Fight of the Decade

Since Clinton has come into office, he has pushed for universal health care. Alongside of him was his devoted wife who campaigned relentlessly to convince people that the insurance and pharmaceutical companies are taking advantage and have too much control. After extreme fighting and words and flying from here to the other side of the country, the battle was lost, but the war was not over.

1993 didn't work. But now it's 2010. There is an unimaginable bailout circus, an unforgivable number of unemployed, and an unprecedented president. Yes, times are always changing, but not like this. Not that persuasion or scare tactics are necessary, but just saying, the picture right in front of us is enough.

Yes, it's 2010 and it's the year for health care. What is really unknown is how much premiums are really going to cost (it may actually still continue to get higher for some), what new loopholes large companies will jump through, and what exactly is in that ten pound book.

The answers we have now could be well worth the venturing in the obscure. Insurance will be accessible to all. Hopefully, corruption and fraud will be minimized if hopefully a magnifying glass is held steadily and accurately. Pre-existing conditions and insurance caps will not be factors in dropping a patient. All of this is important, even though many people and critics don't see it that way.

Therefore, there will be more battles to fight. This is one won, but not the end of a long war of the maintenance of the nation's health for decades to come.