A citizen group is telling Congress what Americans want when it comes to health care: protection for all from outrageously high medical expenses and a guarantee of coverage for certain tests and treatments. The group is known as the Citizens’ Health Care Working Group and they were created by Congress to assist in the execution Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. The fifteen members of the citizens’ group represent businesses, organized labor, health care providers, and consumers. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt is also a member. In the last eighteen months, the group held more … Continue reading →