Health Care Reform

Obama is confident that Congress will soon pass the health care reform bill as the tension in DC seems to be settling a bit. Here they talk about the public option, the so called death panels, etc.

My first reaction to this story is "YAY!" they are making progess. However, it is Washington DC, and progress is very slow there. I feel like the American people are not getting enough acurate information on any of this health care reform, and that our congressmen and senators seem to be bottlenecking this information.

I believe that we do need reform. I'm not sure that I agree with President Obama's version of reform, but something does need to be done. As well as making sure that we are well informed and not misled by angry former politicians who make up things like death panels and then go around making it sound like we are going to assign people to a committee to decide when our elderly must die.

I also believe that we, as Americans, need to make sure that we are well informed about all the things we vote on. We should not rely on the "press" to give us our information, as the press likes to embelish and make things more dramatic than true. Please, this is just me talking, but please as a responsible citizen of the United States of America, research what you intend to vote on. (Sorry, that was a bit off topic, but I am very passionate about this.)

Thank for reading, I'm looking forward to your reactions.