As part of a Healthcare Round Table, Debra L. Ness, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families, testified before the Senate Finance Committee on April 22, 2009.

Ness discussed the urgent need for all Americans to have access to quality, affordable health care, and how a better delivery system will help achieve this goal. She stressed the need to create a health care system that will work for vulnerable patients with multiple chronic conditions and their family caregivers, adding, "If we can make the system work for them, we can make it work for everyone."