Obama’s Health Care Reform Bill

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US President Barrack Obama has found himself in hot water over the recently proposed Health Care Reform Bill he is pushing to have passed into government.

Obama has spent the week traveling around the country spruiking the benefits of the new reform, which he hopes will radically improve the health care system as well as rebuild the nation’s struggling economy.

Throughout his campaign, the President has been met with a mixed public reaction. While there has been support by many over the reform, there has also been a backlash by some parts of the public who have attacked the president himself, with depictions of Obama as Hitler and chanting slogans like “No Government Takeover of Health Care”.

The public divide over the health reform has stemmed from the controversial section 1233 within the bill, which involves the lives of senior citizens. It was argued by Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin that Obama’s health care plan will create “death panels” that would encourage euthanasia.

The President has spent the bulk of recent meetings and pres conferences defending his health reform and dismissing criticisms of the section 1233.

“The rumor that’s been circulating a lot lately is this idea that somehow the House of Representatives voted for death panels that will basically pull the plug on Grandma…I am not in favor of that,” Obama said.

“Where we do disagree, let’s disagree over things that are real, not these wild misrepresentations that bear no resemblance to anything that’s actually been proposed.”

“Because the way politics works sometimes is that people who want to keep things the way they are will try to scare the heck out of folks, and they’ll create bogeymen out there that just aren’t real.”

Despite the criticisms and public backlash over the new health care reform, President Obama is sticking strong to his pre election promise and will not let the political propaganda from the Republican Party affect him.

Political reforms will always be met with mixed results; it is essential Obama keep a cool head and continue to lead without distraction from opposition parties.

WHAT’S YOUR OPINION?

Are you for or against Obama’s new health reform?


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