Time spent on this bill right NOW represents a lack of focus / priority, not to mention an obvious "disconnect" with we, the people.
First, why, when it's clear that the majority of voters now rank healthcare reform WAY DOWN on the totem pole (as compared to jobs, the economy, taxes, small business concerns, ending corruption, etc.), are our public servants wasting valuable legislative time *RIGHT NOW* on lesser priorities? Why not attend to the many, far more pressing matters and put this one on the back burner, where it belongs?
Second, in looking at the document here, I do not see a sample of average, working citizens being appointed to this list. Why is this? Does it not occur to our politicians that valuable input as to how we ought to go about reforming anything in our system ought not to come from the realm of the "appointed elite" but from the ranks of the citizenry that both pay for and utilize such services?
Third, I'm learning that just because commissions are established, doesn't automatically mean they're treated with any real relevance to the end results they may be used to justify (if you don't believe me, take this story, as just one example - http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/poi/opinion/83576337.html).
Finally, nowhere do I see any mention of reviewing tort reform, as an action item.
Do I need to rub my eyes? Did I miss it? Or can it really be that there are still people in America that haven't heard the news that we, the people, list tort reform as the absolute #1 top priority for any list established "on our behalf" as critical items for review?
It's time to get Olympia's priorities in line with those if its citizenry. Let's stop wasting time and money (resources dwindling at the speed only Thelma and Louise could possibly appreciate!) and focus on a "first things first" plan of action.