Cable Net Urges Congress to Open Reconciliation to Cameras

[This article posted on January 5, 2010. It is posted within the following categories: Healthcare Policy & The Media, Politics & The Law, via Michael Douglas, MD, MBA.]

If Pres. Obama can’t win over all reform supporters with what ultimately comes his way for signature, he at least can hold true to a campaign promise to televise reconciliation talks between the parties.

The C-SPAN television network is calling on congressional leaders to open health care talks to cameras — something President Barack Obama promised as a candidate.

Although this level of transparency is welcomed; at this stage of the reform game on the Hill, will it serve the American public any better? | LINK

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