The already historic health care reform bill was voted favorably today. With the republicans (GOP) massively voting against it, and after months of complicated negotiations within the democratic party, the bill got approved today. President Obama was leading these final weeks of negotiations putting himself on the line in case it redounded to failure...
I have to admit that throughout the months of negotiations I've lost track to the changes made to the original bill, but the numbers people talk about go over 30 million Americans covered under this new public health care bill. Maybe the US are on the verge of abandoning basic capitalism and embracing a more social democracy
For me the video below is one of the most emblematic and shows how controversial this theme is for the American society. It reports to a rally (tea party) against the health care bill, where a counter-protester - seemingly a very poor, crippled, parkinson patient who couldn't afford proper healthcare , or got denied coverage for some private insurance company - decides to show up. "No more handouts" they shout, while throwing some dollars to the man's face!
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