From Nixon To Bush 2.0; Why Has No One Gotten Health Care Right?

There were problems on the horizon before Richard Nixon even took office. However, with each passing Presidential Administration, no one has been able to come up with a solid plan for health care reform. The bad part is that the system of health care in this country is getting progressively worse with each passing year. It would be easier for the politicians if the system would stay the way it is at this very moment and allowed them to find time and a way to reverse the damage already inflicted on Americans. But, as it is, the problem is constantly worsening and we are falling farther and farther behind. Our country is on the verge of a recession, that is if we are not already there.The value of a dollar is the lowest it has ever been even if we do operate on a credit standard, rather than a gold standard.

Other politicians, such as Senators and House of Representative members are not coming up with any new solutions either. It is almost as if they are relying squarely on the President to come up with a health care plan, if he or she can, and if they don't like the President's plan, they dump it in the crapper. For example, see Nixon and Clinton's health care plans, respectively. Reagan relied on Health and Human Services Secretary Otis Bowen to come up with solutions to the nation's health care problems and Bowen's solutions would have seriously undermined Reagan's domestic policies. George W. Bush also has been unable to devise a health care plan that provides adequate and affordable coverage to the Americans who need it most. For those Presidents who actually have created a possible health care plan, none of the plans have been successful. This is almost as bad as not even attempting to come up with a plan.