A survey finds that most Americans don't understand the new health care reform bill (which should be called the health insurance reform bill). That's not surprising, since the bill is supposed to be some 2,000 pages.
So many people opposed the bill, presumably while not understanding it. Hardly anyone knows how the bill will affect him or her (which seems to be people's main concern). So maybe they are just fearing the worst (again, as I stated or implied in earlier postings, I think people have been stirred up to believe that passage of the bill would mean the worst).
For many people, the new bill will be a good thing. How can you think that prohibiting health insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions is anything but good thing?--unless you are a health insurance company, and most of us are not.
It also removes the lifetime cap, which had meant that some people with serious illnesses that required long courses of treatment or long hospitalizations could exhaust their benefits, and then be on their own for paying all their medical costs. How can that be anything but a good thing?
And more people—young people who have not yet gotten their first job, people changing jobs—will have or keep their insurance. How can that be anything but a good thing?
I will tell you who has a right to not like the bill—besides the insurance companies. No, not even small businesses, because they will receive tax credits for offering health insurance to their employees. It's the wealthy, who will now pay a tax on their investments, and who will pay more Medicare tax.
And—I hope this does not surprise anyone—the Republican party is the party that looks out for the interests of the wealthy, and always tries to help them hold on to their money. That is why the Republicans have so strenuously opposed health care reform.
But the little guy needs to realize that this is a good thing for him (or her).
Copyright © 2010 by Richard Stein
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Indeed the new health care reform bill is a good thing. It's no wonder however that people can't understand it when opponents have gone to such great lengths to blur the message and undermine the bill. There is an especially big problem in American government on account of roudy, childish, untruthful, obstructionist, and trouble prone republicans. The republican party leadership needs to understand that having character and being one aren't one in the same. Calling members who voted in favor of the bill names like baby killers, f*****s, and n*****s right during the bill passage in Congress as people watched on their tv sets at home tells us all there is rw trash wreaking on our hill that is long overdue for hauling away. It's not bad enough not one single republican voted in favor of the bill but they even all remained united when it came time to name the Texan who openly screamed baby killer at an anti-choice Michigan representative when he voted in favor of it. From the unacceptable behavior of republicans ranting and raving at their silly tea parties through the gop (goof off party) attempt to drag their heels to a healthcare standstill, republicans have shown their utter contempt for the average American little guy and his welfare. It has come time for changes alright and not just with healthcare!
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