Health care reform is not an all or nothing deal

President Obama has brought the health care debate back to the same old all or nothing argument he used to push his spending package. He insists that his plan is the only alternative by consistently leaping to what will happen if we “do nothing”. No one is saying that we do not need some type of health care reform, but the president and his supporters refuse to compromise. There have been many health care reform proposals over the last several years, which have been summarily dismissed. It seems that the democrats were waiting to have the power to put forth this type of government controlled program. This administration does not want health care reform as much as it wants this health care reform plan.
We do need to make changes to our health care insurance system but it should be done in steps, addressing specific issues individually. We cannot afford the huge sweeping changes proposed by the Obama administration, financially or ethically. This is not an all or nothing decision, but if I am forced to decide, I believe that we will be better off doing nothing than accepting this policy as it stands.