United States president Barack Obama’s flagship policy on health care reform is in danger of unravelling because a of a highly emotive and vicious public campaign by both political and clinical opponents.
In this report from The Guardian today, many critics have quoted comparisons of their health care system with our own ‘socialist’ National Health Service. “Evil and Orwellian” as one saw it. Public meetings to discuss the issues have often been disrupted because people on both sides of the debate angrily wanting to have their say.
My advice, from a Brit to America is:
GROW THE F*** UP!!!
Shouldn’t you guys be aiming to improve the health care of a significant number of your fellow countrymen and women because they can’t get adequate insurance? President Obama has no plans whatsoever to copy our NHS, funded solely by taxes. Opponents of reform, instead of rejecting any change just for the sake of it, should put forward their alternative plans and then tell the public how much would they cost.
The US health care system, despite some faults, is still among the best in the world. Some changes are needed to make it even better. For Obama’s sake… and fellow Americans, these reforms deserve a chance to succeed.