I Support The Health Care Reform Bill But I Am Still Underwhelmed By Its Force

[DemocratSinceBirth]

It's not as if we all got a card in the mail and can show up at our physician's office or hospital to receive treatment.

I didn't have health insurance yesterday. I don't have it today. I won't have it tomorrow. And I see no prospect of getting it in the near future...


As an interesting aside I am helping a retired internist and friend who has kept has his license active. He can longer practice because he has severe rheumatoid arthritis. I asked him about the bill and he said it's a step in the right direction. He said that Medicare was great for doctors because they got a lot more patients. We also agreed that the emergency room is a horrible method of delivering medicine to the uninsured.

As an aside at least I have an access to have a doctor.


P.S. I guess this bill is the best we can get out of this system. It's damn hard to navigate through all the competing interests. I would have preferred a system more like Canada, the UK, or France but I don't think we are there yet. There just aren't the votes for single payer.