On March 22nd http://www.healthreform.gov, an official U.S. Government Web site managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, announced “The passage of health insurance reform legislation represents a historic victory for the American people. America’s families and businesses will not only get relief from skyrocketing health care costs but will now have more control over their health care. No longer will the insurance companies get the final say when it comes to rates and rights. ” The Reconciliation Bill, ‘‘Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation
4 Act of 2010″, is available at
http://docs.house.gov/rules/hr4872/111_hr4872_amndsub.pdf. This Bill was agreed to by both the Senate and House and will be signed into law by the President this week.[i] I am, probably like most Americans a little worried/ curious how things will evolved form here. Last winter when my wife had to wait in line for six hours at the Virginia Department of Public Health on two separate occasions, for our twin daughters 14 months old to receive their H1N1 vaccination, causes me to wonder what exactly health reform will mean for the quality and efficient health care. There are hidden costs of waiting in line for health care, these costs may be more then some of the more sick can endure. Health care is partly a supply and demand problem — with something like universal health care some thought should be given to where and how we can train many new caregivers at a reasonable cost. Forty-five thousand dollars per year for a physician (4 years), or for a physician assistant (2 years) is a large sum of [...]