It All Depends On Whom You Trust
by James Glaser
August 10, 2009

This weekend I went to my wife's family reunion in Pensacola, Florida. It was a good time, but like every other year, out of politeness mind you, I over-ate. If somebody was nice enough to cook up one of the family recipes that have been handed down over the years, the least I can do is give it a try. Wanda's family has a lot of old recipes, and I tried them all.

Family reunions are fun, because you get to talk to people who you would never converse with if you didn't go. Family members come from all over and this reunion is likely the only place you will see them until next year.

Before the dinner started I was talking to an older woman who told me she had been a nurse her whole life and was still employed in the medical field. For sure I asked her opinion of the new health care program that is being considered.

Right off, with no hesitation, she said it scared her. She admitted that she was only about 300 pages into reading the thousand plus pages of the bill, but so many of the parts of the plan she had read already could be taken different ways depending on your thinking. To her, little of it was in black and white, where the authors came right out to say we are going to do this, this, and this, but we are not going to do that. To her, the health bill seemed both wishy-washy and filled with legalese.

If you watch television and try to learn about the health bill, the answers you get depend on the station you are watching and the thoughts of each political commentator. It is hard to find media people who just present both sides without throwing their own slant into the mix.

So, unless you are willing to spend the time reading the 1,000+ page bill, and remember that is just one of the plans being considered, you have to ask somebody you trust or several people you trust about this push for health care change in America.

After you think you have figured out what is best for us, then you still have to ask yourself if you think we can afford that best idea, and if not, you might have to start that process all over again.

Me? I trust that nurse in Pensacola. She is doing her research, she works in the health field, she makes no money with her thoughts, and she cares about her children and grandchildren.

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