Self-Analysis

Looking back to when this project was first assigned I realize that I have learned so much about health care reform. Not only has my knowledge about the subject grown, but I have also grown as a thinker.
The health care debate was a much bigger issue than I had ever known. I never really gave it much thought before because I didn’t know enough about it. I had no idea what was in the health care reform bill.
I chose this topic because I knew it was a hotly debated topic and I am interested in pursuing a career in nursing. Another factor that led to my decision was my personal ties to the health care system. I had a tumor for fifteen years before it was discovered and have had fourteen surgeries. It goes without saying that my insurance company didn’t like me very much at all. I was quite expensive. It was important that my family had good health insurance and that the company wouldn’t drop my coverage because of my pre-existing condition. Millions of people are not as fortunate as I was to have health insurance. Millions of people die each year because they don’t have health insurance. Health insurance is expensive and the new bill will help make it affordable by providing tax credits and putting a limit on how much people can be charged for out of pocket expenses. Also, people cannot be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Nothing in the new bill will require people to change their coverage if they are happy with it. Over the course of this blog project I have become very passionate about the issue.
My view on health care is that everyone should have access to it. We live in the wealthiest nation in the world with the best medical facilities and top-of-the-line doctors, yet millions of people do not have access to this. We have the most expensive health care in the world but we aren’t any healthier for it. Health care should be a right, not a luxury. The new bill is making it a right. It is providing the community with services for disease prevention such as immunizations and cancer screenings.
As a thinker, I have changed in that I carefully read many reliable sources before developing my opinion. I look at biased sites from Republicans and Democrats sides so I can get an idea of what both sides of the argument are. I also look for sites where I can get just the facts without any personal input. Before this project I had opinions about issues but I based my opinions on what I heard my parents say or what my teachers said in school. A lot of that information was biased. I am able to pick through biased information to find out what is true. This project has definitely helped me become a better thinker and has provided me with so much knowledge about politics that I did not have before.