Analysis Post

Coming into this project I had a small understanding of what my topic was about. After visiting blogs centered on health care reform and after doing research concerning my topic, I realized that my understanding towards health care reform was slightly skewed. At first I thought universal health care would be a brilliant idea, but then I came to the conclusion that health care reform is a more complex problem than I had imagined. There are many arguments that are presented towards health care reform in America. Some of these arguments are in favor of health care reform, while others are against it. After taking into consideration all of the arguments that political actors were making in the health care debate, I realized that health care is a problem that will take many years to reform.

Throughout this project, I realized that instead of being preoccupied with grammar usage and paragraph transitions, I mainly focused on the argument I was trying to convey. Blogging has made me realize how important research is in order to establish a well supported and thought out argument. Without facts it is hard to convince people that the argument you are making is correct. I not only learned about the arguments centered around the health care debate but I also learned how to efficiently argue about my opinions. Most people that commented on my blog were clearly biased as to whether or not the American government should approve of universal health care. At times peoples' bias challenged my own opinions and ways of thinking towards the topic, but this hurdle made me realize how important it is for people to back up ones arguments with facts.

For example, I did not know that there are 47 million Americans uninsured. That compared to other countries the United States is ranked 37th in providing adequate quality of health care. After researching more in depth about why so many Americans are uninsured, I realized that our current health care system needs a lot of help. Learning more about the topic helped me understand the arguments scattered within the scope of health care reform. Even though I am still unsure about which solution is the best towards reforming health care, I am optimistic that in the future changes will be made towards our current health care system.


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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/plotsummary

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http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/national_health_care.HTM