Healthcare Reform: Still Stalling

Even though news has broken that a Public Option bill has passed, it is really still stalled. It only passed out of the Senate Finance Committee but has yet to pass any other sectors of congress. It can still be shot down or filibustered. The problem is no one wants to vote on this issue. They want it to stay the same. The effects of this bill are vast and sweeping. They effect both the economy and workplace as well as every American.

A public option, however, doesn’t meant free universal healthcare. It could mean tax credits for those making under a certain amount. It could mean annual credits for checkups at any doctor or it could mean simply another plan to choose from to compete with current plans, driving down prices. In fact, it could even increase the value of private healthcare because if government run healthcare works anything like the VA or medicare, then people are going to want an alternative even if it is a bit more costly.

How many doctors are going to want to deal with government health insurance? What will the limits be? will they be just as ruthless on cost of operations, will they deny you what you need because it is too expensive to the US government?

There are still so many questions and without a clear bill to really look at (since its always changing) things are still up in the air and people are still stalling.

Don’t go without health insurance too long hoping for the public option, Obama may be out of office by the time it passes and gets established as a viable option.