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Mr. President, please tell us what your health bill is all about. This seems to be what the public is calling for. Many are down right confused about exactly how he plans to make medical insurance more affordable and how his plan will lower surging healthcare costs. Opposing views and political pundits have blurred the lines between what’s real in the more than 200-page bill and what’s not. However, President Obama seems to be standing by while the opportunity to explain and pass the bill goes by.
Ordinary Americans without the power to change the law aren’t the only ones waiting for President Obama to explain the health bill, Congressional leaders are frustrated too. Senator Al Franken apparently recently laid into White House senior adviser David Axelrod during a tense, closed-door session with Senate Democrats.
Franken criticized Axelrod for the administration’s failure to provide clarity or direction on bringing affordable health insurance and the other big bills it wants Congress to enact.
President Obama has pushed for more transparency where the health bill is concerned. He has also called for a public debate on healthcare reform for Americans hear Republicans and Democrats ideas. “If we can go step-by-step through a series of these issues and arrive at some agreements then procedurally, there’s no reason why we can’t do it a lot faster than the process took last year,” Obama said.
Whatever, the reason for the health bill confusion if the President doesn’t act fast the bill may never be understood and may never pass.
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