The ObamaCare set back and the Crisis of Federalism/Division

            The recent ruling by the Court of Appeals has attempted to nullify some of Obama care by restricting the subsidies that can be offered to people using the healthcare.gov site. The ruling is a display of the anti-federal government feeling that has been a burden on this nation since the Nixon years.

            As citizens, most Americans have little faith in their government to solve problems or find practical solutions. The ideology that has predominated most Americans, many of us younger ones from birth, is that the government is a massive bureaucracy that tons of money and only is successful at helping corporate executives but cannot deal with public issues. While some of this may hold true, the federal government is usually the best and only source of solutions for problems such as the lack of affordable health care.

            I am not against criticizing the federal government. I believe that it in a democracy, it is crucial that there are voices of dissent. But the dissent should be factual, intelligent, and should acknowledge the shortfalls of alternatives. Many people want either the states or private companies to solve the issues. However, the private companies act not in the interest of the public, but in the interest of profit. The states, constricted by their desire to balance their budget, will often cut off aid to the poorest people.

            It is time that we realize that although we are the United States of America, we are one country. We must be unified under a centralized government that has the power to better peoples’ lives.