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Not to be political...but the elephant in the room...health care reform
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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 350073" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>Before I share my two cents I want to commend everyone for keeping this discussion just that, a discussion. It's a shame that this topic is raising tempers to the point of obnoxious and unacceptable behavior on both sides - but not here.</p><p></p><p>I would like to agree with Heather. This was actually a bipartisan effort and if you read the bill you will find tons of special interest junk in there on both sides. Also, there has only been one link posted on this thread so far that was not an opinion piece. I believe it was the first link shared from the St. Petersburg paper. The remaining links that have been shared have been opinion pieces and therefore will be slanted toward's the writer's political persuasion. Nothing wrong with opinion pieces, I love them. Just wanted to make sure folks understand these are not factual articles.</p><p></p><p>My opinion on the bill is kinda two-fold. I'm a little troubled by the way it was passed without a the second vote, but I am convinced that our president did something that others have failed at for 20 years. Something had to give with our healthcare system and there was no way everyone was going to be happy. We have some time to tweak this thing. Some of the changes don't take effect until 2014.</p><p></p><p>The loudest thing I heard yesterday was that the republicans believe this has so divided the country that they will sweep the next elections and then, once in power, destroy/revoke the bill. Which, in my middle of the road opinion, is the worst thing we could do. It took so long for us to get anything accomplished regarding the poor and money-weighted health care system in this country, that repeal takes us back to square one and it will be long into my social security years before something else is done. I would rather not lay that burden on my children.</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 350073, member: 805"] Before I share my two cents I want to commend everyone for keeping this discussion just that, a discussion. It's a shame that this topic is raising tempers to the point of obnoxious and unacceptable behavior on both sides - but not here. I would like to agree with Heather. This was actually a bipartisan effort and if you read the bill you will find tons of special interest junk in there on both sides. Also, there has only been one link posted on this thread so far that was not an opinion piece. I believe it was the first link shared from the St. Petersburg paper. The remaining links that have been shared have been opinion pieces and therefore will be slanted toward's the writer's political persuasion. Nothing wrong with opinion pieces, I love them. Just wanted to make sure folks understand these are not factual articles. My opinion on the bill is kinda two-fold. I'm a little troubled by the way it was passed without a the second vote, but I am convinced that our president did something that others have failed at for 20 years. Something had to give with our healthcare system and there was no way everyone was going to be happy. We have some time to tweak this thing. Some of the changes don't take effect until 2014. The loudest thing I heard yesterday was that the republicans believe this has so divided the country that they will sweep the next elections and then, once in power, destroy/revoke the bill. Which, in my middle of the road opinion, is the worst thing we could do. It took so long for us to get anything accomplished regarding the poor and money-weighted health care system in this country, that repeal takes us back to square one and it will be long into my social security years before something else is done. I would rather not lay that burden on my children. Sharon [/QUOTE]
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