It is the bill that has managed to stand the test of time. It is the bill that just would not die. It is something that will save our country. It is something that will destroy our country.
Whether a United States citizen supports or stands in opposition to the passing of President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan, we can all take solace in the fact that one of the most polarizing and long-winded movements in recent history is finally approaching its end. Now, all we can do is wait to see what happens. The most docile initiative in a country of split interest would still garner resistance from millions, and if the House of Representatives is confident in its decision, then we must maintain some semblance of trust that our elected officials still have our best interest at heart, even if every fiber of our being is screaming out in fury. And Obama’s impending sign-off certainly will not quell today’s acts of opposition or those yet to come.
But as canvassers and picketers take to the streets to spit fire, they must remember the hurdles 32 million Americans have been scaling to keep themselves and their families healthy, or, in more severe cases, clinging to life.
For college seniors who are fewer than two months away from graduating, there exists a potential gray area between the umbrella of a parent’s insurance plan and one guaranteed by a job that might be months or years away from being procured. And while those students might not have the opportunity to fall back on their country’s aid beside the unemployed, impoverished or other citizens suffering through a rough patch economically this year, it is comforting to know that almost everyone who needs medical coverage will soon be entitled to it.
One trillion dollars &-&- the projected amount that will be spent on the initiative over the next decade &-&- is a nearly unfathomable amount of money, but dump trucks full of cash could never weigh as heavily as the tens of millions of people who have gone without the right to medical care for all these years. Ideally, the plan is on solid enough foundation for the nation’s focus to shift to climate control, immigrants’ rights and the other stuff of the president’s promises. But for as long as it took, the bill’s passing is historic and will hopefully be worth the wait.
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