On Sunday, March 21, 2010, Healthcare Reform was passed in Congress after years of struggle.
Franklin Delanore Roosevelt talked about a Second Bill of Rights when he was president. In this speech, he stated that all citizens should have the right to quality and affordable health care. Now, 80 years later the current president has finally succeeded at bringing some semblance of what FDR ordained. I couldn’t be happier. I was shouting “Yes We Can!” along with the Democratic Congressmen who finally felt like they could achieve something.
If you couldn’t feel the excitement in the air on Sunday, then you are probably a Republican who cries socialism and believes Obama is taking over one industry at a time until he is a supreme leader who cannot be stopped (hyperbolic statements all around, even from myself, if you ask me). Let’s just come to an understanding, no matter what viewpoints, that healthcare reform is necessary. Period. There is nothing to discuss beyond that. The system was broken. Too many people were denied coverage because of pre-existing medical histories and the poor were too often left to fend for themselves.
Can I please clear up some misconceptions from all the arguments against this bill? No, you will not feel the wrath of socialized medicine. The government is merely holding all people accountable for having adequate health care coverage for themselves. No, this healthcare reform is not going to put an end to all health insurance companies. It merely is going to hold them and businesses accountable for denying coverage to people.
Of course, I have a very democratic mindset. I see many benefits and count the arguments against it as illogical. But truly, I know that there are differing points of views, and would love to hear your input on your excitement/disdain in the passing of the Health Care Bill.
Effective Response 
You said, “Let’s just come to an understanding, no matter what viewpoints, that healthcare reform was necessary. Period. There is nothing to discuss beyond that. The system was broken. Too many people were denied coverage because of pre-existing medical histories and the poor were too often left to fend for themselves.”
This seems awfully closed-minded. Not only is forcing someone to do anything wrong (which im not even going to go into), forcing insurance companies to accept customers with pre-existing health conditions is just going to cause a greater burden onto most other people.
Currently, insurance companies work under a very precise set of procedures. The way insurance companies accept clients is by gathering comprehensive personal data and using this information to compute very detailed formulas, in order to check if the probability for having to pay for the client is at a level where the insurance company can afford to pay for all client needs, keep prices competitively low, and operate above bankruptcy.
Because insurance companies now have to accept clients regardless of pre-existing health conditions, their expenses will inevitably increase, therefore forcing them to increase prices. Now people will be forced to pay for something which now costs even more.
Then Obama will say, “Those insurance companies are too greedy! They shouldn’t be able to increase prices! Healthcare is a right and it has to be given at a good price! Lets introduce a price control!”
Then I will say, “Well sorry to break it to you Obama, but it just does not work that way. I know logic isn’t your main strength, so maybe you should try sticking to brainwashing people with ridiculous concepts, perhaps become a pastor.”
You also say, “I see many benefits and count the arguments against it as illogical”
Please tell me how this argument as illogical. I in fact do not see the logic in your argument. Would you like to describe to me in more depth the logic behind the democratic view on healthcare?