It’s been a long time since real change came from Washington, D.C.
And when it did, in the Obama administration, it came with the intent to pave the way for racial healing, universal health care and a climate-ready world. Now that effort is being undone in the Trump administration. Change has given way to reversal.
Yet government quicksand hasn’t stopped states (and last week three corporate giants – Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase) from making health care more available on their own.
In fact, you could say government’s stagnation has become a catalyst.
On Tuesday, the three innovative companies – carrying more than 1 million employees between them – announced they’ll tackle health care themselves to reduce “health care’s burden on the economy while improving outcomes for employees and their families.”