Introduction

My name is Alex, I am from Fort Worth Texas, and I am currently a student at Texas A&M University. Over the next few months I will be researching and sharing current information on the proposed health care reform in the United States. As a future Physical Therapist this topic is very important to me so I will try my best to keep the information as up-to-date as possible and provide you with the pros and cons of this reform. The reform in a nutshell would require individuals to pay a certain tax for universal health care, leveling the playing field so that the rich are not always the ones to get the best treatment, supposedly everyone would get the same treatment. In theory this plan sounds very good, but when you get down into the nuts and bolts of it there are many points of controversy and if you look at other countries that have instituted a similar system then many questions are raised about our ability to implement this plan with favorable results for all.