Health Care Reform 2010

This week's topic focuses on the latest health reform bill that was recently passed in Congress this week. The health reform bill was announced in Iowa City by President Obama May, 2007. This health reform bill should focus mainly on reducing long-term growth in health car costs for businesses and government, guaranteeing the choice of doctors and health plans, improving patient safety and quality of care services, help maintain coverage if you change or lose your job, investing in prevention and wellness, helping to protect families from filing for bankrupcty or going into debt because of health care costs, and helping to end barriers to coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions. Based on all the main focal areas, this bill was created to help Americans who have issues with health care costs, but mainly to support uninsured Americans.
As far as the stakeholders who were most in favor of this health reform bill were the Democratic arty. From my personal opinion, I think the Democratic party was most in favor of the bill because they strive "to create a sustainable and independent clean energy economy, provide all American children the first rate education they deserve, and finally guarantee high-equality, affordable health care to every American man, woman, and child. " I found this statement on the Democratic party website. Although 34 Democrats voted against the bill, it was still passed. I think this minor portion of the Democratic party are considered to be conservatives and believe in limited change in the government. The stakeholders who were most opposed to the bill were the Republican party. They all voted against the bill. According to the Huffington Post, the Republican party is pretty much against "Democrats making fundamental progressive change." So the entire Republican party voted against the health care reform bill in order to stop the progression the Democrats are trying to bring in the country.
My thoughts about the health care reform are beyond ecstatic. I am excited, because I think this bill is going to provide a helpful service for uninsured Americans. As we discuss the issues with public health care issues, I felt as though America was doing a mediocre job as far as providing health care for its citizens. As rich as we are, our health care system spends so much money on health care, yet so many Americans are uninsured. The part that really upsets me is the fact that other countries actually provide health care for all of their citizens and have less money than the U.S. I think it's a good piece of legislation, because it shows that the government actually cares about the citizens and their health care. I'm not sure how much the bill will affect my family and I, but hopefully the health care system improves a great deal. By the time I enter the health care professional world, hopefully all U.S. citizens will have a definite availability of health care.
Until next time, stay healthy!

Kiara