Now that the political war is over, let’s get back to the task at hand, access to ‘Health Care’, not ‘coverage.’

The Health Care Reform Bill (Senate Bill) has passed along with the amendments and is now pending final approval so the President may sign it into law. So now, the challenges begin in implementing the most widespread Health Care reform in this country since Social Security and Medicare were passed. So the fight is over for those 32 million uninsured and every American will now have access to comprehensive coverage as result of this bill. Now the issue will be execution and the cost. So congratulations to President Obama, Pelosi, Reid and the Democratic politicians who voted for the bill. This was a mission worth fighting for and we can take heart in that all those with pre-existing conditions will no longer need worry about being denied coverage. The President said it well: it is time to reclaim health care from the insurance interests.

That being said, and with the political war over, we must now hold the President stringently to his word: yes, the task at hand is now to get Americans access to Health Care – NOT insurance. To those who celebrate the victory, remember there are fifteen million Americans left behind to deal with the aftermath of knowing they can get access to coverage with no assistance or subsidies and that they will be faced with the increases in premiums, and no such recourse for quality Health Care. And if insurance is still not affordable, and a penalty will need be paid for not complying with the new law, this is a recipe for disaster which the American people will doubtfully tolerate and which the insurance industry could easily initiate in order to blow up this bill as it goes into practice.

So by no means is this crisis over. Now we just have to deal with premium increases to 283 million Americans of which 15 million are uninsured, and 32 million now insured under the Health Care bill (via subsidies) at the price tag of $940 billion. So if the economy does not change for the better, we may be faced owing China $.87 of every $1.00 spent in America.

Given this understanding our mission has clearly just begun. We need to show how the 47MR model can offer the solution now for those 15 million left behind, as well as how a simple approach of a “community resource center” can solve the problem of access to Health Care in America without insurance for primary care, wellness, dental, prevention, etc. and all at a fraction of the cost with no insurance or government bureaucracy.

Let’s focus then on the change we need, and not just simply change – we needed and still need access to ‘Health Care’ and it seems that now, all we’ve gotten out of healthcare reform is access to ‘coverage.’