Larry Minnix greets Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) after the Senate press event.
AAHSA was one of several groups standing with Sens. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) at a press event today to celebrate moving one step closer to passing health reform legislation.
The four senators praised groups like ours for mobilizing members to show their legislators that Americans want health reform. I was proud to see Larry Minnix, Barbara Manard and Marsha Greenfield standing behind the senators as they praised these groups and each other for advancing health care reform.
Sen. Reid used a baseball analogy to describe how Sens. Dodd, Baucus and Harkin were essential members of a line-up to make health reform happen. I think the baseball analogy is appropriate for health care reform. We can never tell how long a phase or inning will last and the tide can change so quickly.
I’ll be watching the vote on Dec. 24 and waiting eagerly for the home run of seeing the Senate pass its health reform bill. But, that vote will still be only another inning in this very long baseball game of health reform. The ninth inning will be the conference negotiations. And when they get through that, it will be a true game-winning grand slam.
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