Health Care

Health care in America is starting to take a turn. Is it a turn for the good or the bad many people ask? President Obama is looking to address the issue on health care reform on the date of September 9. This is only the president’s second speech since he has been in office about the much debated issue. It seems like mister president is hiding from many of the issues he has addressed. Obama has approached many principles of what he would like in health care reform, but plans on leaving most of the details to the Congress. "The president is clearly not running away from this battle but rather confronting the challenges we have encountered these last few weeks head on," Democratic Sen. Charles Rangel of New York said in a statement Wednesday night. "He is pulling out all the stops, and this level of involvement from the president could well be a game changer. There is no better way to turn public opinion around than to have someone as popular as President Obama addressing the American people directly, without anyone interpreting (or misinterpreting ) his ideas." The debate of the upcoming issue has changed; therefore, creating an opportunity for the president to step and do something, finally! Obama has to figure out a way to come about a new vision on health care reform. "We're entering a new season," senior adviser David Axelrod said. "It's time to synthesize and harmonize these strands and get this done." Another administration official said, “Now is the time to begin to pull together the various strands and solutions from the four bills that have been marked up and other proposals. ... Basically, all the cards are on the table." If it does not get engaged now it may turn into a catastrophe. Don’t you think the issue should have been addressed a long time before we dug ourselves into a huge hole? Obama is finally doing what he said he was going to do when he ran for president and put it off no longer. Now is a great time for the president to step in and take control. Health care is out of control and many are not able to afford their medical expenses. "Today's call was a productive one. We addressed a number of issues at hand and the next steps moving forward. Health reform is certainly a significant challenge, and each time we talk, we are reminded just how many areas of agreement exist," said Democrat Baucus from Montana. "We agree we need to take control of health care costs and make health insurance affordable for families and small businesses." Obama and Democratic leaders argue that a public option would ensure that coverage is available to all Americans while forcing private insurers to lower costs through the competition. As Republicans observe the issue they say that the democrats are misleading us into believing public option will help. The Republicans say this will just lead us into complete governmental control of health care reform just as the stimulus packages did with the bailouts of the automakers and banks. That would be the last thing that needs to happen, but where is the bill? Where are all the things Obama promised or guaranteed us during his campaign? Our government is turning into a dictatorship with the government beginning to control everything. Is this not supposed to be a free country? Obama has a lot of making up to do. Power should be in the hands of the people and it is far from it. "The health care debate is beginning to sound more and more like the politics President Obama addressed in his campaign (partisan, mean, and progress-free). It should not be that way," wrote former Sen. Bill Bradley, D-New Jersey, in an op-ed in the New York Times on Saturday. "Because I believe such a grand bipartisan compromise is still possible with health care." If the democrats decide to push the partisan bill they might have the advantage over the Republican Party even though the Republican Party is steadily rising back to the top. “Getting some Republicans to sign onto a proposal would improve Obama's chances of gaining the support of key moderate Democratic senators such as Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. All three are skeptical of a government-run public option supported by their more liberal fellow Democrats,” says CNN. Health care has become a major priority for our government to figure out. As the next couple of months, weeks go by we are hopefully going to see some major changes. This is a serious topic being debated on and many people are out there suffering because of health care. Obama needs to step up on his little pedestal and finally take control and do something about the millions suffering from health care. Other countries have hospitals you just walk in and be treated at no cost. The government runs and pays for the hospitals. This would be a solution that I would consider in the debate and be looked at hard. But, we all know that is far from happening!