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MjolnirTime

(1,800 posts)
Sat Dec 31, 2011, 12:41 PM Dec 2011

Obama's Health Insurance Reform is already helping millions of Americans.

My newborn twin boys would have no health insurance except for the new law forcing Blue Shield to cover them.

And when AMA goes into full effect, it will help tens of millions more.

It is a monumental achievement that had been attempted by many before him, but it was Barack Obama who achieved it.
His place in History is secure and he isn't even halfway done with his Presidency.

Those who can only see what's in it for themselves can bash this law all they want,
but this law is helping Americans as intended.

It is real Progress. The kind that lasts and can be built upon. Not something that will just be rolled back after the next election.


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Obama's Health Insurance Reform is already helping millions of Americans. (Original Post) MjolnirTime Dec 2011 OP
+1 lillypaddle Dec 2011 #1
Congratulations otohara Dec 2011 #2
Excellent name. MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #3
K & R Scurrilous Dec 2011 #4
Holy double standard, Batman. n/t EFerrari Dec 2011 #5
k & r thanks for posting...nt Stuart G Dec 2011 #6
Congrats! murielm99 Dec 2011 #7

MedicalAdmin

(4,143 posts)
3. Excellent name.
Sat Dec 31, 2011, 02:27 PM
Dec 2011

And that is good news indeed for you and your kids.

I am hopeful that the problems in the law will be fixed in time and prove to be just the thin edge of the wedge. If that happens, then yes, it will be historically good.

But if those problems aren't solved and the insurance companies and their lobbyists get entrenched so they can't be wedged out, then it will also be historical, but not in the way you and I hope.

in the meantime, forth next few months while I am still alive, I will spend some of my remaining time pointing out it's obvious flaws and advocating that they be fixed.

This, after all, is what the president asked of us.

murielm99

(32,988 posts)
7. Congrats!
Sat Dec 31, 2011, 03:16 PM
Dec 2011

Thanks for posting, both about health care and your babies.

As they say: This thread is worthless without pictures. Show us your beautiful boys.

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