In this article, the author described that President Obama lays out health overhaul. Obama said that it was the time to have a new public health insurance and have health reform because the current healthcare system was broken. Therefore, he wrote letter to key senators what he wanted to do in healthcare reform. First, he will cut back the budget from Medicare and Medicaid. Second, he proposed that the two main government’s healthcare programs will aid the poor, elderly, and disabled.
It was mentioned that someone did not support this program in this article. Republicans saw this program as private insurers’ fatal threat. However, President Obama pointed out this program will make healthcare market more competitive and keep insurance companies honest. Senator Chris Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, said there were five versions of the public plans in the healthcare committee meetings, and he also hoped for a bipartisan package, even though some Republicans probably did not accept a public health insurance option.
In my opinion, I supported Obama’s healthcare program because my country has the same public health insurance as the one Obama wanted to have. First of all, the public health insurance can get the government’s healthcare budget to help those people who cannot afford the expensive private insurance. Second, government is a nonprofit organization, so the public insurance set up by government will reduce the insurance fee as possible as it can be. Finally, citizens have the right to supervise the public insurance. Once people can supervise the public insurance, the expense of the public insurance will be controlled. In conclusion, there is a good chance for the USA to have a health public insurance.
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