USA Health Care Law Passes!
For the USA, a historic vote in the US House, full of all the things controversial & messy, which make watching American politics so interesting for the rest of the world. The USA now moves into the 21st century with heath care finally being made affordable for the people. The insurance industry had to know, just like the bankers are going to find out, that you cannot buy legislation that is harmful to the US for a long period of time that will not suffer a reversal, which swings the pendulum far in the other direction.
Health Care reform was so needed to counter the for profit abuses of the insurance companies who would callously and routinely deny coverage to those that needed it desperately. Children that are born sick cannot be denied coverage anymore and those that get sick cannot be denied coverage. This
law is huge as many were paying premiums for a long time and then when they got sick, the insurance companies would look for reasons to deny them coverage, or to end their coverage.
Also included were provisions that remove student aid from the
US banks and takes it into the government. Pell grants really help low income people get a chance at the American dream by educating themselves.
Next up in the
USA is new legislation for
immigration reform, which shows the power that the Hispanic community is wielding today, as they exert their power to get things that help their communities.
