Response Post: Healthcare

Great job getting your first post up and starting our online discussion. Now read through your classmates' responses. Pick one classmate to respond to. Explain why you agree or disagree with their view of the health care debate. I encourage you to read their sources before you post your response. When you refer to information you have read please cite your work.

Please post your response here so we can keep the original posts and the response posts separate and more manageable.

Due December 3rd!

Take care and good luck! M. Aby

How to post

For your original posts: Please post by responding to my prompt rather than starting your own thread. Thanks. This will make the conversation easier to follow.

For your response posts: To respond to a comment in first thread respond on the response post thread. That will make it easier to keep track of the response to that conversation.

Thanks for helping me keep the debate organized. :) M. Aby

Post #1

The most important public policy topic in the nation currently is healthcare reform. President Obama has invested a lot of political capital in trying to get a healthcare reform bill passed. The House just passed a healthcare bill and now the Senate is considering their version. However it remains to be seen whether healthcare reform will pass this year and if it does what it would look like after going through both houses of Congress.

*Discuss and explain one of the features of healthcare reform being discussed. (Try not to repeat a reform that one of your classmates has addressed already on the blog. There are many features being debated/considered and I’d like us to put together a fairly comprehensive list.)

*Highlight the views of one opinion leader on this issue (national or state politician or interest group leader). Summarize their support or criticism of healthcare reform. Then explain why you agree or disagree with their view.


For background on the healthcare debate I recommend two places to get started:
Washington Post
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/health-care-reform/

New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/health_insurance_and_managed_care/health_care_reform/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=healthcare&st=cse

Be sure to cite your information in your post. I look forward to reading your insight into this significant topic. Good luck.