Obama Care Nears Reality

Late tonight, President Barack Obama cleared his first hurdle in changing health care in America as the U.S. House of Representatives closely pass a health care reform bill. Now the debate on whether or not changes in health care become the law of the land move on to the U.S. Senate. As a first strong supporter of health care reform, I now have big doubts that the version of health care reform passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today is really what this nation needs or deserves. As a lifelong Texan, I have always had concerns with any program that the U.S. federal government comes up with that is suppose to improve our lives. After much thought about this new health care reform legislation, I now believe that the U.S. Senate should shoot it down - because it contains language that would give the federal government too much control over the health care choices Americans will make in the future.

Please don't take me as some kind of "Red Meat" conservative ideology that is just against anything President Obama supports. Instead, I personally like President Obama - but the way in which he has tried to push health care reform down the throats of the American people with little to no compromise from the GOP, causes me to believe that buried deep inside this new health care reform law are liberal causes that would never be passed by Congress - if they were proposed in a up or down vote on each issue. Another thing that bothers me about this new health care reform law is that it is designed to allow the U.S. federal government to use it's heavy hand to force changes on the American people against their will. The very idea that a "death panel" will be written into law should scare the hell out of most people.

Political discourse is not only healthy, but that is exactly what our foundering fathers wanted to see happen when they first wrote the U.S. Constitution. There have always been and there always will be extreme partisans on both sides of important issues and those sometimes lonely voices often times make the difference when it comes to stopping poorly thought out laws. Tonight, when Obama health care passed the U.S. House of Representative there was no GOP support for the bill. That fact should scare folks into taking another look at this new law that effects so many Americans and to also look at the past, present and future motivations of political leaders like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and President Barack Obama to determine if they are really interested in the long term health of the U.S. medical system or are they being driven solely by political ideology.

Just because there was a razor thin winning vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass Obama care today, that does not necessary mean that the U.S. Senate will just rubber stamp what the U.S. House wants to do. In fact, I predict a much tougher fight for President Obama when health care reform moves to the U.S. Senate and passage in that Chamber of Congress is nowhere close to a certainty. Sometimes, the American people tune out politics - because they do not think they can make a difference. However, nothing could be further from the truth. If you have concerns about the direction that the Congress and President Obama are moving in when it comes to health care reform - it is not only your right, but it is also an obligation for you to contact your Congressman or Senator and let them know what you think.