It seems eons ago that President Obama visited UMD to rally our campus about health care reform, and it's hard to believe the debate has continued for a year. With bills passed in both the House and the Senate, plenty of ideas and proposals are on the table.
The Healthy Turtle wants to know your thoughts, because, well, it seems nearly everyone has at least some idea about what they want to see in the final health care legislation. From here on out, I plan to publish a post every Friday igniting conversation among our students and faculty. It'll be called the Friday Forum. While the rest of the country is debating health care, I thought I could provide a platform for the debate here, as our first forum topic:
What do you think is one of the best ideas that's come out of the health care debate? And/Or what proposal would you rather see the final legislation passed without?
Leave your thoughts by choosing the comment link under this post. Please remember that if you have something to say, but you're a little shy, you can leave an anonymous comment.
If you need to brush up a bit on the recent developments in the debate, check out some of these links:
For hot topics, a summary of unresolved issues, and the next steps in the voting process, read today's AP article. Read today's Washington Post to catch up on the next stages in passing health care, and it includes a bit about the student loan legislation that could be bundled with the eventual health care bill. For more about the student loan proposal, which is supposed to free up more money for Pell grants, read The New York Times.
I'm glad that the words preventive healthcare are part of the discussion, but I'm afraid that the politicians are going to not understand it enough to legislate it well. So far I've seen no discussion of implementing exercise programs or educational programs to improve diet or ways to further an education of health care.
ReplyDeleteIf those ideas are in there, they're not prominently displayed or discussed. I'd like to hear some specifics on health care prevention and preparing the body better for when a health concern strikes.