For the last year we have witnessed President Obama reform health care. My facebook feed shows President Obama’s status indicating that he has made progress in forwarding his healthcare agenda for the American people. Today the president spoke with the congress and reiterated what we’re all thinking, “everything there is to say about healthcare has been said and just about everyone has said it. So now it is finally time to reform healthcare and so that it works…”
Hopefully President Obama’s recent 10-year, 950 billion dollar proposal, which incorporates both the democratic and republican views will help further the healthcare reform process. The president has also hinted at “reconciliation” for the congress as well as calling for an “up-or-down” vote. This basically enables the voting process to be more clean cut and final. Instead of voting on a related procedural maneuver, the congress will be voting yes or no on the matter at hand.
It is about time some progress is made, and this process is pushed. Americans who are in favor of the reform are growing weary and incredulous, whereas Americans who veto the reform are becoming anxious and disgruntled. The rest of us are just confused with what is going on, and are unsure of the entire situation. When are we going to get some answers? Will this reform benefit us? If so, will it further alienate the one class system from the next?
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According to the Do Nothings it is better for us to do nothing, but if this last year is an indication of what will happen if we do nothing,
1) 39% premium increases in California Blue Cross & Blue Shield.,
2) Special new high deductible Insurances onlys offerings to Companies plans
3) New questionnaire by kept by United Health, sounds like a good idea, NOT, and in order to get low premium you must spend 1/2 half a hour to answer all the questions if any are considered false you could loose your insurance. Talk about an intrusion into your privacy.
4) Humana Insurance of Louisville, Ky, ever wondered why Senator McConnell wants to take his time and do a piece meal, laying off 2300 customer service specialists (folks to pay your bill), but will hire 900 Claims Revue Specialists (folks to deny and delay your health care) instead.
As I see it Doing nothing just adds to our misery. The sooner the better.
Obama has given into three big not as the gentlemen from the Right would like to put it.
Public Option gone. Instead what Massachusetts (Republican) has "Exchanges."
The data shows that Exchanges don't hold down costs as well as a True Public Option to compete against. As those in Massachusetts will tell you, but to get the votes in the Senate Obama has to do it. Understand folks you can fix a something, but you can never fix a nothing. Something is always better then a nothing, because you live and learn from mistakes, but you never learn by sitting on your rear end and doing the B&C.
As in work DO NOTHINGS are just NO GOODS.