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How to Participate
You can add your voice to this national deliberation using the online tools on this page.

In the workbook, you will read about three options for how to make health care more affordable for people, share stories about your own experiences with the cost of health care and help identify solutions we can all live with.

The National Issues Forums Institute is collecting and analyzing the data from this project for ongoing research about deliberation on topics of national importance. The Institute regularly shares information about its activities with a nationwide network of forum organizers and with policymakers, researchers, and others interested in public thinking.


Access the Choicebook area

The Workbook
The workbook is designed to help you learn about the issues, share your stories, and reflect on the tradeoffs inherent in any option we choose for reforming the health care system. It is an interactive experience and should take about 30 minutes to finish.

Go to the workbook page

Share your story or idea!

Shared Stories Area
In this part of the site, you can read other participants’ stories about how they have been affected by the high cost of health care.

Go to the Shared Stories page

View the training slideshow!

Find out how to join other people in small group forums
We all need to work together to find a solution to the high cost of health care. You can start making a change by joining others in dialogues – either an online forum, or one that might be organized in your community.

Sign up to be part of an online forum!

Find an in-person forum near you.