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PFCD Praises the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care
April 24, 2008 -- The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) (www.fightchronicdisease.org) today applauded the launch of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care, a project that will primarily be centered around four symposia held at the academic centers of the four former Senate Majority Leaders, each focusing on a vital topic in the health care policy debate.
"This project’s bipartisan approach is critical," said Ken Thorpe, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and Executive Director of the PFCD. "Americans are ready to see a change in our health care system, and consensus-building is the only way to make this happen."
"We hope that the Bipartisan Policy Center, together with organizations like the PFCD, will be able to move a bipartisan health care agenda forward and tackle the #1 cause of death, disability, and health care spending -- poorly prevented and mismanaged chronic illness," said Thorpe.
About the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease:
The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) is a national coalition of patients, providers, community organizations, business and labor groups, and health policy experts committed to raising awareness of the number one cause of death, disability, and rising health care costs in the U.S.: chronic disease.
The PFCD's mission is to:
- Challenge policymakers - in particular, the 2008 presidential candidates - to make the issue of chronic disease a top priority and articulate how they will address the issue through their health care proposals
- Educate the public about chronic disease and potential solutions for individuals, communities, and the nation
- Mobilize Americans to call for change in how policymakers, governments, employers, health institutions, and other entities approach chronic disease
For more information about the PFCD and its partner organizations, please visit: http://www.fightchronicdisease.org.
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