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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Health Care Change

There is a built in natural resistance to change. It is called the suffering of change. We are like rocks that like to settle in a spot and not budge but become more enmeshed, some in more ways than others.

Perusing the articles on the web about new health care changes, there seems to be a shared sense that something is going to come forth while the resistance is profound.

Corporate America has a vise like grip on the powers that can expedite change. Essentially change would mean that someone's money river is being redirected. This is the fundamental problem - always follow the money.

CNN: Pelosi: When I take health care bill to the floor, 'it will win'
“We believe that we have a good bill..."

“This isn’t about rushing,” the leading Democrat says amid criticism from Republicans that her party is trying to rush through massive changes to a sector that makes up a sixth of the U.S. economy.
McClatchy: Distrust of government blunting Obama's pursuit of new programs
Even if they like Obama himself, people just don't think that the government can handle anything big, let alone something as personal to them as their health care.

"There is a lack of trust in government right now, and the average American does not trust the federal government to make heath care decisions on their behalf."

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