Initiative Seeks to Improve How We Debate Critical Health Issues Facing Our Country
DENVER, CO – Today, Healthier United announced its first public initiative, Disagree Healthier. Disagree Healthier brings people together to improve how we debate health issues for the sake of our well-being, both as individuals and as a democracy. Inspired by the Disagree Better initiative launched by the National Governors Association, Disagree Healthier seeks to facilitate dialogue that welcomes disagreement without contempt, promotes curiosity, and stays rooted in our shared humanity.
The Disagree Healthier initiative includes four components:
- Hosting events around the country with leaders who are willing to disagree healthier about key health issues facing Americans
- Sharing face-to-face conversations with people in communities across America about what they want to see in the political discourse and in our country’s health policy
- Conducting social scientific polling on those same topics and sharing the results publicly to inform and shape how we proceed as a democracy
- Sharing tips on how to disagree healthier, including those drawn from the toolkit issued by Disagree Better
“The inability to have productive debate is causing real harm to our individual well-being and the health of our democracy,” said Jake Williams, CEO of Healthier United. “An overwhelming majority of Americans say they want our political discourse to improve and are concerned about our democracy’s ability to address our most pressing issues. Our goal with Disagree Healthier is to model a healthier way to communicate through disagreement, which will ultimately lead to a stronger social fabric and better health policy outcomes.”
Upcoming Disagree Healthier events in Denver, CO, and Raleigh, NC, will be announced soon.