I cannot tell you how important this is and justifies Obama's Presidency so far.

JK2006 wrote:
I cannot tell you how important this is and justifies Obama's Presidency so far.

Lovely idea JK,but for a country so far in debt is it a wise time to ask who will pay for all of this?

He still has a long hard road ahead of him on the health plan as the big guns will still try to derail it.

If he is triumphant on this one thing-his place in US history will be similar to FDR's.

For ages I insured through Blue Cross Blue Shield rather than BUPA - it made sense for me to be insured with an easily recognisable American company since I was in the USA so much; over 40 years at about $5000 a year, they made $200,000 from me and never a single claim.

Her Majesty's Prison Service provides excellent NHS coverage for free and, indeed, being diagnosed as diabetic (due to the food, lack of exercise and stress) they gave me about £2000 of drugs a year which I now have to pay for myself. Obviously I did not renew my Blue Cross coverage.

But I've always championed an NHS type service for Americans. If Obama pulls it off my admiration for him will soar.