Daschle’s Mission: Health Cooperation

On Thursday, President-Elect Obama announced Tom Daschle (Secretary of Health and Human Services). “Tom Daschle is one of America's foremost health care experts,” said Obama. “He knows how to reach across the aisle and bridge partisan divides and he has the trust of folks from every angle of this issue.”

From 1979-1987, Daschle was a United States Representative. From 1987-2005, he was a United States Senator. “The President-elect and I are committed to an open and inclusive process for health reform that goes from the grassroots up,” said Daschle. “Over the next few weeks, we will be coordinating thousands of health care discussions in homes across the country through our website… where ordinary Americans can share their ideas about what's broken and how to fix it.”

Amidst President Clinton’s impeachment, Senators Mitch McConnell and Daschle communicated. They ignored partisanship. They progressed government. With millions uninsured, McConnell and Daschle must cooperate again.

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