I read the Washington Post article "Baucus predicts all Senate Dems will support health bill". It said that the Congress is slowly putting together bills that have a chance of succeeding in debate and will potentially cost around 900 billion dollars(the target cost). This sounds very bureaucratic because the process takes so long. However, Obama still wants to have a Law made by the end of the year. It remains to be seen exactly how hard these proposed bills will hit the private insurance companies. Some want "revenge" on the private insurance companies for charging so much. The current proposal is supported by both all the Democrats and some Republicans, notably the Senator from Maine.
I like that health care is now not only supported by the Democrats, who made the proposal, but is also gaining Republican support. That really makes me think that when the bill does get made into a law, it will actually work, since it is not just pushed through by one party.
I think Obama's optimism with the deadline of reforming healthcare within his first year in office is ambitious, which is great. I hope a bill makes it through the long bureaucratic process before the end of the year.
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I agree with you. I hope the bill does make it through.It is gaining support by both parties, but that is probably because they realize how important health care issues have become and will become in the future. But just because both parties are aligning the same decision of this bill doesnt mean it will work, im thinking there will be an upside and a down side to passing it. Its great that Obama plans to do this his first year, but he and the parties should make sure its full proof without any intense consequences.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of you.i think there will be an upside and a down side, but its worth trying especially when there is more of a reason now than ever before to have this health reform, with the H1N1 going around.
ReplyDeleteI would be so happy to know that these knuckleheads finally decided on something together. There really is a need for some change in the American system. I think we have high blood pressure... we're aging.
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