WHOA~! What a week of spinning emotions when Mr. Dascle
withdrew his nomination for the top Healthcare position. He was truly a man who could do the job. However, I believe we all respect his decision and President Obama's acceptance of his nomination withdrawal. The week ended with a major blessing, though, and that was the passage of S-CHIP! (see earlier blog post)
Now, let's stay focused on the Healthcare Policy Agenda and pray the second-most eligible person will soon fill that position and implement the Obama Healthcare Policy Agenda.
The overall thrust of President's Healthcare Agenda Policy is to offer a public health insurance program unlike ever before in America. This public healthcare program is not a welfare program and it will not replace private health insurance. However, it will offer the under-insured and non-insured and private insurance carriers an alternative option to affordable healthcare insurance. It will also make healthcare shopping more competitive and that will lead to increased affordability.
Under this public insurance program, people will be able to move more freely from job to job with growth without fear of losing healthcare insurance. Is this really an issue or concern?
Absolutely! First, healthcare is a major piece of the Economic Stimulus Plan for many reasons. Healthcare drives the economy in America in a huge way. If a person is locked into a job when they have maximum skills and can move up to a better job to aide the economical growth of the country, the individual should be able to do so without the barrier of the possibility of losing healthcare coverage for self or family. When people are stuck in a job, that blocks a younger person from getting a job. That affects unemployment. The person who fears the "pre-condition clause" of health insurance companies will stifle his or her job growth. That skill set from experience (and education) is needed to enhance America's global market in the long run when he or she is able to advance to upper management, etc.!
Another side glance is that the people in the "gap" of no insurance because of a previous condition, do not continue their healthcare until (if, when) they can afford to do so. The cost is passed on to the next person resulting in skyrocketing healthcare from any angle. The Medicare and Medicaid programs have long since been financially overburdened by both the exuberant costs of health services and the number of people trying to get coverage.
So, being able to move up the ladder and still afford healthcare will lead to healthcare prevention. The savings from healthcare prevention can be spent on other economic factors such as education and the environment. Did you ever think about that before?
Well, this was news for me when I participated in the Obama Healthcare Advocacy Summit and I am sharing it with you so that we can easily and readily understand the urgence with stimulating the economy and providing affordable healthcare for the first time in America with a public health insurance program. This public program is a sure way to get health cost under control and manage chronic illnesses such as brain disorders, hypertension, cancers, and AIDS/HIV.
To stay actively involved with helping President Obama get his Healthcare Policy Agenda passed and implemented as quickly as possible, please visit Healthcare For America Now. This is a major, major grassroots organization positioning itself to effect change when the President's Healthcare Agenda piece arrives in Congress! Any person or grassroots organization is welcome to join.
Visit Healthcare For America Now at
www.healthcareforamericanow.org and get on board!
Agnes B. Levine
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Sunday, February 8th 2009 at 7:15PM
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