Sometimes this country boggles my mind.. In 2008, we took to the streets demanding change. There was no mistake about it. Even people who didn't vote for Barack Obama couldn't deny that they didn't like the direction our country was going or that they wanted change.
Now that we're right on the cusp of the biggest reform our nation has seen in a very long time, some people who were yelling for "change" seem to have developed a case of short-term memory loss and it's freaking me out.
I wish I could say I'm an expert on all the bills floating around out there...or even the one that the House just passed (here's a summary with a link to the full text)... but I'm not. What I know is that being taken care of when you're sick is a basic human right that our country denies people.
Citizens, change is scary! Surprise, surprise! But more important than scary, it is completely necessary.
Now let's take a collective deep breath and figure out how to provide people in this country with basic human rights.
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