Thank you to my children and future (hopefully!) grandchildren for my healthcare

by Robert Sam Siegel on March 22, 2010

Healthcare passed last night. It only needs President Obama’s signature to become the law of the land. As such, I think it is only fair that I take this moment to thank future generations for paying for our generation’s largess.

Thank you!

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{ 4 comments }

Dani March 22, 2010 at 12:42 pm: (sigh).
You are right. Today is a sad day.
Kim March 22, 2010 at 7:21 pm: What’s even sadder, I’ve heard from several law experts that the courts or the Supreme Court will probably not defend us and review the constitutionality of certain parts of the bill. The Supreme Court supposely doesn’t touch big legislation or intiatives. I used to hold them in high esteem, but if the experts are right about the Supreme Court and they are indeed chickens, my respect for them has ended.
Bruce March 24, 2010 at 7:11 am: It’s a sad day.

What really happened is not healthcare reform, it’s healthcare cost shifting. Granted, some positive aspects are in the new law… a ban on preexisting conditions, removal of lifetime caps, expanded group purchasing power. But, what really happened is that the costs of paying insurance premiums for people who make little or no money (aka “the 30 million”) was shifted from them to three groups: (1) everyone who pays premiums, (2) Medicare enrolees (aka everyone’s parents… now or later on), and (3) college students.

Our country is in trouble as long as it is run by individuals who believe in socialist-type agendas. Redistribution of earned income (not just “wealth!”) is NOT what made this country great.

Let’s get on with the business of making our voices heard and voting out individuals who do not support the foundations on which our country became successful.
Lynn March 24, 2010 at 11:35 am: Now it’s time for the more difficult work to begin. We need to have a real conversation about healthcare costs. Wealth was already being shifted from those with private or employee-based health insurance to those without insurance, or those with Medicaid or Medicare. We can choose to expend a great deal of energy trying to undo the measures to give better access, or we can address spiraling costs, the bigger problem all along.