Reform and Medical Costs: An Editorial

This editorial is particularly interesting because it is introducing proposals that promote health care reforms. Medical costs are increasing rapidly and the only conclusion is the health care system is foundering. This bill will allow government funding with full return of ways to solve this growing problem. Also, the bill is designed to keep the deficit from rising in the coming years, which allows the government to fund the situation in hopes that the health care system will recover.
A bill was recently approved in the House and Senate to finance multiple test tries of reforms to support health care and medical costs. This is historically relevant because of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his integrity to aid America. F.D.R became President in 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression. Immediately taking action, he was slowly helping to solve the financial crisis. By 1933, F.D.R called an emergency special session of Congress. In his speech, he pledged himself to the “New Deal” legislation, which also became known as the First 100 Days.
The editorial states the only way to fix the health care system is through trial and error. Because of this, there are many proposals to help get health care back on its feet. This relates to Roosevelt’s ‘First 100 Days’ because he was given the power to introduce proposals and have them passed promptly to aid the reform. However, some of his reforms were a disaster and few were shut down. Although, some of these proposals may not be passed, it shows the same hope that F.D.R gave when America was suffering the most. If it wasn’t for trial and error, the New Deal proposals would have never survived. Now, more than ever, trial and error is necessary to assist the failing economy.
The other interesting part of this editorial is the health care system itself. Health care reforms have been introduced by many presidents, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Carter, Ford, Bush, Clinton, and now Obama. Although they were all mostly failures, Roosevelt opened to door the widest. He introduced the Social Security Act, which we still protect and uphold today. Due to Roosevelt, we have the basis of a functioning health care system, which the government is adding too in the hopes of reform and stable medical costs. Franklin D. Roosevelt should be proud of the efforts being put in, but not of the status quo.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/opinion/15sun1.html?pagewanted=1&ref=opinion