Obama taking health care push to Ohio

President Obama is traveling to Ohio to push for his health care bill. He will speak on "going through why reform is important, going through what it will do the minute he signs the legislation on behalf of millions of Americans, discussing what happens, again, if we decide now is not the time," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said at a news briefing Friday. Obama has asked Congress to cast the final vote on this bill. This bill would extend coverage to about thirty one million Americans. In response to this bill Republicans have stated that it will not slow the upward spiraling costs nor will it lower taxes and premiums of middle-class Americans. It could also lead to deep Medicare cuts. Democrats are aware of the American dislike for this bill and so, according to Republicans, are trying to force the bill through by reconciliation. Recent public opinion polls have illustrated the general American dislike for the health care bill, although individual elements of the bill are still popular.

This health care bill will do no good for our country. Costs will rise substantially as middle-class Americans are forced to pay for those who cannot afford health care. Thus, higher taxes and premiums for the middle-class. If Americans are opposing the bill, why even continue with the Congressional debates? Obama is wasting his time, slogging through the country, campaigning for something that Americans, and even twelve of the Democrats in Congress, don't approve of. Abortion costs would be also covered under this health care bill. Abortion isn't a health issue and those who want to have an abortion should bear the consequences of their actions rather than trying to fix their problem with the quick and easy solution of abortion. This bill would only make that easier which is something that does not need to be done.