Friday, February 26, 2010

Yes, to the Health care Reform!

I read a very interesting commentary article on The New York Times about the good side of the health care reform. Nicholas D. Kristof, the author of this commentary agrees on a new health care system. I agree with many of the Kristof statements about what would happen if the United States don’t get solved the health care issues. One thing that he points out is that “ sure hospitals are expensive and serve tasteless food,” but we need hospital to take care of sick people, and staying with the same existing system would in the future bring more cost the country and individuals pockets. Kristof says that with a poor health system in the future people would be lacking of health care access because of the high prices. Kristof also gives great statistics example of what would happen to the United States if there would be no reform, he says, “uninsured will increase, spending on public programs will balloon, and individuals and family out-of–pocket would increase as many as 35 %” with this statesmen ,it scares me to think what would be in the next years if there is no reform.
In my opinion Kristof gives great examples of why the United States should have a new health care system. This articles is right to the point and is very interesting because of the statistic and gravity of the words. Kristof is trying to get people from teens to adults who are opposed of the reform to read this article and understand the big problem behind the system that we currently have. His style is very interesting because he begins this article saying that “ if you found suspicious lump in your neck, you’d never put off dealing with it the excuse: ‘this is the loveliest neck in the world and don’t want to thinker with it”’ meaning that people will always need a physician to see what is wrong with them.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Americans unhappy with the govermnet

I read an article in the Washington Post about how most Americans are unhappy with the American government. In this article, they beginning by pointing out that two- thirds of Americans are unhappy or angry with the way the federal government is handling taxpayers’ money. This article also focuses on how much the public knows about the recent Tea Party movement. They conducted a poll asking how much people knew about this movement. What they found out is that Americans knew little to nothing about the Tea Party movement, and the 40 percent of Americans hold a negative view of this movement. The last thing this article talks about is how the Americans opposed with President Obama’s economic policies and health-care agenda. This article is great for everyone to read. I recommend everyone to take a time to read it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/10/AR2010021004708.html