First I confess to having missed the president's address to the nation last night regarding his effort to pass health care reform legislation. Having said that, here's my understanding of the situation (beyond what I've already written a few days ago that is). 1. The president's plan calls for health insurance for 40 million people.
2. The number includes illegal immigrants, current Medicaid recipients, and people, who for whatever reason, elect not to have health insurance.
Here are some questions I have about the issue:
1. Why are we providing health care (and education) to people here illegally?
2. Why are Medicaid recipients being counted twice?
3. Why is the government 'parenting' otherwise intelligent people who have made a choice about their lives?
4. Excluding all of the above, how many people are actually benefiting from what will undoubtedly turn out to be a very expensive thing?
5. To what degree will people retain choice over their health care decisions? I know Obama has insisted over and over again that he has no intention of taking away choice but are he and the Congress on the same page? What about Pelosi and Company?
So there they are. Lots of questions.
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