Of Hockey Moms & Health Care

With Sarah Palin embracing the hockey mom label and bringing the term front and center in the political arena,  we visited a group of hockey moms in Virginia to find out what issues had been the most important to them in the election.  

For Sally, the most important issue was the government's increasing role in all sectors of life, including health care.   "Our government keeps becoming more and more socialist," she said. "It's nice, warm and fuzzy to say everyone's entitled to health care, but what does it mean for the doctors, patients and choice of care?"   

We hope that the new Obama administration will eventually answer that question, for Sally and for the thousands of her fellow Virginians currently without health care.   We met with one woman who could offer some advice.  Richmond attorney, Phyllis Katz, founded the organization LINC, www.cancerlinc.org, to provide assistance to cancer patients who are overwhelmed by the thicket of business and legal issues currently entwined with their care.  She says, "My passion is to open doors, cut through red tape, negotiate with hospitals."    Send this woman to Washington.