Health care reform

This is my first time ever writing on a blog. There have been things on my chest that I just need to get out, and being on the cusp of health care reform I thought this was the appropriate time. We live in a time where the country couldn’t be more split. We have just witnessed the biggest legislative occurrence in 4 decades. Only being 23, I try to put that in perspective. It's difficult.You wouldn’t think that giving health care to 32 million people who are uninsured would take four decades. The sad thing is that health care reform has been discussed since the other Roosevelt was in office. The dream for millions who can’t afford health care or whom were denied because of pre-existing conditions will be no more. Insurance companies were more concerned with their bottom line and stockholders than the people whom they are supposed to serve.Even with the most powerful man in the free world putting his John Hancock with 20 different Washington pens on this bill, 13 attorney generals and every republican is still fighting to have the bill deemed unconstitutional. I’m young and may be naïve with politics, but I always thought that federal law trumped state law. I admit that I am a big supporter of obama but not a fan. The fan of obama loves him because he’s young, hip, plays basketball, and fills out his March madness bracket on espn. A supporter is someone who cheers for obama because he’s truly changed the culture in Washington. He’s a man of the people in every sense. You can start by just looking at the state he’s from, Chicago. Chicago is a place I would actually go and visit. Who would visit Midland Texas or Hope, Arkansas? I think the appeal at least for me is that we can relate to this president. He’s a father raising two young girls, he seems to still be having sex regularly with his wife and with today’s divorce rate, just being married and miserable is rare.There have been people since obama was running for office who opposed him and that is going to happen. You had people like Joe the plumber (doesn’t actually have a plumbing license) speaking out against obama on the campaign trail saying things like he doesn’t want his business affected (doesn’t have a real business). And who wants a muslin from Kenya who isn’t even a U.S. citizen in office? Sometimes it’s hard with so many different media outlets throwing garbage around to get their views and agendas across. I get that there are lobbyist who work around the clock to make sure big agendas don’t get carried out. Washington is all red tape and for obama to be able and at least rip some of the tape off the walls is an monumental accomplishment. So, the appeal for obama is clear and the absolute hatred for obama by the status quo is clear.The people who have been in power know there’s been a change in Washington and they do not like it. When republicans say they wanted to “start over” with the health care bill, what does that really mean. I think it means that they want to delay it as much as possible, preferring to have it never happen. The status quo like how things are. The status quo doesn’t mind that 45,000 people die everyday because they don’t have medical coverage. A change needed to happen and Tuesday at 11:30 am, the beginning of change finally came. The bill isn’t perfect, as the ones writing it aren’t, but this is a gigantic step in the right direction. The status quo is obviously not sustainable and through all the bureaucracy, debates, and town hall meetings, one thing is undeniably clear: lives will be saved everyday from this bill. Hopefully, when the mid-term elections come around, people will realize the ones who pushed the bill past, didn’t do it for political gain, but because as obama said “it was the right thing to do”.