The Republicans are very upset about the new “Health Care Reform” bill that President Obama recently signed into law. Their biggest opposition is the uncertainty surrounding the bill, the cost, and questions about whether or not  it infringes on constitutional rights.

This bill will be expensive and requires Americans to purchase insurance.

If they don’t purchase insurance, they will have to pay a fine.  How are many Americans going to pay for insurance, or the fine, if they can’t even pay their mortgage? These are questions many hope the administration will have the answers to. However, the US health care system was in a mess and requires urgent attention. According to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the US is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system.

The number of people in America without health insurance coverage totaled about 16% of the population, or 47 million people. Of these 47 million uninsured people, nine million or roughly twenty per cent, reside in households whose income totals greater than $75,000.

In addition, many or most of those with insurance are not sufficiently insured, with high-deductible policies, policies that do have limits on what they will pay for or policies that cost a significant percentage of their income.

Despite its shortcomings, the new health care bill is a step in the right direction to fix a system that never cared about the health of most American. However, under the new bill, health care insurance companies cannot turn away anyone with a pre-existing condition. Insurance companies will be reigned in, and Medicare spending will become more efficient.

Republicans are conservative and believe that government should have less control over citizens’ lives. On the other hand, Democrats are more liberal and advocate for more government participations. They are always in disagreement with each other. We are however, urging the Republicans to give the Obama’s health care bill a chance. Only a healthy American can grow the economy and produce the jobs.