Rushed Healthcare Reforms- No New Policies Yet
Posted:
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Category:
Healthcare
Ever since President Obama was elected into office, the focus has been on reforming and revamping the public healthcare system to make it more efficient and affordable for people. By reforming the healthcare system, the goal is to get more people the health insurance and coverage that they need, but the sudden rush to find a solution is putting many people in a precarious place. When the country is in an economic state like the current one, can money really afford to be spent on something so expensive and that isn’t well-planned? What good will it do, after all, to have a brand new healthcare reform in place if it costs the country valuable money that it could have spent on more important things?
What is worse is if the plan moves forward, is developed, and then ends up failing. Then, the money that was spent on the plan in the first place is lost and we are back to square one with overpriced healthcare insurance programs that are governed by the trillion dollar insurance industry, rather than the government or people who actually need the insurance coverage. By doing too much, too soon, many representatives feel that they will do the healthcare system wrong, which is the last thing that anyone needs.
It’s been proposed that the healthcare reform issue be better planned and wait until it can be fully developed and understood before it is put into play. By taking the time to check out all of the different programs offered by other countries and even our own insurance companies, it will be quite easy to see where changes need to be made and how costs can be lowered so that the people who really need insurance can actually afford it.
The current plan is one that will tax the wealthy Americans and small businesses, which is going to cause a lot of problems for people in the way of jobs. Considering that the unemployment rate is already sky-high, people can’t really afford to lose more jobs in this economy. Many argue that there is no point in spending $1-2 trillion on a health care reform that will end up leaving more than 33 million people still without insurance, because the plan was not well thought-out. It’s definitely going to be a back-and-forth battle to the end, but congress needs to be sure that it is aware of what it is doing. Doing the wrong thing when it comes to healthcare reforms can be far more costly than doing nothing at all.
