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Speaking Up On Obama’s Plan, Pt.3 – Critics speak up, but who speaks up to Washington?

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Critics also point out that Obama’s health insurance plan doesn’t address some fundamental flaws in our current health insurance/care system. One of them, they believe, is the transparency of health care costs for those who have good health insurance. Since it doesn’t cost them any more, some people tend to abuse the system. They solicit un-necessary treatment or treatment that is more expensive than they need. Conservatives would like to see higher costs passed on to the consumer so they will be more mindful of their spending. Ophthalmologist with Discover Vision Centers in Kansas City, John Doane, puts it this way: “If somebody else is paying for it, everybody in America will want everything. But when they start paying a good portion themselves, then they will become smart shoppers.”

Enter, now, the ‘Washington reality’. Things are much less defined from this point on. The real question is, what will the Congress allow for their approval and what appendages will they insert into any bill that they will approve. The way it has been, regardless of what the public wants, things are going to be done ‘the Washington Way’. Mr. O speaks often of changing this. Noble as it may be, this ambition is probably more difficult than winning the Presidential election itself. Getting a completely reformed health insurance bill through Congress untouched is, at best, an idealized dream. But passing a bill which attends to the most important issues is much more viable if presented by a very influential of a well-respected leader. Everyone in Congress wants to be part of a very successful vision. Americans are very ripe for serious health insurance/care reform if it answers their needs. Otherwise, there isn’t expected to be any meaningful change out of Washington.

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