Amazingly enough, American President Barack Obama's first year will be remembered by two things: No we can't and Health care. The year long debate on health care continues to come back every time they seem to be reaching a deal out of it. The point being, it's going to be a really long time before we see an end to this episodic disaster that we call the "health care reform debate."
Why? Simply put, The United States have reached a stagnant point. The Democrats and Republicans haven't been opposing each other in such a heated argument since slavery or what rights homosexuals have
. The health care itself has been under constant pressure to reach a universal status within the country. Millions of Americans haven't been able to afford most hospital and prescriptions bills and are in turn becoming very unsatisfied with the government itself, though most health care comes from privatized sectors.
Now, how are things looking down north? Well, when the President had finally managed to impress someone enough to sponsor (insert John Dingell) and pass a bill that was somewhat welcome by the House, the Senate got its own bill, and once again, nothing was achieved.
Not to say that America shouldn't have a universal health care reform, since most of the population seem to agree and lean towards it, but even the people have reached a point of utter hypocrisy. Though they wan it, they don't seem willing to pay for it. The recession has hit their annual expenditure hard, and having a better health plan means breaking away from contracts and blatant rejection, but a hike in taxes, something Americans don't seem willing to take on.
It will be long though, before the Americans really have to worry, since now what it comes down to is a reconciliation act from both the House and the Senate, since the two bills have some discordance. Who knows how long it will take before them both reach accordance, I mean it took a year before President Obama was even able to pass a bill in either house.
What should spark the most controversy though, is the possible cover of abortions. One implements it, while the other completely disagrees with it, and with the Senate having the upper hand in this one, it seems very likely that this will remain in the final bill. I'm not one to side with Republicans (ever), and although being completely pro-abortion, the fact remains that unless its risking the life of the individual, becoming pregnant by accident is a preventable human mistake, rather than becoming sick due to a virus or having to buy prescription drugs due to old age.
This leads to a series of debates that will run amok before they reach a final verdict, and who knows how many Americans will have died then, waiting patiently for the government to accept them, instead of being rejected by the big meanies behind the private sector. I mean, yeah, they have Medicare and Medicaid, but even they are slowly becoming less and less accepted by professionals on the field due to low reimbursement. Who, by the way, are decreasing in numbers (doctors, nurses...)
What is still a question to me is why they have not even mentioned trying out single-player health systems, like their good old frenemies like Canada and Australia. Wouldn't a universal, singled government sector be able to handle it all, provide quality service, be able to pay their working class AND make sure their nation is healthy? Well, the fact remains (and even though denied) that CEOs behind private sectors are still paying our elected man under the table and they're unlikely to vote for a plan in which they will be a few ten thousands short at the end of the year. I mean, I'm sure they could not live without that extra trip during Christmas or buying the latest car in the market. As long as they're ok, fuck everyone else.
And I heart me some Hilary Clinton, but please don't try to do what she did before (pointing fingers at you too Mr. John Edwards). Trying to co-operate with the Private Sector is like trying to convince NBC that Jay Leno is as funny as a monkey scratching his balls.
I actually
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