Let's Just Hope Something Good
The political battles of late in this country have been bad for this country over all. The partisanship has spilled over into just about everything. You don't need an advanced degree in anything to realize that the extremeism that has been exhibited is a crappy strategy and as a tactic doesn't get the job done either.
If you believe the healthcare system in this country has been working you are living in a different world than I am. Being excluded from getting affordable insurance because you have a pre-existing condition or are so poor that you can't afford anything other than a trip to the emergency room.
Yet I think that there is a point to be made that just having sick folks sign up for previously unobtainable coverage won't solve the healthcare problems that exist in this country. If younger healthier folks don't sign up and we don't figure out a way to lower the cost of health care for everyone, reform as we envision may be a fools errand.
The current discussions about the closure and reopening of the government and the debt ceiling are encouraging.
"With malice towards none, with charity for all, let us try to finish the work we are in", Abraham Lincoln.
False equivalence is a term that is used a lot. If there was ever a time when it was appropriate to make progress instead of assigning guilt, now is the time. Hardly anybody likes Congress and with good reason but I don't think the world is ready for a revolution in the United States. And I don't think the general public is either, going down the wrong path calls for course correction which needs science as much as it needs religion and more than a little tolerance.
Let's hope something good can come from what has been governmental malpractice of late. This in many ways a process issue that needs to be resolved. Self government and democracy deserves better.
If you believe the healthcare system in this country has been working you are living in a different world than I am. Being excluded from getting affordable insurance because you have a pre-existing condition or are so poor that you can't afford anything other than a trip to the emergency room.
Yet I think that there is a point to be made that just having sick folks sign up for previously unobtainable coverage won't solve the healthcare problems that exist in this country. If younger healthier folks don't sign up and we don't figure out a way to lower the cost of health care for everyone, reform as we envision may be a fools errand.
The current discussions about the closure and reopening of the government and the debt ceiling are encouraging.
"With malice towards none, with charity for all, let us try to finish the work we are in", Abraham Lincoln.
False equivalence is a term that is used a lot. If there was ever a time when it was appropriate to make progress instead of assigning guilt, now is the time. Hardly anybody likes Congress and with good reason but I don't think the world is ready for a revolution in the United States. And I don't think the general public is either, going down the wrong path calls for course correction which needs science as much as it needs religion and more than a little tolerance.
Let's hope something good can come from what has been governmental malpractice of late. This in many ways a process issue that needs to be resolved. Self government and democracy deserves better.
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