Health Care Debate

I made a resolution in 08/09 to disengage from politics and it has served me so well I think I will continue it. that being said . . .

I have no idea what the new health care bill contains or doesn't. You would think that NO One would pay more attention than families such as mine but the truth is, we are so focused on surviving day-to-day that politics doesn't even get a burner - let-alone the "back burner". The range is full - thank you very much.

Here is what I do know:

1) It's not as great as the Democrats say it is

2) It's not as bad a Republicans say it is

3) My little girl will no longer have to face the uncertainty of being un-insurable

4) Whatever the heck is wrong with it can be fixed

I will remind us all that the Constitution of the United States of America accorded "blacks" a 3/5 vote in terms of population. Yeah - ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS WERE ONLY 3/5 AS VALUABLE BECAUSE OF THE PIGMENTATION OF THEIR SKIN. It was the best that could be done at the time and it changed all of humanity. It was flawed and yet it totally rocked.

To this day, we are embroiled in correcting that most excellent document and the world marches on.

Do I support health care reform? Absolutely! Do I support THIS health-care reform? Sorta. I agree with all the good stuff and disagree with all the bad. My baby getting coverage regardless of a pre-existing condition is a HUGE good - and I, as a conservative republican, thank my Democratic colleagues and, yes, President Obama (While totally respecting my Republican friends who opposed it).

Everyone just needs to CALM DOWN. The world will not end, and health care reform will not usher in nirvana - there is some good stuff in there - we can work on the not-so-good. Sorta like me, some really good attributes, but in the end, deeply flawed - and working on it.

Is there coverage for that?

btw: Don't bother blasting me with lousy political criticisms - like I said, we are having enough trouble getting from day-to-day . . . .

UPDATE:

You know, the more I think about my daughter being uninsurable the more my blood boils. To think that ill and/or disabled children in the richest nation on earth have been denied health coverage for profit . . . . for whatever faults the health care reform may contain, there will come a day when we will consider this one point and shake our heads in wonderment and hang them in shame.

Shame on us for taking so long to offer health care to the children who need it most.