March 13
Universal Health Care Still a Touchy Subject
Even before Obama makes official announcements over the shape and scope of his proposed health care reform, he is receiving negative responses from Republicans and Conservatives accusing his universal health insurance plan of being “socialized” health care. The association with communism still elicits a gutteral, negative response from a great number of people, and may prove a barricade which Obama will have difficulty overcoming. Is there any way that Obama can present his idea of a single payer type health care system without it ultimately being equated with communist and socialist ideals? Can America ever accept that sort of system?