You. At a Town Hall Meeting. 5 Questions You Should Ask

You. At a Town Hall Meeting. 5 Questions You Should Ask

By Adele M. Stan and Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted August 26, 2009.

Those raucous health-care town halls aren't over yet. That's where you come in.




If you lived nowhere but in front of your television set, you'd never know that a majority of the American people favor substantial health-care reforms -- and you'd certainly never know that most want to see a public health-care plan offered as part of a mix of options in any overhaul of the system.

In fact, were you a truly dedicated couch potato, you just might think that most of the “regular people” in this country just hate, hate the idea of health-care reform. And then you just might start thinking that maybe you should, too.

Thankfully, you, oh well-informed reader, are not that kind of tuber. No, you are ready for action, ready to show another face of regular America to the media — and to your fellow citizens. And what better place to do that than at a town-hall meeting dedicated to the topic of health-care reform?

Where You Come In

Just as opponents of reform have shown up in force at town-hall meetings conducted by members of Congress who support meaningful change, so, too, can you make your presence known at the town halls of those who oppose it. And when you do, awesome things can occur.

Look at what happened to Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley -- the man who's been holding up the finalization of a health-care bill in the Senate Finance Committee while trying to scare his older constituents into thinking that reimbursing doctors for counseling patients on end-of-life care is really a ruse for "pulling the plug on Grandma." ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/politics/142193/you._at_a_town_hall_meeting._5_questions_you_should_ask/