H.R. 4872 represents a monumental change for this country, a change some of us feel is much needed and long overdue.
If implemented in its current form, the bill will allow 32 million more Americans to be able to afford health insurance, granting 95 percent of our citizenry health coverage.
It's not perfect, but it's an admirable start.
The legislation also makes way for children to stay on their parents' insurance policies until age 26-good news for students like us.
By 2014, insurance companies will no longer to be able to bar individuals from receiving insurance due to pre-exisiting medical conditions.
Being denied coverage for having illnesses as simple as asthma is an abhorrent practice, and we're happy to see the government helping to bring an end to it.
With more citizens able to afford insurance, there will no doubt be an increase in the amount of patients seeking medical attention, as the poor and forgotten are finally able to come out of
the shadows and seek treatment. Opponents of this bill worry that
doctor's offices will be overflowing with sick poor people, but why is that a bad thing?
If people are able to seek medical attention for ailments before they become more serious medical issues, it will help to lessen costly treatments and hospital stays further down the line.
An ounce of preventative care is worth thousands of dollars in insurance premiums and fees down the road.
Ultimately, we are judged as a society by how we treat the members of our nation who are the lesser-thans, the have-nots.
Our government stepping up to help aid its citizens is a just quest.
This bill is a promise to generations of future Americans that our government is invested in its citizens' health and well being.
It harkens the start of an era where each and every American can truly enjoy the benefits of good health.
We are slouching towards equality, knowing a cause seeking to improve the lives of all Americans shall never fail.
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