Bucks Voices for Health Care Reform

Bucks Voices for Health Care Reform is a grassroots countywide effort that has grown out of a shared interest in working toward effective ethical solutions to what is broadly-perceived as a health care crisis.

Our current system is a complex patchwork of government and private programs developed over time in response to a variety of needs. It is barely navigable by even the most informed person, and too many people fall through the cracks receiving no health care until they end up in the emergency room driving up the cost.

Members of Bucks Voices believe that reform must start with agreement on basic principles. We intend to engage in the careful analysis of options based on these principles and to work together toward a com- prehensive, integrated national health care policy.

We believe that health care is a public good, like police protection and education, and we want to see a health care system based on fundamental ethical principles that respect the dignity of all persons. Please click here for our Bucks Voices Brochure.

Our Mission

Founded in 2007, Bucks Voices for Health Care Reform is a nonpartisan grassroots organization dedicated to promoting fundamental principles to build a fair and just national health care system.

We do this by:

educating the public about health care reform and resident-adopted healthcare principles;
evaluating programs by applying the groups of principles to the existing/proposed health care systems; and
building a virtual grassroots network to promote the principles, further dialogue and analysis throughout Bucks County.

Our Vision and Principles

Health care should be considered integral with the common good that promotes human dignity for all. Both individuals and society have responsibilities for health care: we as individuals need to protect our health and we as a society need to provide a sustainable health care system that includes:

Health promotion and disease prevention.
A balanced continuum of care throughout the life cycle from birth to death.
High quality care, including, for example, attention to evidence-based medicine.
Financing care based on one’s ability to pay.
Improved methods of healthcare cost control.
Transparency and accountability in what may be inevitable treatment-rationing decisions.
Minimal spending for administrative costs.
Consistency of health care standards and policies among all states across the country.