Be Not Afraid - Len M. Nichols

Posted by CHPRE Staff Publications Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Introduction:

Voters are angry and distrustful of Washington. Democrats have lost their nerve. Republicans, sensing weakness, are closing in for the kill. We have seen this health care reform horror movie before.

Our leaders in Congress and the White House face a fateful fork in the road. They can follow the public’s fear and confusion down the path of perpetual inaction. Or they can lead. They can let the confusion fester or they can leverage the support of health care innovators who can explain the benefits of reform to all. This movie can have a happier ending, one that is good for our health, for our health care system, and for freeing our economy from the debt legacy of the past decade. An ending that might even help restore voters’ faith in our ability to govern ourselves.

“Be Not Afraid,” New England Journal of Medicine (February 24, 2010), v. 362:e30.

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