President Obama says immediate action is needed on health care reform. Health care reform is now a bipartisan issue because America is in crisis. That may indeed be an understatement. Health care is intensely personal and costly for families, and even small policy changes have potentially huge financial implications for them as well as other stakeholders. Health insurance costs have been rising rapidly. Health care costs are expected to rise more than 10 percent into next year.
The fact is something has to be done, but who will pay the bill? Health care reform will cost money now and well into the future. There is no easy answer, and affordable health insurance coverage seems as out of reach as ever. Americans remain divided on government involvement in health insurance. Americans often assume that when people get universal coverage, they give up their choice in doctors, hospitals and care and no matter how you spin it that is true. Government control means fewer choices, less freedom to choose your own doctor, medical rationing, and long waits for treatment, sometimes months.
The United States government has failed to provide any convincing evidence that's it can manage a monster of a program like taking over a health care program for 305 million people. What they have demonstrated is an ability to spend money they do not
have on programs that do not work. The passage of teh health care reform bill should provide help with insurance for millions of Americans
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