Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

To the Editor:

When the House passed its version of a health care reform bill on Saturday night, I saw the update on television while out celebrating the 27th birthday of a friend. Almost everyone in attendance was in their mid- to late 20s and college-educated and had voted for President Obama.

But we all had different insurance plans. Some were insured by their jobs; others by their unions; and some, recently unemployed or self-employed, were not insured at all.

And while we all celebrated the president’s and the House’s achievement, not a single one of us was able to answer two seemingly basic questions—how will this bill affect my current benefits, and how will this bill affect my current payments?

My friends and I support health care reform because we believe the current system is failing. But now that change may finally be coming, we want to know exactly what that change entails.

Samuel Rosenberg
Brooklyn, Nov. 9, 2009

Note from KBJ: Let me get this straight, Sam. You support the bill, but you have no idea what it will do. Genius!