A fragment of truth just filtered through. We can use Health Insurance Reform to fix the recession.
I have CSPAN on in the background as I do some writing and something catches my ear. First, a confession. I find Nancy Pelosi irritating as a speaker. I met her a few months ago in DC – also met Mike Pence. Politics aside, she would benefit from some coaching on how to make a good speech. But I digress.
In her buildup to the vote on health insurance reform, she made a very truthful remark. At about the 10:19 pm mark, she was speaking at a rate of 200 words per minute with gusts to 250, she noted that many employees are “Job Locked” – held prisoner to a job only because of the health of their family members. She said under this bill, “their entrepreneurial spirit will be unleashed.”
Wow. I think she is right. Think about it – what percentage of high performing staff at mid sized organizations are only there because of health issues and insurance? Lots. They should be working because of alignment with values and a good relationship with their boss. Instead they are working as hostile passengers on the bus.
Good organizations have high performing teams because of managers who listen and lead, and staff who are engaged. Now that health insurance reform is here, we must help organizations keep their best people when the handcuff of health insurance comes off. I read the fine print – the exchanges won’t be in place for years, but we have to get ready.
Time to get out in front of this wave of change and surf it, rather than resist the rising waters and possibly drown. That, and fix Mike Pence’s hair. It’s a little too perfect.
History was made tonight my friend. She may not be a good speaker, but this grandmother of several grandchildren worked her butt off for this legislation to pass tonight and it is due to her efforts as much as anyone else. I applaud her and the Democrats who without any help whatsoever from the “Do Nothing” Teabagger Party passes something that 7 Presidents have tried to do for over 100 years. Amazing! And there is much more work to do, it needs a Public Option, but I digress. It is definitely a move in the “left” direction and the history books will show that no Republicans voted for this legislation!!!!
My wife is in that boat. Her dream is to be in business for herself doing couple’s therapy. I, however, have had various health events, and she must continue to work for others because I am basically uninsurable privately.
Hooray for reform!!
I’m Just waiting for the whole system of entitlements to crash and implode under it’s own weight. This is going to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.
11 Trillion Deficit according to the CBO, and growing at an unsustainable pace. We cannot even pay off the interest, and each year it gets bigger and bigger.
In years, it’s predicted by the CBO that the Govt. will owe more than 110 percent of Gross Domestic Product in national debt.
When a company is in trouble, it declares bankrupcy, restructures debt, downsizes and works within it’s means.
We need to either downsize govt. to work within the budget, or raise taxes by an enourmous amount to balance the budget.
With the current estimate of national debt, each person in the U.S. would owe about 173,000.00 each in taxes to bring the deficit to zero.
Another example of people trying to have their cake and eating it. There is no such thing as a free lunch.