This is embarrassing. Sarah Palin believes and teaches that the Health Insurance Reform Bill pushed by the Obama Administration sponsors "death panels" that threaten the elderly and her down-syndrome baby, absurdly suggesting euthanasia. Rush Limbaugh compares the logo for the Reform Bill with a logo from the Nazi regime and expounds upon their similarities, suggesting the unimaginable. Honestly, I'm stunned by this commentary and the many people who are picking up these messages, hints, stunts, shenanigans, whatever you want to call them, and comparing Obama to Hitler and the Insurance Reform Bill to the Final Solution. It's astonishing!
The Health Insurance Reform Bill, if it is passed with the public option, will not be perfect and will certainly have moments of botched execution like most government programs. (See Social Security, but also see Medicare, which has been a money saver for many.). There are many issues surrounding the Bill that are worth thinking about, including How are we going to pay for it . . . our children?; If we do nothing about the rising costs of health care, how expensive will they be to our children?; What about the many people who are uninsured and file bankruptcy because they can't cover the steep balances on their medical bills? Do we want government bureaucrats making our medical decisions or do we want health care insurance bureaucrats making them?
For the purposes of this blog, I'll spare the analysis on each of those questions. Suffice it to say, I choose changing the status quo. I want health insurance reform and the public option. Among the many other more important benefits, I would like to see the health insurance industry get kicked a little bit. I voted for change with Barak Obama and I'm pleased with how he's trying to plow through this very controversial piece of legislation.
