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Reid and Pelosi. AP photo/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais
President Obama has made it clear that he wants to see Health-Care reform passed this year. However members of the Senate may not be able to deliver.
On Tuesday the Associated Press reported: “In a blow to the White House, the Senate's top Democrat signaled Tuesday that Congress may fail to meet a year-end deadline for passing health care legislation, leaving the measure's fate to the uncertainties of the 2010 election season.”
Part of the delay comes from within the Democratic Party themselves; “Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., want to do more to protect small businesses. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., has sought to protect the medical-device manufacturers in his home state from hefty fees.
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., dislikes provisions that would lift federal antitrust protections for insurance companies and that would create a new government insurance program for long-term care.”
It goes without saying that the proposed bill raises more questions then it answers. It is 1,900 pages of complicated legal speak that fails to get to the bottom line; making medical care affordable to all Americans.
Americans want reform to the current health care system, but are weary of a bill that they cannot decipher. The legitimate concern is that the bill, while costing Americans a trillion dollars, will do little to change the high costs they see now.
The delay might just be a blessing in disguise. Perhaps the best course of action regarding health care reform would be to start over. Start again with the American people in mind rather than a political agenda. Come back with a bill that is far less complicated, (perhaps about five pages long) devoid of special interest groups and that can be adopted and implemented immediately. Do this, and the majority of Americans and critics will support it.
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