What is the Healthcare Bill?

There are more people than makes me comfortable who know nothing about what’s going on in Washington these days. Many sit back and let everyone around them tell them what’s important. Why seek out important news when you can let it come to you?

In fact, I’ve taken that attitude many times in my own life, until more recent years. The passing of the Healthcare Reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, was my wake up call.

For those who are just waking up to the mess that was the passage of the healthcare reform bill back in March 2010, here is the answer to my title question, what is the healthcare bill?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

According to Healthcare.gov, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act healthcare reform bill "have brought an end to some of the worst abuses of the insurance industry."

"These reforms have given Americans new rights and benefits, by helping more children get health coverage, ending lifetime and most annual limits on care, allowing young adults under 26 to stay on their parent’s health insurance, and giving patients access to recommended preventive services without cost."

But that’s not all.

"More rights, protections and benefits for Americans are on the way through 2014."

The truth about Obamacare and the healthcare reform bill as it stands now though is that most real experts believe it will lead to even higher costs and yet still leave millions uninsured.

If you really want to learn about the new health insurance legislation, then follow that Healthcare.gov link above and read what the government has to say about the healthcare law, but when you’re done with that, be sure to look at some other sources for information, sources that won’t give you a whitewashed version of the alleged benefits of Obamacare. The book, The Truth About Obamacare, is a great place to start.

Petition to Repeal Healthcare Reform

Don’t forget that you can sign the petition to repeal healthcare reform if you want to do more than mourn the loss of our rights and freedoms and the ability of United States citizens to make their own decisions about their healthcare insurance and spending.

The particular petition I’m talking about is the Repeal It Now campaign supported by the Restore America’s Voice Foundation. Only people and businesses who have no interest in the healthcare system can donate to the campaign.

Our legislators and many others have decided that it’s okay to abdicate personal responsibility in favor of a government that tells us what is right or wrong and what we do and don’t need when it comes to our health care. They try to make this country into something that fits only their vision, without regard for the vision of the opposite viewpoint. Many of these people have control issues, thinking it’s okay to put legislation into effect just because they think it’s best.

We told them we didn’t want the healthcare reform bill to pass, with phone calls, letters, in-person meetings, through polls, through town hall meetings…none of it mattered. They passed the bill anyway, because of course, they knew more than us, even though most of them hadn’t read more than a few pages of the bill they were passing, but they believed they could make a more informed, better, decision than the rest of us. The arrogance astounds me to this day.

If you would like to support efforts to repeal the healthcare reform legislation known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before it’s too late, this petition at RepealitNow.org is a good place to start.