{"id":24,"date":"2009-12-24T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/health-care-reform-gets-over-its-biggest-hurdle.html"},"modified":"2009-12-24T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-24T10:37:00","slug":"health-care-reform-gets-over-its-biggest-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/health-care-reform-gets-over-its-biggest-hurdle.html","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Reform Gets Over its Biggest Hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Harry Reid for getting a health care reform bill thru the Senate. After 50 years of effort, the Democrats have almost done it.  The next step is reconciliation with the House version and even though the outcome isn&#8217;t perfect, it is a huge step.  While President Barack Obama has gotten criticism from every direction in the process, he must get high grades for this achievement.  When  he signs a Health Care Reform bill into law, it will be a moment in history as historic as his  election.<br \/><br \/>I admit that there have been times in the last few weeks when I wondered if the special interest control of our legislatures might ultimately mean that the American system of making laws was broken. But Obama, Reid and Pelosi have found a way to get this done. The found a way to get it done despite the most intensive lobbying effort in history and a complete blockade of legislative cooperation by the Republicans.<br \/><br \/>Is this the bill that would have best for me? Of course not.  I would have preferred the Medicare buy in at 55 because of course, I am 56.  Is it the bill that would have been best for all Americans? Probably not.  But is it a tremendous step towards coverage for all? Yes it is.  After 50 years of nothing, after the collapse of the last major attempt led by two of the great politicians of the last 50 years, Bill and Hillary Clinton, to get this bill out of the Senate is remarkable.<br \/><br \/>There is some sausage making left over, but when it is done, millions will have health coverage that didn&#8217;t, and even though it isn&#8217;t everyone, it is still millions whose will have access to medical care.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Harry Reid for getting a health care reform bill thru the Senate. After 50 years of effort, the Democrats have almost done it. The next step is reconciliation with the House version and even though the outcome isn&#8217;t perfect, it is a huge step. 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