Health Bill Seen Yielding
Swift Results And Avoiding
Worsening Crisis

By Congressman Bill Delahunt

Over the past year, health insurance reform has dominated the agenda here in Washington, and culminated with the signing of a landmark law that not only curbs widespread abuses in the health insurance industry but expands access to affordable healthcare.

The health insurance crisis facing our nation was serious. The high costs of insurance policies have been bankrupting families and threatening the budgets of government at every level. Not to mention an estimated 45,000 deaths annually of people unable to obtain proper care because they did not have health insurance.

We simply could not afford to pass up this opportunity to address this dire situation that healthcare experts warned would only get worse.

(For full expert analysis of the new healthcare insurance reform bill, please click on Capitol Hill Update, Beacon Hill Update and Barnstable County Report and for some additional thoughts click here.)

YO-HO FOR THE OPENCAPE ROAD: Carol Sim, President/CEO of the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands, greets dignitaries and guests at recent announcement of the $40 million OpenCape broadband wireless project that, among other benefits, will play a major role in expediting healthcare access and information in this region. Among those sharing the platform were (from left) Representative Cleon Turner, Senator Rob O’Leary, Governor Deval Patrick, the featured speaker, and Representative Jeff Perry. (Click here for full story.)

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