Obama’s Healthcare Plan Hangs In The Balance…
August 22, 2009
…while President Obama goes on vacation. It is not going to be easy to pass the healthcare reform bill by Autumn. The plan aims to insure the uninsured in the U.S. – 47 million of them. In addition the aim is also to drive down the spiraling healthcare costs. The Republicans look like they are opposing the bill and not all Democrats are supporting it either.
The Democratic party has two wings and one is convinced that only government intervention can solve the problem while the other one believes otherwise. Only a compromise between these two factions can lead to the passing of the bill. Some believe that the high cost of proposed healthcare reform is the problem. The solution is to reduce the inefficiencies in healthcare.
The people in the Democratic party who are opposed to President Obama’s plan are called the “Blue Dogs.” Many people distrust the government’s new plan because it resembles communism. Many people see the Obama plan as the only option because it aims to insure all the uninsured.
The solution that seems to be appearing from the studies is to nip the problem in the bud. Allow people to detect problems in early stages so that costs on medication are reduced. Also motivating people to remain healthy seems to be the solution.
Various Perspectives in the Health Care Debate
August 9, 2009
The health care debate has various aspects to it. The debate is become more about what say the government should have in medical matters. While the debate is focusing about this issue, the important practical considerations are being overlooked. Both sides agree that patients need more consumer protection so that they should be able to get insurance cover for a treatable, costly illness.
The bill will be able to protect consumers, whether they have cancer or high cholesterol. The medical history would not be the major deciding factor for charging premiums although companies could charge people above fifty years of age more than they charge those in their twenties.
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What Makes Health Care Reform So Critical
August 8, 2009
Economic growth. Health care reform is a key factor in economic growth according to many including President Barack Obama. This is the reason Obama has promised to implement health care reform by the end of the year. The aim of the reform is to protect people from unfair business practices. In addition every American needs to be provided quality, affordable insurance. This will bring down rising costs and skyrocketing family budgets.
Obama said that health insurance reform was higher than national politics – it was about the well being of the American people. Reform would not only give the 46 million people who did not have insurance what they lacked but would also give security and stability to the insured.
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The Health Insurance War
August 3, 2009
At stakes in the health insurance war is public good. It is the luxury of a few people against the necessity of the nation. The health insurance industry has profited at the expense of the people it insures. These people have lived in luxury and the people who were insured have often been denied insurance when they most needed it.
The facts are that H. Edward Hanway (Cigna Insurance) makes more in a day than the average American makes in a year. He will be retiring with $73 million. The world is in recession but the health insurance industry is still way up in the green.
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