Center founder Jack Glaser notes that “covering the uninsured is a flawed moral frame.” At the same time, this annual focus on U.S. health care offers a valuable opportunity to engage people in conversations and action to build a better U.S. healthcare system.

Within St. Joseph Health System (SJHS), we invite colleagues to explore “Reshaping Health Care for the 21st Century” and to consider using these resources throughout the year.

Click here for resources offered to SJHS ministries. Feel free to download and edit these for use in your setting.

Click here for resources offered by Catholic Health Association, USA.

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“We need to build institutions for which our children and grandchildren will thank us.”    – E. J. Dionne

Think about the children who are important to you:

What kind of U.S. health care system do you want to leave them? Write out your vision. Post it in a visible area-your work space, refrigerator, the bathroom mirror.

| Download a Vision Post Card: PDF |

Take another step:

Invite others to write and share their vision-around the dinner table, with people at work or your faith community, or with a friend at lunch.

Take two steps:

Create a vision wall by displaying vision cards in a common area. Invite others to add their vision. Host a quick party, invite folks to read the “vision wall,” enjoy refreshments, and engage in conversation.

If you do this with a group, distribute the cards with directions printed on the back. Sample text is included below. (We gave these out with a box of raisins. Hence the title: “Raisin’ consciousness for reform!”)

| Download Sample Directions for Back of Cards: Word |

Below are photos of a “What’s Your Vision?” initiative at St. Joseph Health System, which closed with a meeting where people looked at the visions and then mailed the cards to the White House Office of Health Reform.