The nation’s Democrats are popping bottles and Washington is sparkling after Congress passed “Health Care Reform” legislation desired by President Barack Obama.
House Democrats approved a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health system on Sunday, voting over unanimous Republican opposition to provide medical coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans after an epic political battle that could define the differences between the parties for years.
The House gave final approval to legislation passed by the Senate on Christmas Eve. Thirty-four Democrats joined Republicans in voting against the bill. The vote sent the measure to President Obama, whose yearlong push for the legislation has been the centerpiece of his agenda and a test of his political power.
But everything that sparkles and glitters is not gold!
The American people got a little of what they wanted in health care service and coverage improvements but greedy insurance companies got 90% of what they wanted. The main thing the insurance thieves got was the rejection of a “public option” which would have given competition to private insurance companies.
The legislation also forces, by law, everybody who isn’t old or destitute to buy health insurance if their boss doesn’t provide it. What company wouldn’t love the government forcing the public to buy that company’s product?!
Good things about the bill include some provisions that put a few minor restrictions on insurance companies. Six months after its passage insurers won’t be able to deny children coverage if they have a pre-existing condition. But coverage for parents can be denied until 2014.
Also, companies can be fined a whopping $100 a day for denying coverage. In other words, if you need a life-saving operation that costs $100,000, insurers can deny you coverage for a year and only pay $36,500 in fines. You don’t have to be a math major to know if paying or denying is what a greedy insurance company will do.
With 12 million Americans still without health care coverage even after passing of health care legislation, the campaign chants and promises of “Universal Health Care” remain a sad, sad song.
I appreciate what Congress tried to do but I would also appreciate it if Congress told the people what they were scared to do and that is take control of health care from the insurance companies.
Meanwhile, as elected officials do, plenty of stuff not related to health care was amended onto the bill.
The best of the non health care stuff was increased funding for education. College students, especially, will benefit greatly from increased student loan money tucked away in the health care bill.
Obama and the Democrat’s health care bill is like a rap song by rapper Juvenile, they turned “nothing into something”!
By: Lucius Gantt
