Most of you are probably well aware of the fact that the healthcare reform bill passed and has been officially signed by President Obama. I am both very happy about this, and also very nervous. There are some understandable questions about the bill, and while I would like to pretend that critics, including myself, actually understand what the bill will do on the wide-scale, such a thought is really nothing more than an illusion. Very few probably know how the bill operates on the wide-scale, and I’m hesitant to listen to people who have spent the last year plus misinforming the public about the bill in an effort to scare them into opposing it.
That said, I do hope that, on a wide-scale, the bill functions well enough, with little need for significant revision. I’m nervous because it’s an enormous undertaking and something that, obviously, is remarkably contentious in this country. We’ll see what the year looks like when everything is in place.
For the record, if it isn’t already clear, I have always been for healthcare reform, but on a much grander scale. I honestly think we should have kept the public option on the original bill, but at least this is a step in the right direction.
Now, for my resolution, which is only indirectly related to the healthcare bill:
I’ve noticed over the last few months that I have been consuming an abnormal amount of garbage in the form of soda and related things. So, as an experiment, I am going to cut out all soda consumption from my diet for 30 days, starting today. I’ll be cutting out other junk foods as well (namely candy bars, though I will splurged once in a while).
Part of this is because I have been eating too much crap; part of this is because I want to see what happens to my body. If I have a heart attack, you’ll all be the second to know (since I’ll be the first).
Wish me luck!
