Health Care Hecklers

August 6, 2009 by theo.johnson
Filed under: Blog Entries, Community, Health, Politics, Society & Culture

I saw this video and thought it was pretty funny. Citizens who were not satisfied with their Congressperson’s views were told to attend town hall meetings and let their voice be heard. The news was saying that it was an effort by the Republican Party to interrupt the meetings and show their disapproval of the health care bill. On CNN I saw a Democratic official complaining about the protesters and their efforts, but isn’t this what politics is all about? While I’m not a Republican, I do applaud them for their efforts. They are preparing for 2012 and I can’t in any way hate on them for that.

The problem I have is with the people who all of a sudden want to “take their country back”. Where were these people six years ago? The problems plaguing Americans have been going on longer than 200 days, but for some strange reason they feel the need to have Tax Parties and protests about the state of our economy.

When it comes to the issue of health care, the majority of people probably know very little about what’s going on. That’s why you haven’t seen me post much about it here. I don’t know who to trust when it comes to acquiring information about the bill and I’m kind of glad Congress didn’t get to it this session.

I think it’s great that President Obama is pushing for health care reform, but I hope he’s not trying to move through it too fast. This is not an issue like the Cash for Clunkers Program where we can have a redo. This affects all Americans and the times needs to be taken to make sure it’s done right. Funding is going to have to come from somewhere and sadly that burden may have to fall on the American people.

You know, it’s easy to complain and fuss about the health care bill when you are insured. But I know a lot of hard-working Americans who are uninsured and something needs to be done to make sure they can get the care they need when the time comes. No one should have to be turned down for medical care because they don’t have the coverage to pay for it. Something has to be done.