The Fair Care Now Petition
We, the undersigned, urge Congress and the President to immediately act on the aspects of healthcare reform that can be addressed today, including…
1) …the lack of transparency and fairness of pricing* in the current US healthcare system; and
2) …the lack of healthcare coverage and access to preventive care for low income children;
*Pulitzer Prize Winning Investigative Journalists Donald L. Bartlett and James B. Steele in their book,"Critical Condition," describe how American hospitals regularly charge some patients 3 to 10 times more than other patients for identical services.