Health Care Reform will be passed tonight! Yay.. kinda?

Everyone was excited about the passing of Health Care Reform, but Randy, the naked page, had stolen the show once again. TV cameras or not, Democratic senators could not help but look at the scene unfolding before them.

Let me start by saying that this country desperately needs health care reform and I am glad to see our cowardly democratic leaders working towards that end. Too long have insurance companies and greedy corporations held the health of Americans below the standard of gold and the desire for money. Greed has been inbred into our health care system and with such a force that it has acquired the power to sway its influences over the very people it takes advantage of. This reform is badly needed, but as to what ends this particular bill will reach that goal, we will only see in time.

Many of us are still upset that a single payer option was stricken from the table so soon. As to what this will mean for reform is still unknown, but some worry that this bill is nothing more than a boon to insurance companies. There are several provisions in the bill that are much needed and they include making the practice of denying individuals, based on their current conditions,  illegal. This, while a no brainer, is long over due.

Democratic aides: We’ve got the votes. “Today we will pass the Affordable Health Care for America Act,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on the House floor Saturday evening. Politico is reporting that Democrats have at least the 218 votes needed to pass the bill. Three Democratic aides tell HuffPost the same thing.

Kristie Greco, a spokeswoman for Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), declined to confirm the number.

The news that Pelosi has the votes can have unpredictable effects on undecided members. Some members, seeing the bill passing, may want to pile on and get on the side of history. Others react by thinking that they can now oppose it, look tough at home, but not jeopardize passage. Toward that end, watch for a handful of no votes to dribble out from Dems over the next hour or so.

Here is to hoping the bill will benefit us all and possibly allow further reform atop its success at a later date.

Read the entire article at The Huffington Post