The Iowa 2008 blog is a companion to AARP Iowa's Voices for the Future. Conversations reported here are the views of attendees and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of AARP. AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that does not endorse any candidates nor make contributions to political parties or candidates.
Manchester, Iowa
A group that included some first generation immigrants from Europe gathered in Manchester at the Community Center to discuss the importance of health care and long-term financial security. Right away the group began discussing shortfalls in the United States’ healthcare system in relation to the systems in Europe. They expressed that the care in their native land was sufficient and no one fell through the cracks. This was important to them.
The group agreed that people should start taking preventative measures to lower health costs and employers need to continue to fulfill their responsibility by helping with health costs. There was a strong feeling about partisan politics and lobbyists inhibiting what real people need in America.
