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Published on: 5/2/2008
Last Visited: 8/30/2008
Paula Hallberg, director of health center support and public policy with the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas, says health issues will dominate the upcoming elections, and patients should have a say in shaping the future of health care.
"Our receptionist will ask if they're registered to vote.If they aren't, they'll ask if the person is interested in registering, and will assist them if need be.Hopefully, that will just pique their interest in what is going on with health care issues and leadership issues in their community.We want to show that our clinics are good leaders in their community and want to do what we can to make our local municipalities the best that they can be."
Hallberg says it's important that their patients are engaged in the health care debate, because 40 percent of them are uninsured.
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Paula Hallberg says their spring voter registration effort was so successful they're hoping to roll it out again before the general election in November.