Sometimes the task seems daunting, especially when you know there are 46 million uninsured people in our country, and their ranks are growing every day; that patients and their doctors have to fight with insurers to approve treatment, and then fight again for payment; and that dedicated doctors are driven from the profession by the burdens of bureaucracy, astronomical medical liability premiums and payments that fail to cover practice costs.

But with great challenges come great opportunities. We need reforms that will:

1. Maintain the relationship between patients and their doctors;
2. Expand coverage to all Americans through a choice of plans;
3. Repeal the flawed Medicare physician payment system that harms seniors’ access to care;
4. Curb insurance industry practices that frustrate patients—and their doctors!

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Health system reform is all over the media—from newspapers to TV to YouTube.

What must not get lost in the current debate is that almost everyone agrees reforms are needed. We need to work toward consensus around the considerable common ground that exists and re-commit to resolving the differences.

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