Wishing it had a public option. Heck, wishing it were single payer. But I'll take what I can get.
Hoping we get it for the sake of the daughter of one of my friends. The daughter has liver disease. She's nine. She's been in and out of the hospital her whole life. If HCR doesn't pass, when she grows up she won't be able to get health insurance. Pre-existing condition. Sorry.
Hoping we get it for the sake of American businesses. Every other industrialized nation has some form of universal health insurance that's not tied to employment. That means that one of the top cost sectors for our businesses isn't a factor in other countries. We're competing on an unlevel field.
Hoping we get it for the sake of American health. Our country has a lower life expectancy than most other industrialized nations, and is dead last in maternal life expectancy and infant mortality.
Hoping we get it.
I share your wishes; I wanted something better, but I'll gladly take something good. And I'm hoping it will act like a ratchet, making it easier to make even more progress with the next opportunity.
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