Where were you when the health reform law passed?

摘要

Where were you when the health reform law, the Affordable Care Act passed? Perhaps it would be more appropriate to ask where you were while the bill was being developed? Did you make any effort to impart the unique knowledge you possess as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to those creating this bill?Despite the enormity of health reform and the tangled web that health care policy weaves in our society, most of us limited our participation to watching from the sidelines and "Monday morning quarterback-ing." Why does that occur? Apathy? Laziness? Lack of knowledge about the issues or how to contribute to the process? Distain or distrust of the political process? For those of us content to live with what we are dealt any of those may be sufficient. For those who are not, none are acceptable.