Daschle's Health Care Discussions

Last month, Sarasota held a community health care discussion to provide input to Presidential-elect Obama's transition team on health care issues we face.

There's now a video of the Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Tom Daschle, participating in these discussions.

Based on the video, people across the country share some of the same concerns that Sarasota citizens expressed during their community health discussion:

Concern about the way insurance companies dictate the type of care patients receive, the growing costs of medical care, and difficult access to certain levels of health care.

Another thing expressed by Sarasota citizens and other discussion participants is the need for a stronger emphasis on preventive medicine. I'm glad that President-elect Obama also shares these views.