Over the past several weeks, the Obama Health Policy Transition Team encouraged individuals to host a Healthcare Community Discussion in their homes or in a local establishment. Before the holidays, Genetic Alliance staff members came together to participate in shaping the health reform process, and through our discussion, we drew profound conclusions and developed a new collective awareness and motivation. At the end of the process, we had created a Genetic Alliance Health Committee, developed a strategy for providing forums to fuel, inspire, and share the responsibility for improving the health of individuals and families, and outlined how the Obama administration can develop an improved infrastructure for health systems.

Read the Healthcare Community Discussion summary