Governor James Douglas is officially the head of the National Governors Association.
Douglas' tenure started on Monday at the NGA's conference in Biloxi Mississippi and he designated health care reform and improving American's overall health as the top priority for the governors for the year, Douglas told the Rutland Herald.com that he hopes states will move to reform healthcare and not wait for Congress to do it. He says states have to do it themselves. Quote -- "We're an aging population," the governor continued. "We can't afford to have people ill and out of work, demanding more from the health-care system. It's in the economic best interest of our states and the nation that people are healthier. The goal can't be just changing how we deliver care, but how we improve it." Douglas is calling for more private insurers and less govenment involvement in the healthcare sytem.
Douglas' tenure started on Monday at the NGA's conference in Biloxi Mississippi and he designated health care reform and improving American's overall health as the top priority for the governors for the year, Douglas told the Rutland Herald.com that he hopes states will move to reform healthcare and not wait for Congress to do it. He says states have to do it themselves. Quote -- "We're an aging population," the governor continued. "We can't afford to have people ill and out of work, demanding more from the health-care system. It's in the economic best interest of our states and the nation that people are healthier. The goal can't be just changing how we deliver care, but how we improve it." Douglas is calling for more private insurers and less govenment involvement in the healthcare sytem.
