As Congress gets down to finally determining how to act (or not act) on the existing Senate and House Health Care Reform legislation, we get an uneasy feeling and don’t have a clue on what will be happening. Where is all the transparency that we were promised?

All the rhetoric from both sides of the debate still leaves us feeling empty. When everyone says we need reform, why is this issue still not resolved? In the fall of 2008, Congress was able to OK $800 Million for bank bailouts in about 3 days!

Why do the major elements of the legislation being discussed not take effect until 3 or 4 years from now? How many people will die or be economically devastated waiting for legislation to be implemented?

We just don’t get it. It seems simple to enact legislation that takes effect now enabling every American to become part of the Medicare program – that’s the kind of reform we expected.