Delaney understands the cost of doing nothing
Suzanne Herzog
Des Moines Register
March 4, 2019
Delaney understands the cost of doing nothing
Politically I am an independent, but I still attended a Democratic gala in November 2017 because I was eager to get my health-care reform proposals out to anyone running for office.
I am a health economist and my goal was to help steer public conversation toward real, collaborative solutions: recognizing what the Affordable Care Act had gotten right, where it went totally wrong and where we go from here. Rep. John Delaney’s 2020 general election team was already here. They received my printed basic proposals and contacted me a couple months later to hear him speak in person on one of his first visits to Iowa.
Meeting him in person, I was blown away by Delaney’s in-depth understanding of the topic. He articulated solutions and conclusions that were similar to what years of analysis had lead me to. He presented understanding of a woefully overlooked middle ground in public debate.
You can’t beat the sense of urgency and initiative he conveys with comments like, “the price of doing nothing is not nothing,” suggesting that we can’t afford to keep missing precious opportunities to stay ahead as a nation on the world stage.
Seriously sensible, competent, collaborative and committed, Delaney is still ahead of the pack.