Could you imagine getting sick and you need to see a doctor, and you were either denied treatment or had to file bankruptcy because you unexpectedly became sick. Well this is the issue surrounding healthcare reform. There are 45.8 million uninsured Americans in the United States, and the Repbulican party and some of the Democrats don't want to back our President for healtcare reform. (Democratic Policy Committee, Sept. 2005) In a recent article in the Columbus Dispatch Obama's Healtcare Reform plan is still stirring up a great deal of controversy all across the country. Protestors have assembled, Town Hall mettings have been organized, and Internet campaigns have continued against the passing of Obama's healthcare reform plan (Lightman & Talev, 2010). My questions is why would we oppose healthcare reform and allow the current system to continue. We need a reform plan, and Americans need healthcare.

We live in one of the richest and most powerful industrialized countries and yet we fail to allow our citizens access to adequate/affordable healthcare. there are many countries that provide universal healthcare for its citiznes such as Canada, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Iceland, and Netherlands. It seems they care about the welfare of their population. And to top it off when President Bush was in office he approved healthcare for the Iraqi citizens. In Congressman McDermott's address to the house he states, "The Bush administration has endorsed and even funded universal health insurance. The thing is, the President's universal health insurance program is for the people of Iraq, not anything for the 44 million Americans without covereage" (McDermott, 2004).

I guess the politicians that are not in favor of legislation have medical care so; therefore, they don't need to care about those who don't have healthcare. This is truly a travesty, and I have a personal interest in the Healthcare Reform Plan--becasue I'm one of those 45.8 million Americans without insurance covereage.