Friday, January 2, 2009

Kennedy To Work For Health Care Reform

By Ethan Kalvin

Now that Democrats hold a commanding lead in the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House, Senator Kennedy's life long support for universal health care is more likely to come to fruition.

For most of Kennedy's career, he has been a strong supporter of universal health care/universal health insurance, reports the Boston Globe. And with Democrats holding overwhelming control in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House, health care reform in Kennedy's vision is more than likely.

The public can expect to see a never-before-seen effort to sway public opinion, and possibly a few Senate Republicans will be swayed as well. There will likely be strong movement toward universal health care and heavy regulations for the health insurance industry.

The current mindset of the voters is clearly calling for some sort of health care reform. Maybe we won't see universal single-payer health care soon, but an intense effort to regulate insurance companies is clearly on the agenda.

Like we've said before, there's little or no chance of the United States ever switching to a single-payer health care system, but mandated health insurance and heavy regulation on health insurance companies is more likely then ever before. - 15275

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