Health Care Reform: It’s A Start…
I couldn’t let this weekend go by without commenting on the House voting yesterday on the health care reform bill. I think I’ve been pretty clear where I stand on health care. I believe that every American should have the right to health care.
This is ridiculous. We claim to be the greatest nation on this planet, yet nearly 45,000 die EVERY YEAR because they don’t have health care. That is an embarrassment to me as an American and it should be to you.
Let’s be clear. I’m FOR socialized medicine. But not everyone is as radical as I am. I get that. But this bill is a good start. With my wife’s medical conditions, I’ve begun to seriously worry that my insurance company has a lifetime cap. If so, she could be getting close. Then what would I do?
And then there’s ‘pre-existing conditions’. Insurance companies can use just about anything as a pre-existing condition. It’s just a tool to dump those they don’t want to insure.
The system is broken. Even with insurance, I’m getting killed by a myriad of prescriptions and co-pays and my insurance company continues to raise my prescription costs, doubling them last year. Something has to be done.
I would like to extend a huge thank you to those Representatives who voted for this, including Russ Carnahan, who represents my district. I’d also like to thank Representative Anh ‘Joseph’ Cao, the lone Republican who voted for the bill. You probably committed political suicide, but you did what you thought was right. Thank you.
There is a huge fight ahead in the Senate, probably tougher than this fight. But we will push forward. Nearly 47 million citizens need us to.
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November 9th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Way to go Congress, come on Senate!
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