The Dads and ObamaCare

Our dads were both home from the hospital mid-week, which was a great relief to all.

Last night Mike served as moderator for a team of experts speaking on ObamaCare. I was able to have Sarah (our wonder sitter) babysit and drive up in excruciating traffic to be there. The three experts all had very different expertise: Karen Harned, spoke as an advocate for small business and as a member of the legal team that presented the arguments against ObamaCare in the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month; John Graham is a policy expert on healthcare; and Dr. Tim Chestnut was a physician until he retired for medical reasons and is now a consultant on healthcare issues.

They each addressed the implications of ObamaCare from their background: legal, policy, and physician/patient. It was a lively evening with the line of the night going to Dr. Chestnut who when asked how he would fix the bill (ObamaCare) replied "with a match." I was encouraged that there may be real reform in healthcare and that the chances of Obama's grand regulatory dream becoming reality are slim to none.

Suffice it to say, with dads whose health has suffered this year, there is no way this bill would make their situations better.

For more on what the experts said, go here.