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The news mentioned that Kennedy is in charge of the health committee, but he has the brain cancer. After having the disease, he cannot go to the committee meeting personally, but he still tries to work at home and tell his colleagues what they should do by phone. Even though he calls his colleagues often, his colleagues misses him very much because he has special skills and talents to negotiate with people and to deal with the political details.
There are two views of the healthcare plan in the Congress. One view is supporting public insurance. Some Senators thinks public insurance could increase competition in the insurance industry and let private insurance lower the premiums. The other Senators is opposing, because they said that the act could heavily damage the private insurance industry. Moreover, the healthcare bill is expensive, so government has ways to solve it. That is taxes increase or surcharge on the wealthy people.
After reading this news, I think Kennedy has a crucial position in the politics. He does not force the opposite party to agree to the legislation they do not want. He seeks a compromise or consensus which both parties agree with, so it is why many politicians respect him. When he has disease, some people want to talk about his disease, but he just focuses on the healthcare plan. He does not want people just to pay attention to his health, because making the healthcare success is his goal.
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