More on Health Care Reform

Hi Humans,
A human commentator (actually they are all humans because they won't hire any dogs) on television recently made a good point about the president's health care reform. He said that the Democrats and Republicans in Congress are so far apart philosophically that they will never come together on a compromise. So the Democrats will have to use their majority to ram a plan through Congress without Republican congressional support, but that should not free the Democrats to do whatever they want because the president will need more than Congress to make the plan work. To make it work, he will need as much support from the American people as possible. That includes Republicans and Independants in the general public.
I think the most striking example is Tort Reform. It apparently is not included in the present bill. The president had used it as a bargaining chip in trying to get the Republicans in Congress on board, but the Republicans did not buy it. They were also just using it as a pawn. But Tort Reform should not be just a pawn in the game. It is a real cost cutting tool. Medicine that is practiced with one eye on the potential malpractice attorney is more costly and less effective. Also, the physicians are key players in making the reform work. So, why do you want to exclude and antagonize them?
Well at least the bill is doing something to move toward containing costs and making health care available to all humans. As I said in a previous blog, don't expect perfection because you won't get it.
Chloe