Health Care Advocacy

The Health Care Reform Advocacy Committee has been working together with the League of Women Voters of NC's Advocacy Committee and Health Care for All North Carolina to support the "Health Care Policy Council" bill. H2688 and S1668 were filed in May by Rep. Insko. She has worked very hard to get these bills to where they are now.

There are 4 primary sponsors, including the House Majority Leader and the Speaker Pro Tempore.
There are 45 co-sponsors; 40 Democrats and 5 Republicans.
This House version is different than Sen. Purcell's Senate version and Rep. Insko expects more changes to come.
Click on the live link (below) to read the bill in its entirety.

HB 2688-HEALTH CARE POLICY COUNCIL
Insko, Holliman; Wainwright; Fisher
CO: Allen; Allred; Barnhart; Bell; Braxton; Brisson; Bryant; Carney; Coleman; Cotham; Current; Dickson; Dockham; Earle; Faison; Farmer-Butterfield; Gibson; Goodwin; J. Harrell; Harrison; Hill; Hughes; Jeffus; Jones; Luebke; Martin; McLawhorn; Michaux; Mobley; Owens; Parmon; Pierce; Ross; Saunders; Spear; Tarleton; Tolson; Underhill; Walend; E. Warren; R. Warren; Weiss; Wilkins; Womble; Wray
AN ACT to establish the Bill: Martin and Ruth Easterling Health Care Policy Council.

H2688
Latest Action H-5/28/08-Referred to Health, if favorable, Appropriations
The "Health Care Policy Council" bill creates a mechanism for planning the transition from our current highly fragmented health care system to an integrated health care system that assures access to appropriate, evidence-based health care by all North Carolinians. It provides a deadline, requires that the Council utilize existing studies, and it assures input from those currently vested in our health care system.

What You Can Do

Thank Rep. Insko. Call or write her (919-733-7208; verlai@mindspring.com) and let her know how much you appreciate her sponsorship of the House bill. Thank Sen. Purcell as well (919- 733-5953; Williamp@ncleg.net) for sponsoring the bill in the Senate.

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