1. Talk to your state representative and senator. Tell them to make sure health reform works in Rhode Island. They need to hear directly from those they represent that addressing the cost of health care is a top priority. You can find your elected officials here.
2. Talk to candidates for office. In this campaign season, you’ll have plenty of chances to see and shake hands with many candidates running for state house office. Ask them what they’ll do to make health reform work locally, if elected.
3. Attend a Making It Work forum. I’m cosponsoring a series of free public forums with the RI Foundation to address the challenges and opportunities of implementing health reform in Rhode Island—including how to rein in skyrocketing medical costs that help drive up insurance rates. The next forum is Thursday, July 15, at 5:30 p.m. at the RI Foundation in Providence. For more information, click here.
With your help, I will also reintroduce my primary care bill in the 2011 legislative session that would require all RIers to have a primary care doctor. Primary care is a key to improving health care and managing the cost of that care.