To get your Independence Day weekend off to a good start, here's some exciting news. It won't really hit the streets until next week, but we wanted to share it with you now so you can relish a victory for the good-guys while you enjoy the holiday weekend.
 
Rhode Island and the collaborative work of the Ocean State Policy Research Institute (OSPRI) and the Center for Long Term Care Reform (CLTCR) are getting national media attention!
 
A member of the White House press corps interviewed OSPRI president Bill Felkner and CLTCR President/OSPRI Fellow on Healthcare Reform Steve Moses last Tuesday about Medicaid, Long Term Care financing and the Rhode Island Global Medicaid Waiver.  The reporter even asked White House press secretary Robert Gibbs about the potential use of similar waivers in other states.
  
If you want to see the exchange between the reporter and WH press secretary Robert Gibbs you can find a transcript of the 7/1/09 White House press briefing HERE, or watch the video HERE. The question and answer are at the end of the transcript (or the 42:20 mark of the video).

The online story is up today HERE.  Check it out.  Reporter John Gizzi says this story will also be in the print edition of Human Events next week.

 

Human Events is a conservative magazine.  But whether you personally lean right or left politically, national coverage of our issue in any venue is terrific.
 
That's because our issue plays right or left equally well.  For conservatives, it's fiscal responsibility.  For liberals, it's a fairness issue.  Why use scarce welfare resources to indemnify prosperous heirs of affluent seniors against Long Term Care costs when they're probably mostly Republicans anyhow?
 
When the debate boils down to facts and logic, we win.  That's why national media attention on our issue is so very important.
 
Have a happy Fourth of July and thank you again for all your support and encouragement.