Stage Two: Article Introduction

Obama has proposed a plan to have the Health Care bill more flexible between states. He stated that if the state governments could think of a way to cover health care with the same or more coverage, same or less cost and same or more availability as the federal health care bill, all without increasing the nation's debt, the states will be allowed to do so. While the due date was originally in 2017, Obama has pushed it to three years earlier, making the deadline 2014. If all of the requirements are met before the year 2014, the governor will have the choice to turn down the health care bill in their respective states. While Obama says that he is willing to work with anyone to try to improve the health care bill, many say that it is too soon to know if any states will complete this task.

I feel that this article is important to read because it tells the people the status and feelings towards the health care bill. It also shows that Obama is willing to work it out so the maximum amount of people are happy with the bill. This concerns American Government because it is a big controversy among Americans and the bill and this new proposal are in the hands of our government today.