First of all, I'm totally supportive of helping people get health care. I don't think anyone should have to go through unnecessary pain or death, because we have good enough medical knowledge in this country to help nearly everyone. However, some people don't get it because they can't pay for it. I would like to say that emergency rooms accept and treat everyone. You can get health care if you don't have insurance, it's just costly for you or other people who do have insurance.
Even though I think it's good morally that everyone gets treated, the economics don't make total sense to me. Yet. They might eventually, but I don't understand how requiring insurance will help, as people will still be unable to afford it. Also, forcing insurance companies to insure every person who asks for coverage seems like it would raise prices for everyone. I don't want to sound harsh, but if someone without insurance is requiring million dollar treatments, and they go ask for insurance, is that really insurance at that point? The company is going to pay out a hell of a lot more than the person will ever pay in.
So I'm not going to pass too much judgment on this bill until we have to live with it. I think anyone who was worried that the world was going to end was crazy. I'm sorry to disappoint them, but the fact that the Democrats were finally able to pass something doesn't mean armageddon, and it doesn't make them bad people.
In fact, the consistently partisan efforts are what make Congressmen and women bad. Instead of trying to come up with something good for the American people, especially their own constituents, they work to come up with something that is good for their party. I wish we could get past that and become a country governed by the people, not by political parties and their motives.
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