Friday, January 21, 2011

Quick Thoughts: Obamacare Replacement

It looks like Ezra Klein was wrong again.  Yesterday he savaged the republicans for repealing Obamacare but not having a replacement.  Little did he know (or maybe he wasn't paying attention) that the GOP was working to make good replacement policy (read about it here).  The GOP has set up committees to actually study and find verifiable evidence of policies which would actually cause health care costs to go down and not skyrocket like they have so far under Obamacare.  Some of the possible policies that they are looking at include: buying insurance across state lines, creating insurance associations to decrease costs and others.

It's kind of a shock to have Congress trying to look at market based reforms and methods of improving the market before passing laws.


Make your voices heard too.  Contact  your Congressmen and Senators by visiting their webpages: http://www.house.gov/ and http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Time to Stand Up for Human Rights

China's president indicated yesterday (read the story here) that his country wasn't going to change its stance on human rights.  Congressional leaders such as Speaker Boehner, and Representative Pelosi, both urged China to commit to better preserving human rights.  Hu said that the US should respect cultural differences and let them deal with their issues their way.

Something about that answer just doesn't sit well with most Americans.  Aren't these rights supposed to be for everyone?  And isn't everyone supposed to benefit from a government that protects them?
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