I'm beginning to believe that the best way to achieve true and lasting healthcare reform is to just get out of the way and let Baby Boomer women revolutionize healthcare. Baby Boomers as a cohort have been change agents for redefining the family, education, and work life, so why not healthcare as well? Boomer aged women are already--and will increasingly be--the majority on the front lines of formal and informal care. I certainly don't mean to denigrate the role of men in healthcare or to perpetuate some kind of bio-destiny argument that women are "naturally" supposed to be the caretakers in our society. But I do think our overwhelmingly male Congress would do well to better understand the role of--and listen more to--women, who will likely be the most impacted by these health reform policies.
More... http://blogs.intel.com/healthcare/2009/10/women_boomers_and_growing_a_careforce_through_healthcare_reform.php
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