Throughout the years the cracks in the American health care system had become more and more visible, along with the \"social ladder\" structure that was running it. America is one of the biggest industrialized countries in the world and is known for breaking a lot of barriers but our failing health care system was proof that even a first world country can fall behind. Our latest president made some changes and even though some won\'t be in full effect until 2014, I am glad something was finally done.
What worried me the most was probably the \"social structure\" that had always played a huge part on our health care system. The way it was working for years, you either had enough to cover yourself and your family or you barely made enough to make ends meet, in which case the government would cover you. Then, there was the middle class. These are the people who were making enough to make ends meet but not enough to cover themselves.
My family and I fall into \"the middle class\" but I\'m pretty sure that with our shifting economy we no longer fall into that category. I think the majority of Americans fall(or once fell) into that category as well, meaning the government couldn\'t cover them because technically they are not \"poor\" and they couldn\'t fully cover themselves because technically they are not \"rich.\" I would think that since the majority of people are middle class that the help would have arrived faster and that the government would have been quick and swift at helping out. Just imagine what would happen if the middle class started dying off? You\'d have a society so economically unequal that health care would be the last of their worries.
In the late 80\'s America was a manufacturing super power and of course things changed during the great depression but we have since come a long way and because we overcame such a big economic decline I was very sure that we would find ways to tackle the health care crisis. When our current president took office, many people were speculating what the needed changes in health care would be and we didn\'t have to look very far for examples.
Countries like Canada, Great Britain, France and even Cuba have found ways to keep their citizens healthy and away from the dark holes that are health care companies. I\'m sure we will be moving forward with the health care and education reconciliation act of 2010. If I am not mistaken, some of the changes within the new law are already in effect and now, like many people, I am only hoping that I live long enough to be able to see and enjoy better health care.
Even though I wasn\'t born in America, I find myself feeling very happy and proud when the country moves forward. It is a feeling that is hard to explain but that makes me want to write when I do and anything that makes me want to write is good in my book :) I can\'t say if the changes will be a permanent and lasting \"fix\" to our health care problems but hopefully they are the roots of what\'s to come. What do YOU think?
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