increased emphasis on prevention of injury and illness, and the promotion of healthy behavior that is in the legislation under consideration. It's time for members of both parties to work together to pass a bill that will fix our system, help those who have health care keep it, help those without health care to get it, and improve the health care and the health status of all Americans."

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
Atlanta, Georgia
October 8, 2009


Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/08/2092971.aspx

[kestrel91316]

1. Limbaugh and Beck to launch vitriolic attack on Sullivan in 3...2...1...

[Soylent Brice]

2. a lot of weird endorsements coming out of the woodworks.

good thing, i guess.

[tomm2thumbs]

4. out of the woodwork is a good way to describe it /nt

[Soylent Brice]

5. *chuckle*

yeah, i thought that was fitting.

:toast:

[Demeter]

3. Very Statesmenlike of Him

He kept a really low profile while in office, I seem to recall. Most everybody did when Poopy was in power. That was a clue, folks!