Monday, April 9, 2012

Global Reach Guest Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Story on U.S. Health Care Reform


Richard Kirsch spent three years at the epicenter of the battle to reform healthcare in the U.S. As head of grassroots coalition representing 30 million Americans, he worked inside the Beltway – alongside and sometimes at odds with the Obama administration – and with grassroots activists across the country. On this week’s Global Reach, Kirsch will reveal inside story of what REALLY happened (and how) on the ground, and what efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act could mean not just to the2012 Presidential election, but to the future of U.S. politics, policy and the economy.
 The epic battle for U.S. healthcare reform is far from over. The outcome will impact not just the 2012 Presidential Election, but U.S. policy, politics and competitiveness for decades. After three years at the epicenter of the healthcare reform battle, few people are in a better position than Richard Kirsch, the leader of the grassroots Health Care for America Now (HCAN) coalition to tell the inside story how health-care reform came to be the law of the land, and what its passage - and the efforts to overturn it – mean for the future of American politics and policy.

As a guest on the February 23 broadcast of Global Reach on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel, Kirsch will discuss his new book Fighting for Our Health: The Epic Battle to Make Health Care a Right in the United States, www.FightingforOurHealth.com, and take “Global Reach” listeners inside the biggest and most consequential issue campaign in American history. As a board member of Citizen Action of New York where Kirsch served as Executive Director from 1986-2008, “Global Reach” host Té Revesz work on health care reform issues with her guest for over a decade.


Richard will share a first person account of the tense relationship between progressives and the Obama administration. While the President and his team both pushed for reform and made repeated concessions to the health care industry, they tried to squelch any pressure from the left. Richard’s group HCAN, worked with over 1,000 progressive organizations across the country to fight back and push for accessible, affordable and quality healthcare for all. He’ll talk how grassroots organizers played a crucial role in congressional passage and President Obama's signing of historic health reform legislation in March 2010 — defeating powerful industry lobbies and Tea Party activists.

Now the Affordable Care Act is before the Supreme Court. How could repeal by the Supreme Court impact the 2012 election? The U.S. economy? What should those who want to protect the law do? Tune in and find out.

For additional information contact Té Revesz at 212-877-8616,or go to www.globalreach-sbi.com.

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ABOUT Té Revesz:
Té Revesz is known for her ability to conduct strategic research on a global basis and for her creativity in handling complex business challenges.

As principal of GlobalReach-SBI, a research and consulting firm with a network spanning over 60 countries, Té provides clients with strategic intelligence on market opportunities and threats. She covers such diverse areas as global branding, new product development, payment cards, clinical trials, and political risk. An expert in primary research, Té has interviewed business, government and labor leaders, doctors and technical experts—and managed focus groups—around the world. She was profiled in Super Searchers Go to the Source as one of the top US interviewers.
Prior to founding her own firm, Té headed the Industrial & Healthcare Practices of FIND's Strategic Consulting & Research Group and taught at the Zicklin School of Business (Baruch/CUNY). She was the Editor of Business International’s flagship newsletter and helped create its country risk service.

An NYC native, Té is active with Citizen Action, the URJ’s Commission on Social Action, and NY Neighbors for American Values (defending religious freedom, diversity and equality). She holds a Masters from Columbia’s School of International & Public Affairs and a BA from Goucher College. She’s an avid bike rider, theater buff and farmers’ market supporter—and the bemused owner of 2 demanding felines.

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