H.R.3962 Passes in the House

This week was a good one for Obama's health care reform plans. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/the-early-word-bill-passage-cao-and-next-steps/
The House passed the health care bill with a vote of 225 to 220. There is a list of what members and their party voted for or against the plan. Just to break it down a little, in Ohio, of the 18 members of the House there were 10 against, and 8 for. All who voted for the plan were Democrats, and of those 8, 4 were men and 4 were women. The 10 who voted against 9 were men and 1 was a woman, 8 were Republican and 2 were Democrats. Personally, I don't think party affiliation should have anything to do with it. A good idea is a good idea.

There was an amendment stating federal funds would not go to pay for abortions. This is one thing that troubles me. A group of people in the political arena decided federal health care should not include paying for abortion. The powers that be decide they want to get this passed, so whatever it takes, OK, it won't cover abortion. Done. It passes. Is this right? What favors were traded to get this through the house? What other areas are going to suffer or take a cut so that this got that yes vote? Favor trading has never been a secret, you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. Is that really the way to decide anything in this country? So federally funded insurance isn't going to pay for abortion. What about the next group that decides heart transplants are against their way of thinking, then those won't be covered either?

This plan claims to provide affordable health care to 96% of the American public, yet it is most likely going to cost more than private insurance, and we are going to have to pay higher taxes from our paychecks, so how is this more affordable? It started out being free, no it's more expensive than private insurance. It started out paying for itself with no tax increases because it was getting funding from Medicaid and Medicare being reworked, now it's getting its money from Medicare and taxes. Services are going to be limited in number, and now some are not going to be provided at all.

To say the future will be interesting is an understatement. Socialism is an interesting concept.