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Concerns About Health Care Law Rollout

          We know about the Health care reform which was passed three years ago. Some people supported the law as it makes it easier to get and keep the health insurance and some did not agree because, they were concerned about the financial conditions. Even though it helped a lot of people, there were news that there are concerns about the health care reform. Companies who has more 30 full time employees are planning to lessen the number employees, as they could not pay for them. Many other small businesses are experiencing financial issues because of health care reform. The article, "Democratic Senators Tell White House of Concerns About Health Care Law Rollout" written by Robert Pear published on 25th April 2013 on New York Times reports the Denis R. McDonough, President Obama’s new chief of staff’s question on the concerns of the health care law with other Democratic senators. The article states the views of different senators being cautious about the health care law. As there are issues that need to be fixed regarding the health care law, the Obama Administration worked on making the law “optional” for the workers which is known to be health care premium.

         Jeffrey Young in Huffington post reported that the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield submitted a proposal to Maryland regulators on Wednesday that would take effect in 2014 for people who buy their own health insurance, rather than obtain it from their jobs.  Robert Pear in the article, "Democratic Senators Tell White House of Concerns about Health Care Law Rollout" said that the company said the higher premiums reflected costs of complying with the new law. However, the health care is optional for the workers, I think it will still benefit the people who need health insurance. 

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Will Guns Help Society

          The article named, "Will guns help society" published by Kiara Woods describes about controlling guns. It also talks about a recent event that tool place in Florida, and the writer described about the possible effects of making guns available for the people. I agree to the article because, people carrying guns would lead to more killing in America. There was another event that happened in Houston Community  College on Tuesday, reported on "U.S.News on NBCNEWS.com" that three people were wounded when gunfire erupted. Even though, owning guns might be a self defensive tool, but I believe that it is more destructive for people who owns the gun and people around them. 

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  IMMIGRATION    

          In recent days, there were some specific social issues around the nation, which people could not stop hearing in the news. After these series of social issues, such as gun control and gay marriage has put to an end. The issue of immigration pops up. Should or not provide the citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants. Generally I think, its impossible to filter the illegal immigrants and ask them to pack up and leave the nation, so providing the citizenship is better idea.  

          Some people think providing a path for the illegal immigrants might affect the political structure of the country and the other think that it would not matter politically, but it would benefit the country economically. In an article of New York Times, named New Attitude on Immigration Skips an Old Coal Town, published by Trip Gabriel says that "Illegal is illegal. Chase them all out. They don’t belong here". In the same article, Mayor Joseph Yannuzzi said that "They are attracted by jobs at warehouses and at a meatpacking plant, by good schools and cheap housing". Another article named The Immigration Spring by The Editorial Board says that "Any bill should give the 11 million unauthorized immigrants a shot at citizenship within a reasonable time — a decade or less". I completely agree with this statement, because it may help people to know the pros and cons within that period of time and may reflect to a much more effective decision later.  

          Another article named The forces who would undermine immigration reform posted by Jennifer Rubin on Washington Post states that "Some are purely pandering to what they perceive as the wants of the right-wing base, although there is plenty of evidence that they’ve misjudged voters. Some immigration advocates are defeatists on the political front and think in 12 or 14 years, once the pathway leads to citizenship, all these immigrants will vote Democratic". In my opinion, I think what Jennifer Rubin says above is not relatively true because not all immigrants who got citizenship might vote Democratic. In reality, as we know the fact that business people leans towards Republican. There are possibilities for some immigrants who got citizenship will support Republican for the sake of business. 

An article called The Economic Effects of Granting Legal Status and Citizenship to Undocumented Immigrants published by Robert Lynch and Patrick Oakford states that, "legal status and citizenship enable undocumented immigrants to produce and earn significantly more than they do when they are on the economic sidelines. The resulting productivity and wage gains ripple through the economy because immigrants are not just workers—they are also consumers and taxpayers". 

          Therefore, I think that providing the path of citizenship for illegal immigrants is a better idea and benefits the country economically.