On the eve of the (knock on wood, hold your breath and cross your fingers) passage of heath care reform in the United States, I was reading this excellent article by Bob Watcher (which I highly reccomend, if you've got the time).
Watcher's post mentioned an exciting provision in the bill that I have somehow literally heard nothing about before now: FREE PREVENTATIVE CARE.
This is huge. This is fantastic. This will do great things for our nation's health. The media spends all day long rebroadcasting wild claims about how this bill is evil and will kill your grandma (and probably puppies too!) but somehow we never got around to something which will have a serious, beneficial effect on people's lives? sigh.
The long, long road to get us to tomorrows vote has certainly brought us many unpleasant scenes. But, in the long run, this legislation is going to save money and save lives. That's a win in my book.
Its nice to know the dems can still manage to get things done every once and a while. Well done, folks! Hopefully DADT will be next...
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