Four minutes to save health care? What’s the rush?

After the president’s recent address to Congress on the urgency of health care, the White House put together a 4-minute video featuring highlights of Obama’s presentation. This struck me as comical particularly because the president isn’t the one writing, debating, amending and voting on the legislation; Obama has a plan, sure, but the details are in the hands of our legislators in Congress.

Then, I got an e-mail from Amy Menefee who proposed mixing the video with the Madonna hit “4 Minutes,” featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. I found the concept hilarious and couldn’t ignore the opportunity.

The idea of these two media bits together is funny–especially when Madonna sings, “Sometimes I think what I need is a you intervention,” and about paving the way with good intentions–but at the end of the day, there’s nothing funny about rushing legislation that both the public and members of Congress don’t understand and don’t have time to read.

Opposition to reforms that put more control in the hands of the government and take away flexibility of patients and medical professionals is growing every day. (Exhibit A. Exhibit B.)

Let’s slow down and get this right.

Four Minutes to Save Health Care? What’s the Rush? from Katie Favazza on Vimeo.

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