Health Law to Be Revised by Ending a Program

Health Law to Be Revised by Ending a Program
This editorial written by Robert Pear that can be found in the New York Times published October 14, 2011 is pointing out the major issues with the long term care insurance program created by the new health care law. Experts such as Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services point out that the premiums would be too high which would make young, healthy people less likely to sign up.  This would in turn ruin the 75 year plan and would only make premiums rise more and more over time.  According to the article Senator John Thune of South Dakota and Representative Charles Boustany Jr. of Louisiana believe the Obama administration ignored repeated warnings in terms of the new health care law and all the problems it would face.

 I agree with what the sources in this article are saying, due to their positions in politics they have more access to exact information and decisions that have been made in terms of this law.  It seems that there are great ideas in the new health care law, but the way to keep it affordable long-term still seems to be an issue as it always has.  The question is what is the Obama administration going to do about this issue from here on.  There are still plenty of elderly and dissable people who either cannot afford good health care or have none at all.  The ideas seem great, but until a solution can truly be formed there is no use inexciting the people who are in need of this or the people advocating for it.  And it does not need to be the quick fix, it needs to be the long-term and make the nation better plan.