I'm sorry, but I just can't let this one slide.
The Obama administration wants to clear things up when it comes to health care (and insurance) in this country.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius just yesterday said she wanted her department to be a "nationwide health insurance reform help desk."
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Now, if they turn out anything like our help desk here at Summit, we're officially screwed.
I mean, it's hard enough getting anyone on the phone here at the state level. I've been playing a rather one-sided game of phone tag with a little state office down in Colorado Springs for more than week now. So how much luck do you think I'll have getting a member of the administration health care reform geek squad on line 1? Exactly.
"Ultimately, we recognize that actions speak louder than words. No matter how good a job we do educating Americans about the benefits for them in the bill, it won't be much use unless we also implement those policies responsibly and effectively," Sebelius told the National Press Club yesterday.
Well, I don't know about you, but Sebelius' speech won't exactly put anyones fears to rest when it comes to this historic expansion of federal taxing, spending and red tape. No matter which way you look at it, the beast is just going to get bigger.
And I'm not so sure I would use the tech support analogy. Unless, of course, you want to compare this health care reform law to the latest version of Windows. Because if we start running health care like Vista then that could very well send me to Costa Rica, too.
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