During Obama's health care reform speech, he clarifyed his plan for America. He confronted various myths about his health care plan such as death jpanels, public option and coverage for illegal immigrants. He also promoted bipartisanship, saying that all parties have to come together as a whole in order to accomplish the reform of health care. He also stated that previous presidents have tried and failed to reform the health care program and that he would be the last one to fail because he would succeed. He also said that he is completely open to all ideas from both parties as long as they accomplished the ultimate goal of ensuring coverage for uninsured Americans and promising security and stability for those who already have coverage. All of this information is based off of the following link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32752036/ns/politics-health_care_reform/
Honestly, before this blog assignment, i have never gotten in depth with politics. Of course i slightly pay attention to the presidential election when it comes around ever four years, but nothing really beyond that. The first time i read through this article i was confused. First of all i wasn't sure if i knew exactly what health care was. I am only 17 years old so i have never been involved in the insurance process because my parents took care of it all. Even though at first i didnt really understand the article, I was intrigued by it. All this controversy was exciting so i decided to look into it a little deeper. So, i watched some news clips and I started talking to people. I could absolutely not believe how irrational some people are. It boggled my mind that a representative would yell out during a presidential speech to the President himself! Accusing him of lying!!! There are many things i agree with Obama on concerning health care but also a few i don't. I think it is important that an insurance exchange will be created, and also that insurance companies will no longer be able to deny families coverage because of pre-exsisting conditions. I also think that it is smart to require employers to provide health ensurance for their employees. I think that this will lower the number of people taking advantage of the government by mooching off of the fact that they are unemployed, therefore recieving free insurance, among other things. That is one of the downfalls of requiring everyone to be ensured is in fact people taking advantage of the system. Unfortunately, hard working Americans will have to pay for it. On the other hand, having everyone ensured will save millions of people from financial disaster if someone in their family becomes extremely ill. It will also save peoples lives because they will be able to get medical help when they need it. Personally, my little brother was diagnosed with leukemia 3 years ago, and even with the great health insurance my father recieves from 3M, we are still paying for some of his treatment, but i can't even imagine how much debt we would be in if we didn't have that insurance so i do think that this plan is overall a good way to start off. Obama also said he was completely open to more reform from anyone who had ideas so honestly i don't know why anyone doesn't support more, and better health care for millions of Americans.
If you would like to hear a different opinion on this topic. Aaron Rentschler's blog discusses the topic from another point of view.
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