Certainly an overwhelming majority of Americans want Health Insurance Coverage of some sort. Many have their coverage provided by their employer, funded partially by their employer, or have coverage through a stand alone policy.
It is important that we consider everyone in this debate. It is a serious issue. It is personal. It should not be based on one political side or the other, but more of a moral issue. Americans should have Health Insurance Coverage if they want it and need it.
I have listened very carefully to the input from both sides and have seen how ugly matters have become. Personal political views have permeated the effort and diluted the very heart of the issue.
Two very important threads to Health Care is of course the care itself and then the cost. Why, when we developed this coverage, have we not had the doctors in congress design a practical base plan? Why have the lawyers in congress not developed some legal reforms to bring down costs of malpractice insurance?
Several physicians in congress have stated that they were never consulted about the bill. It was in a general sense”put in front of them” for a vote of approval. Seem odd to you?
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August 20, 2009 at 12:50 am
moderatelyme
I agree that tort reform is definitely needed.
Is it the only answer to the problem? No. Not at all.
What is another answer? What about the health care exchange where insurance plans would be available to peoples of other states and other localities? Why isn’t that part of the major debate? Obama had talked about pushing that idea prior to his election.
How about relieving the insurance companies of the massive local and state regulations? That would reduce cost as staying in compliance of so many different sets of rules costs a lot of money. It would be easier to cut costs if there was a single set of rules to deal with.
I’m not saying that insurance companies don’t do a fair number of self-serving things that people need help with (like denying coverage to people with even the most minor pre-existing conditions). My point is that the Hammer of Congress shouldn’t be used to wipe out a lot of the existing system… They should actually work to fix the shortcomings and the areas that cause the most problems for both sides of this debate.