Griffin Johnston, 4th period, No such thing as "nonpartisan"

            According to an article in the New York Times the people of the United States will benefit from the Affordable Healthcare Act, because it will make people more willing to take risks, and, therefore, make new business endeavors. As the article stated, “Our economy needs risk-takers in order to grow.” Moreover, people will be less threatened to resign from a job that they do not like, due to the elimination of the fear of losing their health care coverage. This, in turn, will create a happier general public and a more productive work force, for they will be working jobs/making business endeavors that are of more interest to them.

            Another article on another news station, FoxNews.com, provided a differing opinion. Charles Krauthammer referred to a recent poll that said that nine percent of Americans said their family is benefiting from the health care law, but 25 percent said that their family was worse off. Krauthammer goes on to say that this shows how ObamaCare affects people personally and, therefore, makes them not want to vote for the party that is instigating this legislation regardless of their own political party or the policies of the party they are voting for. He also states that Americans are, “losing their insurance, they’re losing their doctors, they’re losing their hospitals, some of them are losing their jobs or losing hours as a result of the law.”

            Upon reading both of these articles, the question that would arise in most people’s minds would be, “Who is right?” It is important to remember that there is no “right” or “wrong” answer or solution. It is almost always a matter of opinion. It is also important to remember that, for the most part, both Democrats and Republicans agree upon what needs to be done (example: “better health-care in U.S.) but disagree on how to get there. Also, it is always difficult to know whether the facts in one news station are reliable/twisted/legitimate/etc. It is extremely beneficial to almost always have someone disagree or bring out the flaws of something because it forces people to not blindly agree with government legislation. However, people also need to be able to form opinions of their own and obtain reliable, quality facts about a certain topic or issue. Almost all news stations on both political wings are reluctant to give all (or any) of the reliable, quality facts. Lastly, it is impossible to not have bias. One can never see something the same way as someone else due to the fact that their past experiences are always different (and we usually judge things based on our past experiences).

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/13/krauthammer-obamacare-approval-numbers-show-law-hits-everybody-right-where-live/?intcmp=obinsite

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/magazine/how-obamacare-could-unlock-job-opportunities.html?ref=us