What do you think about the Health Care Reform bill? If it is passed, How do you think it will effect our country?

Good idea, but the plan, as it is currently, will do nothing but create debt we cannot afford

As an unemployed person with vague prexisting conditions (I’m tall and big and they don’t like that), I’m excited to see change in what I see as a broken system.

I have heard that states are going to be able to opt out of it and most of them are planning on opting out. but as it is written right now- lots of debt that this country can’t afford right now. plus do we really need the government more involved in health care? a government task force or panel said that women don’t need mammograms until age 50 not 40. the system is broken and does need to be reformed but i don’t think this is the only answer. it has really bothered me also that the democrats have refused really to talk to the republicans or make any changes. my parents are doctors and the last thing they want is even more government regulations.

it is way overdue, and will have a positive effect on your nation, but i fear the final version will be so watered down to appease the right wingers that the effect will barely be noticeable.

also if i understood it correctly, they only passed a vote to have a debate about it and nothing is passed yet.
how broken must a political system be that you have to get 60% of the votes to even talk about an issue?

@madsmom1030 – from what I understand, that mammogram recommendation was based on evidence. I appreciate when medicine is based on evidence, instead of sticking with outdated information because it’s what’s been “true all along.”

I think the government plan doesn’t go far enough. It still leaves a lot of power in the hands of insurance companies, who are a big part of the problem. Here’s why Kucinich voted no on the House version.

Health care is broken. It needs fixed. I’m not sure that this is the right way, but at least they’re trying to do something about it. What I really wish is that, instead of fighting along party lines because the other party is eeeeeeevil, they’d actually, you know, work to get stuff done for the good of the people. It’s not just that Democrats won’t talk to Republicans, Republicans also won’t talk to Democrats – including boycotting the committee investigating the health care reform bill. What good does that do anyone? None whatsoever.

The bill is just out of committee, and has just been allowed onto the floor over a Republican filibuster. We are nowhere near knowing what will be in the final bill, but they have already eviscerated the public option, so Big Pharma and Big Insurance has already won, and will continue to murder people for profit.

@madsmom1030: The mammogram information you were referring to makes perfect sense – in context. Read more about.

I think full health care is long overdue, but I am scared about this putting an added financial strain on an already weak economy.

I agree that the bill doesn’t go nearly far enough. It’s not enough to fix the system, which needs overhaul from the very root of the way the medical system is organized in this country. I don’t think the reform make that much of a difference, and I am resigned to paying way too much for my American health insurance, and not getting health care that is as good nor as intelligent, probably for the rest of my life. :(

Also, the mammogram thing is totally unrelated to the health care bill, and also is merely a recommendation. If you want yearly mammograms at age 40 on, go right ahead – it will likely even be covered by your insurance, if you are insured. It really wouldn’t be advisable to do so, though, if you read the report. Also the research wasn’t done by the government, the task force merely looked at a bunch of studies, compiled the findings, and tried to give a recommendation that would save the most lives.

And watch: instead of fighting over essential items they will fuss about abortion funding and crap like that. It diverts people so that they don’t realize that no one is acting in their genuine interests.

I wish that they would address private insurance reform and regulations- cap costs instead of letting them just keep raising the rates every year. Recently learned that more than 70%of all bankruptcies are due to health care costs. In 1990 I got an infection that triggered my severe asthma and ended up on a ventilator for 5 days and spent 3 weeks in the hospital- the total bill was around $175,000. luckily we had really good insurance. but even then it seemed the costs were outrageous. So i agree that health care reform is desperately needed but the costs are going to be high. i just feel that they need to also address private insurance reform and address some of the outrageous costs. I lived in a state that provided health care to the entire population- it was Hawaii. they could afford to do it because of a relatively small state population and alot of income from tourism.

@laureth- I agree that the system is severally broken and something needs to be done. I wish the politicians would put aside their differences and talk to each other to come up with something that is going to benefit the people that it needs too. my mom and stepdad have their own medical practice. she has had breast cancer twice- once at 36 and again at 54— my stepdad is an insulin dependant diabetic- the cost of their policy per month is almost $5000. what small business can really afford that- not many.

Sorry, I had mistaken the bill from being passed although it is only being debated over, yet again.

If it is passed, the US truly becomes a first world country and I’d say, welcome to the club.