smaller scale implementation

Jim Clyburn has presented what he refers to as a "half a loaf" approach to the growing controversy surrounding the public option. Instead of immediately implementing a public option nationwide, he suggests developing smaller, more regional, pilot programs in order to see what does and does not work within this reform. This would include putting a smaller-scale public option reform into place in several regions throughout the country. Then, after four years of this pilot program, he suggests that an evaluation be done to see if the public option really is beneficial to the nation or if there is a more advantageous alternative available.

I think that implementing such a large reform on a smaller scale could be nothing but beneficial. It is no doubt that changes are necessary. Many of the current ways of health care administration simply are not working, and the shear fact that there are so many uninsured Americans is cause for great concern. Major health care reforms are under discussion currently that will drastically change the ways in which health care is administered in our country, one of which being the public option. Currently, the United States does not have a program that compares to this option and therefore many of the effects of it are unknown. As a result, implementing it on a smaller scale will allow for many of the potential “kinks” to be worked out before it becomes a nation-wide program. This way, a stronger, and more solid program, can be put into place and as a result, be much more beneficial to the American people. It is important to realize that such major changes cannot be made over night and expected to be flawless. Therefore, we need to take steps to alter and tweak implemented reforms in order to reach the desired result.

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