You do realize we can't pay social security much longer? On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have so-so feelings about the bill itself. I don't think it goes far > enough in a number of areas (malpractice reform amongst them) and I'm > unhappy about the promised executive order on federal funding of > abortion. And I'm not going to count my eggs until the Senate actually > passes the reconciliation bill. > > That being said, I'm excited about the passage of this bill because it > lays the foundation for further reform in a positive direction. This > bill doesn't end the antitrust exemption of insurance companies but it > does put an end to excision and denial of coverage due to specious > "pre-existing conditions". It doesn't enact malpractice reform but > does put together pilot projects for state-based experiments in > malpractice reform. It doesn't establish an immediate national > exchange for competitive pricing of health plans but it takes steps to > encourage exchanges in the future. There are lots of and lots of > things like that where I think we'll see a positive benefit now but > more than anything else it will be a platform upon which to build and > refine. > > The biggest thing is that it is a start. The history of social > programs is that getting it started is the hardest part. Social > Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the National Parks system, the Clean > Water and Air acts, Civil Rights laws...they all were virulently > opposed at the beginning with gloom and doom scenarios that never came > to pass. Instead, they were built upon and became ingrained in the > fabric of our society and now form some of the most widely supported > parts of our government. > > This Congress and President will have accomplished something that has > been tried repeatedly over many many decades. That is truly impressive > to me. And while I am not entirely thrilled about the entirety of the > bill itself, I'm glad that we finally got a honest start. The status > quo has been broken for a long long time and everyone knows it. Now > something can hopefully start to change.
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