Below are additional interviews for Viewpoints: The Health Care Debate, a series featuring leaders of organizations representing health care providers, insurers, policymakers, employers, labor unions and consumers sharing their views on shortcomings in the nation's health care system and how it could be improved.
In the interviews, health care leaders discuss their priorities for change, including covering some or all of the 47 million uninsured Americans, reducing health care costs, improving access to care, enhancing the quality of health care and changing the tax structure to allow more people to purchase their own insurance. These leaders also share their views on the prospects for change after the 2008 election and what the next president and Congress should do to make the health system work more effectively. View the first Viewpoints series of 19 interviews along with excerpts on the themes of: Access to Coverage, Affordability of Health Care Coverage, Opportunity for Change and Public and Private Coverage Options.
American Academy of Family Physicians | American Academy of Pediatrics | American College of Cardiology | American Hospital Association | American Nurses Association | National Women's Law Center | Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease Visit health08.org on YouTube for the option of embedding these and other health08.org videos on your Web site.
American Academy of Pediatrics President Renee Jenkins - Posted September 23
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Dr. Renee Jenkins, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, an organization of 60,000 pediatricians, talks with the Foundation's Jackie Judd about AAP's health care agenda for children and why an expansion of the SCHIP program is a top priority for the organization.
American College of Cardiology CEO Jack Lewin - Posted September 23
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Jack Lewin, chief executive officer of the American College of Cardiology, talks with the Foundation's Jackie Judd about efforts doctors can take on to improve the delivery of health care and why he has limited expectations of health care reform at the federal level.
American Hospital Association President and CEO Richard Umbdenstock - Posted September 23
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Richard Umbdenstock, president and chief executive officer of the American Hospital Association, talks with the Foundation's Jackie Judd, about the financial challenges hospitals face today because of uncompensated care and discusses the AHA's health reform priorities.
National Women's Law Center Vice President and Director of Health and Reproductive Rights Judith Waxman - Posted September 23
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Judith Waxman, vice president and director of health and reproductive rights at the National Women's Law Center, talks with the Foundation's Jackie Judd about the unique health care needs of women and why expanding access to health care is a priority for the NWLC.
American Academy of Family Physicians President-Elect Ted Epperly - Posted September 15
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Dr. Ted Epperly, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, talks with the Foundation's Jackie Judd about the Academy's efforts to create a health care system based on a "patient-centered medical home."
American Nurses Association Chief Executive Officer Linda Stierle - Posted September 15
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Linda Stierle, Chief Executive Officer of the American Nurses Association, talks with the Foundation's Jackie Judd about the ANA's support for universal access to health care through a single payer plan and other efforts to place greater value on the role of nurses in health care.
Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease Executive Director Kenneth Thorpe - Posted September 15
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Kenneth Thorpe, Executive Director of The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, talks with the Foundation's Jackie Judd about why the Partnership supports efforts at the federal and local levels to better prevent and treat chronic diseases and why that should be the centerpiece of health care reform.
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