Originally Posted by MikeH

It would sure be nice if both sides would recall, or read, some history about the passage of the Social Security Law and the Medicare Law. Most of the arguments against both laws are the same as the arguments against the health insurance reform bill. Both laws were challenged as to their constitunality, for the same reasons which are being used today. People also cried then that "the sky is falling", and their freedom was being lost. Oh yes, don't forget part "D" of Medicare which contained NO provisions to pay for it.

The US was one of the last industrialized countries in the world to impliment a social insurance system and we are one of the very few which doesn't have universal health care for all citizens. We spend more per capita for health care than most countries and according to the World Health Organization (if you don't know what that is, look it up), we receive far from the best care in the world. We have convinced ourselves that we are the best in everything, and pay the highest taxes. Truth is other countries have left us in the dust in many areas, and we pay lower taxes than most countries.

This health care reform bill is imperfect. It is a start to correcting many of the problems we have in our health care system. The sky will not fall! We will still have more individual freedom than in any other country in the world.

It is time to move on. There are other BIG problems to address.