Transparency and engagement are priorities for the Obama-Biden Transition Project. Our success depends on not only opening up a process that has historically been inaccessible to most Americans, but also encouraging citizen participation.
In the photo: Former Senator Tom Daschle, chosen to be Secretery of Health of Human Services and the President-elect.
Last week, President-elect Obama and Vice president-elect Biden took an important step towards these goals by asking the public to participate in a discussion about health care on our website.
The result was fantastic. Started by a question from the Obama-Biden Health Policy Team, thousands of comments poured in over a few days. Some people answered the initial question, but others engaged with one another debating and developing new ideas and approaches to health care reform.
Members of the Health Policy Team, including former Senator Tom Daschle, read through these comments over Thanksgiving weekend.
Earlier this week, they sat down to record a special video response. Watch it and join the discussion:
To participate yourself and get your message to the President-elect and his health care transition team, including former Senator Tom Daschle, who has been selected by Obama to serve as Secretery of Health and Human Services, please go to: change.gov
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