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 * 20 March 2012 **
 * Health Care Reform **

On the two year anniversary of president Obama passing Obama-care those against it are waging the war against health care reform more than ever. With the upcoming GOP candidates making this one of their major promises of their campaign. Democrats in congress are planning a push this week that has been provoked by the White House to show the two major benefits of Obama’s health care plan. The plan is to take the focus off of the most controversial parts of the health care plan that won't go into effect until 2014. One of these things is requiring all Americans to get health care or be penalized. The democrats plan consists of refuting the ideas that the “crazy” republicans have spread about the health care plan. Democrats say that all of these bad things have not come to be and people are only seeing the positive aspect. Democrats in congress are planning on going out to towns and cities across the United States and advocating for the benefits of the health care reform. While all of this is going on the GOP is pushing for repeal of the bill by focusing on the “broken promises” of the bill such as Democrats promising the drop of health care prices. Sarah Palin has referred to the bill as a “Death Panel” saying it outweighs the decision of doctors and patients. All of this ramps up to verbal debates in the supreme court on whether or not this bill is constitutional and good. The idea of reform is essential to our country and way of life. Without it laws would soon become outdated and our country would become corrupt and chaotic. However the sword cuts both ways. Too much power given to the government in a reform is just as bad if not worse. Many think that in the past reforms and regulations have been passed too quickly with too little evaluation. For this reason all of the debate over health care reform is important and will produce a more perfect idea, in theory. However, is it possible for such an imperfect idea such as government controlled healthcare ever become a good idea no matter how much arguing is done over it? This is the difference between the stance of pro-Obamacare people and those against it. Those for it want to debate and come up with a more pleasing version of it however those against it see it for what it really is. Obamacare is a gateway to a socialistic and totalitarian government. Not only has government controlled health care been shown to be a negative thing across the world it is also increasing the public's dependence on the government. I believe that Obama truely wants full dependence on government and healthcare is only the start. We have more and more people on healthcare and our government is looking for more. What this does is create a brainwashed and helpless public because with people who are fully reliant on the government, this gives the government total control. Not only is healthcare reform by the national government a bad thing but it also goes against the very foundation of our democracy, the constitution.
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1. Will the supreme court judge this to be constitutional? 2. What are Obama’s motives for providing health care? 3. If this passes what will happen to healthcare prices?
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