Millions of Americans are currently uninsured and the numbers keep on growing. If the health-care reform doesn’t pass, the numbers will continue to grow, and taxpayers will be footing the bill when the uninsured end up in the emergency room. “Families will continue to be paralyzed by the high costs and insecurity of medical coverage,” and “people will opt against entrepreneurial ventures and postpone retirement because of the need to stay on employer health plans,” states Barb Shelly from the Kansas City Star. People will be denied affordable coverage from insurance companies due to “preexisting” conditions, and money spent on medical care will continue to overwhelm the country. “People will continue to die from preventable hospital infections and other unnecessary medical errors,” and “physicians will continue to be paid for procedures, not results,” reports Shelly.
Health-care reform bills in the House and the Senate will extend access to health insurance, including to people with preexisting conditions. The bills “help small businesses purchase policies for their employees and they create the potential for vastly expanded choices for businesses and individuals. They also contain a number of carrot-and-stick incentives for eliminating mistakes and driving down the cost of medical procedures,” states Shelly. Even though there are flaws in the pending health-care reform, Barb Shelly says “it is quite good.”
Do you think the positives of the health-care reform outweigh the negatives?
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