I've seen a multitude of responses to the health care bill. On Facebook, a person was preaching how the American people are willing to always fight for what they believe in and will never give up. Stupid me... I thought she was in favor of the bill. Or... I generally responded to my friends with a high five. Good enough.
Whatever the response, I believe that passage of the bill makes this upcoming election far more interesting. If it didn't pass, I felt the Democrats were going to get beat up pretty badly in the midterm election. They may still get beat badly, but the health bill could help a great deal if the media coverage goes well. I've already noticed that it came off quite favorably during the ABC special report I received after it passed. It's difficult to claim that stopping insurance companies from denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions is a bad thing (same goes for letting children stay on their parents' plan until they're 26). A Republican just won't likely look great telling that information to large groups of people. I see Republicans trying to play down the bill in the upcoming elections and Democrats doing the opposite. Either way, this was a major win for Obama in particular. I can't see him losing the next presidential campaign after this.
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