Health Care and Insurance Reform Delayed Due to Economy?

The Miami Herald reports that a conference was held in Orlando, Florida with health care experts, as well as politicians, doctors and economists. They debated whether the poor economy will effect the reform of health insurance and health care.

Most conferences such as these usually only accomplish one thing: We don't agree on health care and insurance reform. It seemed like that was the case this time, too.

James Carville, a Democratic strategist, said that health reforms would probably have to wait. His basic argument was that the federal government will have their hands too full trying to save Wall Street, and health reform will have to wait for a better economy, wrote the article.

Shockingly, Republican strategist Karl Rove, disagreed. Rove contended that health insurance reform as Republican presidential candidate John McCain - tax credits and deregulated markets - proposed doesn't require a good economy.

Tough times like these is when reform is needed most, counters an Obama representative. Florida governor, Charlie Crist, says that is should be the state's responsibility in regards to health care and insurance reform. He also backed a law recently that offers affordable health plans with limited benefits. Crist states, "There's such a difficulty getting anything done in Washington." This seems to be the truth.