Saturday, June 30, 2012  America's Best Blogging: Who Has Your
Vote?            This November, I will be voting for President
Barack Obama. There are a lot of reasons for this. I agree with
many of his policies and feel that he has done a good job of
handling the many, varied, and considerable problems our country
faces.            But being only 21, and in college, his
policies on public education, defense, and energy don't affect
me that much. There is one intensely personal reason that I will
be voting for Obama come November, and it can be stated in three
letters: ACA.            The Affordable Care Act is the Obama
Administration's landmark health insurance and care reform law.
Health care reform has a long, difficult, and fascinating
history in the United States (anyone interested in this topic
should read Paul Starr's incredible book, Remedy and Reaction:
The Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform). Due to
wage limits imposed during World War II, companies began
offering benefits packages t