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Reformed Health Care Reflection

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President Obama talked about several things that he already had accomplished while he was in office. One that stood out to me was he reformed health care. I have mixed feelings about this. In some ways, I think it was good because when you take your children to the doctor for a physical or shots you do not have to pay your co-pay. Also when a woman goes in for her well woman exam she does not have to pay a co-pay either. I think this has helped a lot of families since this was changed. The thing I don’t like about the reformed health care is that now the cost of insurance has increased, and it is now required that all Americans have healthcare or you have to pay a penalty. Another item he stated that he accomplished was making our economy stronger. …show more content…

One that stood out to me was protecting our kids from gun violence. All of us have seen and read about some terrible events that have taken place over the years so I feel this is very important. I do not feel like taking guns away altogether is the answer, but I do believe there should be more stipulations with who can purchase guns and there should be more protection for our children while they are in school. Another thing Obama discussed was raising the minimum wage. While I do feel like this is important I do not feel like the minimum wage should be increased to as high as what some people think. If the minimum wage is increased to a ridiculous amount the cost of the product is going to increase. The third thing that stuck out to me was making college affordable for every American and providing two years of community college for free. I think this is awesome. We all know college is very expensive and hope that our children can get as many scholarships as they can to help reduce the cost of college. This will help some of the less fortunate children to be able to get a college education and hopefully make something of themselves as well as help the middle class be able to afford to send their children to a university after the community college. I hope for my children’s sake; this gets passed before my children go to

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