Advocacy for accessible and affordable health care for all Americans
Vision of a New Way is an advocate for improved access to care, improved affordability, being generally healthier, and longer life expectations.
Our Mission
The work of Vision of a New Way focuses on all Americans, including those uninsured and underinsured of limited means, having equal access to quality affordable health care.
We know through our country’s hospitals simply complying with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services policy, propagated in 2004, we will have achieved our dream.
We know it is your dream too. Let’s join together to make the dream a reality.
Our aim is improved access, improved affordability, a reduction in spending on health care by an estimated 40 percent annually, over all improved health, and longer life expectations.
Vision of a New Way (VNW) is a 501(c)(3) founded by Roger Berliner in 2014, after decades in the financial services industry. He realized our health care system was financially ruining Americans and we can stop the assault.
Our History
After many years of advocacy, Secretary Tommy Thompson (R), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), in an exchange of letters, February 19, 2004, provided guidance to Richard J. Davidson, President, American Hospital Association (AHA) “to take action to assist the uninsured and underinsured.”
“With this guidance as a tool, I strongly encourage you to work with AHA member hospitals to take action to assist the uninsured and underinsured and therefore, end the situation where, as you said in your own words, “uninsured Americans and others of limited means are often billed and required to pay higher charges.”
VNW provided written testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.
VNW worked with HHS Secretary Sebelius’s office.
Latest Articles
& News
We publish original articles and aggregate reports from the media of interest to anyone concerned about health care affordability. If you have a tip, please contact us. If you’re witing your legistlators, or blogging about the subject, please feel free to link any article.
Addressing the failure of NC hospital organizations to provide discounted or free care to uninsured and underinsured obligors
Dear State Treasurer Folwell, State Auditor Wood, Deputy of Legal Affairs Estevez and Special Deputy Attorney General Sturgis: The North Carolina Health Plan (NCHP) can take action to correct the failing of the state’s hospital organizations providing discounted or...
Fair Fight pays off the bully, but he’s not going away…yet
Vision of a New Way (VNW) applauds, Stacey Abram’s on MSNBC talking about paying of medical debt. Fair Fight Action paying off $212 million in medical debt. VNW also wishes Stacey Abrams all the best in her campaign for the Georgia governorship. Good Intentions, But…...
NC Treasurer calls out hospitals, but should go further
Recent reporting by the Associated Press and WRAL that most North Carolina hospitals are, “falling short in treating the poor for free or reduced rates to validate their tax-exempt status” is deeply concerning. We appreciate North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell...
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Financial Assistance Policy, Procedures and Practices Fail to Advance Providing the Charitable Patient Care
It has recently come to the attention of The Coalition for Affordable Hospitals (Coalition) that NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s (NYP) “Financial Assistance Policy” (FAP) fails to include an “indigency policy” as promulgated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
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