Hillary Clinton Call Me Let's Do Healthcare!

A Beginning to the Next Step

On September 17th Hillary Clinton stepped up and embarrassed everyone aspiring to be candidates for Presidential Election 2008. She didn't do enough to win my vote nor should have gained yours either. The only exclusions would be Rudy Guiliani who beat Hillary to the punch by embarrassing himself and Fred Thompson. Old Fred hasn't done enough to get embarrassed by being a late entry in the game. I would imagine that was an important factor in his campaign strategy plan.

Who stole the bacon?
My most fun read was Romney and Edwards saying, "but I said that." Come on boys it's time to face reality. As Obama did by saying, "I said that but changed my stance." And of course if you can't say anything nice, you find a way to be politely derogatory. Nice try, but Hillary Care should be taken as a compliment. Also her plan illustrates what we should all have known already. Any process of reform will have to be a collaborative effort. So in short you guys are left twiddling your thumbs. This is not a case of who is the most original. This is all about fixing a very broken piece of the American way.

Why?
Of all the incomplete proposals put forth Ms. Clinton's shows the most in depth. It's main fault is as I expected points of vague political speak. Still, it contains less than others. Be it so, it does begin to nudge closer to the bulls eye than others.

The glaring omission
Mental healthcare is the weakest of all weak points. No healthcare reform can move forward without fully addressing mental healthcare in specific terms. Without an elaborate redefining of the mental health care, treatment and coverage can any overall healthcare reform achieve success. It can't be glossed over in five words ala John Edwards or left out. It has to be directly be elevated to on par with overall healthcare or we will plunge two steps back for every half step forward.