I’m cautiously optimistic about the passage of this bill. My hope is that, if insurance companies can no longer drop people who get sick, they will realize it is in their best interest to focus their attention on how to keep people healthy.
They could become a pretty loud voice in the lobbying efforts to keep junk food out of schools, encouraging mothers to breast feed, creating walking and biking paths in neighborhoods, etc. They could also get behind the efforts to clean up our air, thus reducing the incidence of asthma.
