The Healthcare Reform

They passed the healthcare bill in Congress. After 100 years of debate, they finally made it -- the bill will be made into law by Tuesday. What they passed were the Senate bill and the reconciliation bill, adding modification to Senate bill, which is not subject to filibuster. The Democrats have 59 seats in the Senate, one vote less than necessary to block filibuster.

The both party members say they all agree that the changes must be made, and that the 45 million uninsured Americans must be covered in some way. It took such an initiative and leadership to pass the bill. It is such a fortunate thing that the President Obama is there to get the bill passed, it took that much efforts.

It shocked me -- when they told me that there actually are people out there skeptical of the bill. They should be celebrating for the possible coverage for more, or at least we should be hearing from the uninsured people who is to have insurance. 32 million is a sizable number of people. They need universal healthcare, there is no need to put people at risks under the rules of money making.

They talk of hundreds of thousands of dollars coming from insurance companies and drug manufacturers. The media frenzy is, to me, intentionally confusing, in the way of the passage of the bill. The pressure on the lawmakers, and the way it reflects on the party leadership, is somewhat absent from those news articles. They do not talk about the deals nor money transactions. Say, they must have agreement to start the debate.

32 million is a large number of people. Counting those who had a lapse of time when they are uninsured in the course of their entire life, the number increases. The fact that they have been ignored the fact for such a long time under the influence of the insurance companies and drug makers, the class hierarchy in the States, and the fact that this time, a clear leadership had overcome the obstacles, should be a positive factor in estimation of this society.

There are 35 million uninsured and 45000 people die each year having no insurance. There are gated communities, rich houses inland, worn and torn apartments downtown, and haggard houses near beach with broken glasses. Looking at the people there in each community, -- who would be oppose having the healthcare insurance reform? A moment the history was made, -- I saw the bill passed in the Congress.