President Obama has signed the new Health Care Bill into affect now many are wondering what's in it for me? Health Care has been a controversial issue sense President Obama has taken office. Now curious Americans have more questions now than ever.
An article in the NY Times titled "Consumers big Question: What's in it for me?" explains how the health care bill will affect specific people. It does this in a question-answer style format. It also states that 32 million uninsured Americans will now be insured because of the new plan.
Some Americans are outraged that 32 million uninsured citizens are now going to be covered. The new bill isn't as cut and dry as people are making it out to be. For example with the new health care plan insurance companies won't be able to deny children with pre-existing medical problems.
Most of what Americans understand about the new health care plan is from politicians putting their own spin on it. It is important for all of us to do at least some research and to make sure to double check where are facts are from. Americans need to know how this new plan works so they know how it will affect them.
Right now there are more questions than there are answers about the new health care bill. Hopefully these questions will be answered sooner rather than later. This interview on the Colbert Report answers some of health care questions in a humorous way.
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ReplyDeleteGriffin,
ReplyDeleteI tend to agree with you, but I wonder if we're oversimplifying it. For instance, you said that, "Most of what Americans understand about the new health care plan is from politicians putting their own spin on it." How else would Americans know anything about it? This is no small bill. I don't know anyone who has read it for themselves.
If we do "see through a glass darkly," then it really comes down to whoes opinion you want to listen to. Neither Sean Hannity nor Jon Stewart were part of the writing process. The truth is, no one has a clue what this healthcare bill is going to do. One side says "apocalypse," the other says "salvation." I say neither.
I don't think that simply checking where we get our facts from is going to make that much of a difference. This isn't an event that has eyewitness accounts that we can interview. This is a absurdly complicated process that few--if any--actually understand.
To judge one source as more reliable on healthcare reform is to say that particular source is generally right when the other is wrong. News sources aren't the one's writing the bill though. Any prediction about what this bill will bring is just a shot in the dark.
I liked that you added a bit of humor at the end. Sometimes it seems like the only logical response to all of this is to laugh.
Griffin,
ReplyDeleteThis was a good dissection of the New York Times article. I really enjoyed reading this article, and feel like it provided me with a lot of insight. I think it was very important that you addressed the pros of the healthcare plan, but also acknowledged that many Americans are outraged about the amount of people that can and will be insured because of this bill.
A show that typically is discredited when it comes to political pertinence, the Colbert Report was able to provide a lot of information for me and I thought it was a good video clip to show. Colbert, being a Republican, hosts a Democratic senator to discuss the heath care bill, which would typically be entertaining without the show being satirical. Claire McCaskill was able to make very valid points and promote the bill relatively well.
The two graphics worked together, but there was not really a stance taken when I came to your opinion on the bill. I was curious when you chose to use the Colbert Report for a source when the first article I read gave me more of a Democratic feel, but after Senator McCaskill made her points, you could have put a more Democratic spin on this posting. I was fond of your writing, but would have taken a little bit more of a stance in one direction or another. Overall good job though!