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On the eve of reform, no change for 160 + million
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by Susan Marie Kovalinsky | December 24, 2009 at 06:00 pm
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The Senate has now passed the sweeping healthcare reform bill, but on the eve of change , things will remain the same for hundreds of millions of American workers.
The New York Times is one of a myriad of newspapers with pieces wondering if this change will be enough...
Now that the Senate has caught up with the House by passing a sweeping health care bill, lawmakers are on the verge of extending coverage to the tens of millions of Americans who have no health insurance.
But what about the roughly 160 million workers and their dependents who already have health insurance through an employer? For many people, the result of the long, angry health care debate in Washington may be little more than more of the same.
As President Obama once promised, “If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan.”
That may be true even if you don’t like your health plan. And no one seems to agree on whether the legislation will do much to reduce workers’ continually rising out-of-pocket costs.
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at 18:38 on December 24th, 2009
Amazingly, the article below, from the Huffington Post, doesn't think this fight is over. In fact it calls this mornings 7am vote obsequiously triumphalist bullshit.
I must say I somewhat agree with their assessment of this so called health care reform bill. I asked the other night, if everyone will be required to purchase health insurance, where does Medicare and Medicaid come in? I know what those two programs are supposed to do, but I would like to know how they are relevant in a reformed health care system.
How many people will still be uninsured without a public option and for the 160,000,000 insured already, how will it be cheaper than before? How much more will be collected in taxes to pay for this bill? Those are all relevant points that the Senators that voted for this bill have not explained.
Source: huffingtonpost.com
at 18:39 on December 24th, 2009
lets try and be positive.......let us resolve that for the new year we will all try to see the positive, to work together, to be respectful....this may not be the bill that everyone wants or needs..but i think the question is why....why did this get to be a fear mongering spectacle..why not work together for something positive for all the people...
at 18:46 on December 24th, 2009
thanks, Pocci, for all input and information.
My dear marianmo, you must see this has been hell precisely because many do not WANT something "positive for all people".
at 18:52 on December 24th, 2009
why not..isnt that why we elect our senators, officials etc