THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED!

   MARCH 21ST, 2010. MY FIRST THOUGHTS AT THE PASSING OF THIS HEALTHCARE BILL WAS THAT I WAS GOING TO BE ILL. THEN A SONG POPPED INTO MY HEAD AND THE WORDS JUST SEEMED TO FIT THE DAY. I'M SURE THIS ISN'T WHAT THE COMPOSER HAD IN MIND BUT IT FITS NEVER THE LESS. REMEMBER THAT SONG "AMERICAN PIE?" THE CHORUS WENT LIKE THIS~~"BY, BY MISS AMERICAN PIE"~~AND ENDED WITH "THIS WILL BE THE DAY THAT I DIE, THIS WILL BE THE DAY THAT I DIE." THAT'S JUST ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS VOTE TODAY. AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!  I FEEL LIKE "ALICE" SLIDING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE. WHERE WILL WE GO FROM HERE?! I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED THE BACK~DOOR DEALS, THE HORSE TRADING, THE LEGAL?!! BRIBES THAT WE HAVE WITNESSED THE LEADERS IN CONGRESS RESORT TO JUST TO ASSURE THEIR PLACE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. NEVER MIND THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE! EVERY ONE AGREES THAT OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM NEEDS SOME FIXING. THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING. BUT INSTEAD OF PUTTING ALL THE BLAME ON THE BIG, BAD INSURANCE COMPANIES WHY NOT TAKE A LOOK AT FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS AND AMBULANCE CHASING TRIAL LAWYERS WHO WILL SUE DOCTORS AT THE DROP OF A HAT! (HMM, AREN'T THERE A LOT OF LAWYERS IN CONGRESS?!!) TORT REFORM WOULDN'T EXACTLY BE IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS, NOW WOULD IT?!! MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE MISSING FROM THIS BILL~~YA THINK?!! IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT INSURANCE RATES ARE DRIVEN UP BY THE COST OF THOSE VERY LAWSUITS. YOU SEE IT GOES LIKE THIS. DOCTORS GET SUED, LAWYERS GET RICH, AND THE CLIENT GETS SCREWED! INSURANCE RATES GO UP, IN PART, TO COVER THOSE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS. IT ALWAYS ENDS LIKE THAT. THE CONSUMER IS THE ONE WHO ULTIMATELY PAYS. 
         HOW MANY PEOPLE REALIZE WHAT DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT RIGHT AWAY? FOR INSTANCE, I KEPT HEARING ABOUT PRE~EXISTING CONDITIONS AND HOW EVERYONE WAS SO ANXIOUS TO TALK ABOUT THAT PART OF THE BILL. BUT DO YOU REALIZE THAT BENEFIT ONLY COVERS CHILDREN IN THE BEGINNING AND ADULTS HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE REST OF THE BILL KICKS IN FOUR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD? REMEMBER YOU WILL START PAYING TAXES TO PAY FOR THIS MONSTROSITY RIGHT AWAY!  AND OF COURSE THAT BIG DEFICIT REDUCTION MADAME PELOSI KEPT SINGING ABOUT HAPPENING IN THE FIRST TEN YEARS MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THOSE PRE~PAID TAXES. WHEN THOSE ARE GONE WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER $1.7 TRILLION DOLLARS ADDED TO OUR GRAND CHILDREN'S FUTURE OBLIGATIONS. HAVEN'T WE MORTGAGED THEIR FUTURES ENOUGH?!
     YES THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR AMERICA~~ A DAY THE MUSIC TRULY DIED!