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On Wednesday Obama called on Congress to support and pass his health care reform plans. Obama believes that American people are ready for a change in their health care system. He called those who opposed his plan "cynics" who are defending a broken system.
The President wants the House and the Senate to pass reform bills before the August recess, so that he can sign the bill into law shortly after Congress returns after break. The estimate costs of one bill being formed in the senate estimates the reforms to cost between $1.0-1.5 trillion over ten years. Virtually all Republicans and a few Democrats are against the plan, but the majority of Democrats will vote in line with the Presidents wishes.
On both sides of the government lawmakers are arguing on how to pay for the expensive reforms. In the House of Representatives there is a bill that would tax people making over $350,000 per year, but Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, says that the bill does not have enough votes to pass. Virtually all Republicans in the House are against the health care reforms claiming; the reforms are too expensive and would create a whole new bureaucracy in the government.
The nation needs health reform badly, but I do not think a government health plan is the answer to the problem. The government does not manage programs well. If the government cannot manage Social Security without having massive problems; I have no faith that they can do a better job with health care.
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