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Family Security Matters » Publications » At This Point, It's About Defining the ‘Win’: "Does anyone remember back to when the current health care reform initiative began? What were the goals? What were the reasons for the subject even being broached? Progressives and Democrats insisted that the health care system was broken because there were millions of people (figures varied, but averaged around 37 million) who were uninsured and that those who had health insurance were subject to continuously rising insurance premiums and diminished coverage. The goal, Progressives and Democrats said, was to provide every American with health insurance and lower health care costs for all...all by the end of this administration’s first term.

Today, as we approach the end of this administration’s first term, the House and Senate bills that are being presented to the American people fail – miserably – to achieve these two basics goals. Instead, they present as a wish list for special interest groups, establish an unnecessary and additional government bureaucracy and stand as testimony to the opportunistic ineptitude of today's Progressive-controlled Democrat Party. The only saving grace is that these bills will have to go through the reconciliation process before they are presented to President Obama for his signature, at which time the final product will become the law of the land...for now, at least.

Interesting in all of this is how the target goals have changed."