In efforts to appeal to technologically savvy suburban “swing voters” President Bush has pushed for plans for most Americans to have electronic healthcare records within the next 10 years. Electronic medical records help save lives by reducing medical dosage errors that can occur with traditional paper records. The aim of what Bush calls “conversation on healthcare information technology” is to transform healthcare through the use health information technology, making healthcare more effective and error free. His new plans, which were also mentioned during the January State of the Union Address, are also part of the administrations strategy to expand health care beyond Medicare. Link to Washington Post article