The debate about healthcare reform will now make healthcare part of our everlasting political discussion. What will it look like? Something like "The government has decided to increase payment for all diagnostic tests by 3.75 percentage points", or "what is the right test for 'fill in your favorite disease'?", or will we become part of a plan to increase average American human lifetime by 2.84% by 2013? It has come to this point. A point, of course, that was reached much earlier in Europe. Because so many of us hail from there as the first or from an earlier generation we should not belittle what we experienced there. We should also not short sell the American tradition of medical excellence. Both have value. Both are valued. They are part of the same equation.
I think we have gone far enough with healthcare reform for now. That is not to say that a public option would not be a desirable next step. Overall, few will argue to continue to argue right now. The debate has been poor. So much work for so little change. The next question is how the insurance companies are going to live alongside the government There are only two ways to go. We either kick them out, or we win them over. Let's not worry about it now, let's move on. Time to follow the leader. My first one. I think our president is a great man.
I am not asking you to lose your mind, cave in or stop thinking. Let's just have a better discussion. Polarization is ok, but let's get better at defining the middle ground. Is that possible?
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