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A Look At The Road Ahead For Obama Health Care Reform
Boston (dbTechno) – As President Barack Obama was getting ready to take office towards the end of 2008, there was a great deal of anticipation in regards to what he would be able to do with health care. Now that the time has come for his plan to go into motion, with 2009 upon us, we wanted to take a look at the road ahead for his monumental plan.
Health care is still one of the biggest issues in the United States and for very good reason.
There are 47 million Americans who lack health insurance in this country, a number that is far too high.
This not only impacts people, but entire communities, creating a total crisis situation.
There have been some who have pushed to simply have the government supply health insurance to these people, and others who have not.
The first step was made last month though with the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) which will cover an additional 5 million kids.
There are other plans though, such as changed to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), and other moves.
The idea is to try and improve these programs so that more people will have access to health insurance through them.
This will be done with an inflow of money obviously, but also with some changes to infrastructure, such as making health care move into the digital era.
With all of these changes coming, and a more cost-efficient health care system on the way, the road ahead for the Obama health care plan looks bright.
Author: Staff
I’m a Candian, born in Poland, living in China. I’m sorry, but America to me is the dipstick of the world. Not that there are worse countries, but America has, by the grace of God, had it all, and has squandered it in materialism, ‘gawdism’, etc. I believe in God, but He doesn’t need our strident chest-beating idiocy that hearkens back to our simian ancestors.
I’m so glad I’m not an American. Not that I don’t like the people. I like all people in the world. The ‘merican mentality, however, makes me sick to my stomach. Sorry about that.
I hope that Obama can make a difference, but he’s skating uphill in America.
If two people, one with insurance and the other without, go to a doctor or hospital and have the same procedure done the person without insurance will pay twice what the person and his insurance company will pay.
If insurance co-ops were formed and anyone who wanted to join could then more people could be insured. The premium could be paid by individual or as need government. Other refinements could be made as needed.
This piece is oddly devoid of substance. The real battle that is shaping up is between the raw power of the for-profit healthcare industry and the majority of citizens who favor a single payer, publicly funded, privately delivered system. With unemployment sky-rocketing there is growing pressure to scrap our current employer based insurance.
Obama is poised to facilitate either one side or the other in this battle. Based on the mainly misunderstood plan that he put forward in the campaign it is the insurance industry that will benefit most from his efforts. We are a long way from getting the kind of functional affordable system that is standard in the rest of the world.