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Assessing Obama’s Divergence From McCain, Pt.6 – Extreme, albeit mindful action.

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The stage is being set for a showdown. Without the Fannie & Freddie debacle, Mr. Obama would have been staged for a very fierce fight concerning health insurance regulation. But now America: Republicans and Democrats alike, is finally waking up (all it took was a firm slap in the face) to the not-so-hidden dangers of allowing industries to do what ever they want to us. There needs to be a bloodless revolution of values. Health insurance and housing are cousins. We destroy ourselves if we don’t defend them both. Lack of health insurance is killing tens of thousands of us every year!

We can’t be so naive as to not expect a fight over health insurance regulation, however. Industries will always hate regulation and it’s true that too much regulation is bad. But, certainly, to little regulation is just as bad, especially in health insurance, where tens of thousands of lives are at stake.

In this spirit, the remedy is for government and industry to work together to find that healthy balance. Mr. Obama has his work cut out, for sure. But if there should be a Democratic Congress and a Democratic Executive, great change is possible. Just like the extreme change we’ve seen with a Republican Congress with a Republican Executive. Ordinarily this is not a healthy condition, as we all know now from the Bush administration. But when extreme measures of correction are in order, extreme alliances seem to over-ride everyday happenstance. The health insurance/care crisis is certainly extreme and demands extreme, albeit mindful action.

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