Democrats Will Defeat Health Care Reform

"Democrats will defeat health care reform." Over the past couple of weeks, President Obama and democratic leaders in Congress have been blaming Republicans for the defeat of health care reform. However, the real people to blame when it comes to passing health care reform are democratic Members of Congress. That reality will soon become crystal clear when leaders in Congress try to push through health care reform with only democratic votes. Now that no Republicans will be willing to stand with President Obama and liberal democratic leaders, the next big news event to happen will be the massive retreat of moderate to conservative Democrats in the Congress as they all try to save their jobs when election day comes around this November.

From the beginning, President Obama has tried and failed to win Republican support for his massive take over of the U.S. health care system by the federal government. Of course, liberal democrats have been saying all along that this change in health care is not a government take over - but if you look at what the U.S. government usually does once it gets it's feet in the door with anything big, it's easy to see that in the near future there will be more and more control of health care taken over by the U.S. federal government in Washington. Most liberals believe more in federal government control of things like health care, while most Republicans mistrust the motives of an already too large U.S. federal government.

In the end, when push comes to shove - it will be democrats in the U.S. Congress that will finally defeat President Obama's new health care reform changes. Now that it appears that only 51 votes will be needed in the U.S. Senate to pass health care reform, the full weight of blame will fall right at the feet of Democrats, many of which are representing moderate to conservative leaning districts. Soon, we will all see health care reform go down in defeat and when that happens it will be Democrats that will kill it and not those big bad Republicans who have been to blame up until now. The U.S. does need health care reform, but not this type of heavy handed federal government controlled approach. The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

Son Of Marie Osmond Commits Suicide

"Son of Marie Osmond commits suicide." Last weekend, the eighteen year old son of singer Marie Osmond committed suicide by jumping from the eighth floor of his apartment building. Suicide is always a terrible thing whether the person who takes their own life is old or young. I too have known people who have committed suicide and the saddest thing is that with modern medicine, many people can be cured of depression - but too many times the people who are suffering the most don't reach out for that help.

For years, health care professionals have known that long term depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. That chemical imbalance can be corrected with the regular use of anti-depressant medication, but old stereotypes still apply to many who choose not to take anti-depressant medication and that unfortunately leads to far too many deaths each year from suicide. Many people that would rush to a doctor when facing a normal medical issue, will make the choice to avoid treatment for depression simply because most people are taught just to "suck it up" when it comes to blue feelings and even thoughts of suicide.

While the suicide death of Marie Osmond's son is not the fault of anyone in the family, more than likely all family members are not only grieving this loss, but soon there will also be feelings of guilt and finger pointing because of the false public presumption that more was not done to save this young mans life. People who are extremely depressed are not thinking rationally, so it is very important for close friends and family members to help encourage them to seek out medical treatment. The most important part of this encouragement is to continually reassure the depressed person that something is not wrong with them, other than their body is not producing the right amount of brain chemicals. However, the good news is that chemical imbalance can be fixed with regular anti-depressant medication - which will lead to a happy and fulfilling life.

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