Questions for the President: Prescription for America on ABC June 24th

Normally this DVR blog would not take a political turn, however, it has come to my attention that on June 24th ABC will be airing a special with President Obama entitled 'Questions for the President: Prescription for America' in which the President will take questions from audience members who have differing opinions on health care and health care reform. It will be moderated by Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer.

The news telecast will start at the White House with 'Good Morning America' and Charles Gibson anchoring "World News" from the Blue Room. It will end on that day with the televised Q&A with the audience members as mentioned above.

I, for one, am a BIG supporter of getting some sort of Universal Health Care in this country whether it be a single payer system like Canada or a mix of private and government system like the NHS in the UK. My third choice for a model for America would be the Swiss system, which is all private with a mandate on health insurance and subsidies from the government for premiums over a percentage of the household income. The Swiss system is the closest to ours and while it has the second highest GDP spending on health care (second to the U.S which has the highest at 17%) ,theirs is 11% with over 98% of their population (citizens and non citizens) insured with the rest owing fines to the government for non compliance.

I will definitely be DVR'g this ,if not watching it live, because it is an issue close to my heart. I think it is important that all of us watch this special and become educated on health care in this country, it's problems, and possible solutions. Don't just believe the rhetoric and fear mongering lies floating around out there about not only the Presidents proposed plan but, the types of Universal systems that already exist in Europe and in our neighboring Canada.

Okay.. that's as political as this blog will ever get. After all, this is supposed to be fun, so no more for the serious talk. Enjoy.