Whether they were red- or blue-affiliated when they entered, attendees at Monday’s Benefits Forum & Expo keynote session with former House speaker Newt Gingrich left seeing only purple. Although still a political conservative at heart, Gingrich — who received a standing ovation — appealed to everyone across the political spectrum with his remarks on improving U.S. health care and finances.
Among his proposals for transforming the nation’s health care system, Gingrich advocates a national defense system for health records — suggesting we apply the ATM model to health IT.
