President Obama held a town hall meeting on Health Care Reform

The White House held a town hall meeting on Health Care Reform on Wednesday, July 1. The URL for the meeting can be found on Facebook.

The White House's URL on Health Care is:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health_care/

The full video is here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Full-Video-A-National-Discussion-on-Health-Care-Reform/

The White House web site says:

The Administration believes that comprehensive health reform should:

• Reduce long-term growth of health care costs for businesses and government
• Protect families from bankruptcy or debt because of health care costs
• Guarantee choice of doctors and health plans
• Invest in prevention and wellness
• Improve patient safety and quality of care
• Assure affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans
• Maintain coverage when you change or lose your job
• End barriers to coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions

Please visit www.HealthReform.gov to learn more about the President’s commitment to enacting comprehensive health reform this year.

The problem I have with this series of statments is that I don't see where it says that the power in health should be shifted to patients. It's the patient's life at stake and the patient's health at risk. We can do all these good things and also give the power to the patients.