Health Care Reform

Right now the Health Care Reform Bill has me thinking about the old man I met at a bus stop years ago. He and I got to talking about hospitals, and he told me that he didn't like to "go to them much. Always ask for your insurance card."



Well as I think about the old man, African American, and after days of listening to the CNN reporters talk and moan on about Health Care reform, I am telling myself that I need to read the bill for myself. Afterall, how can I, as an American, support a Bill I have not read. That question is, of course, rhetorical. The question needs no answer. What needs my attention is the bill. Just what is the Health Care Reform Bill and why do I believe Health care in America should be reformed? With that being said, the reality: The bill is over 1000 pages. How many Americans have the time to sit and read the contents of the bill? That is where our representatives come into this conversation that I am having with myself. We must trust our representatives to make right decisions for folk who don't have the time to read over 1000 pages. Trust, that is what it comes up to--trust. I hope that the representatives who have a good health insurance plan will do the "simple" thing--work on behalf of the folk, like the old man, who don't.



If I never read thebill, I can say that if I live in an American where every citizen can not receive health care, then reform needs to take place and quickly.

With that being said, I do get a sense, or maybe I should say, there is a feeling moving around in my stomach urging reform. Why? Let me tell you when I go to the doctor or the emergency room the first question I am asked after my name is "Do you have insurance?" I am reminded of the old man, African American. Lately I have been thinking about the Americans who are asked that question. The answer that every American should be able to give is, yes! My insurance and assurance: I am an American citizen.


Now to the Health Care Reform Bill--