People are angry about health care reform, but there are laws by which even anger must be governed. For anger without direction, without focus, accomplishes nothing.

People are outraged. Outrage is a scary thing. But there is one thing much more frightening than just outrage alone.

That thing is outrage that is motivated by fear and not knowledge.

American society is oftentimes driven by illusion.

There is an illusion that people who cannot afford health care have not worked a day in their lives, and are patiently waiting for their fellow Americans to carry their medical burdens on their backs and in their pockets.

There is an illusion that everyone who can afford health care today can do so only because they had the drive and ambition to pull themselves up by their proverbial bootstraps.

As graduation season approaches, students consider many questions.

Will you be able to find work in the current job market? Will you be able to afford tuition for grad school while simultaneously paying off your undergrad debts?

Perhaps there is one problem that so many of us have not considered.

Upon graduation, so many of us will be dropped from insurance plans faster than NBC dropped Conan for Jay Leno.

That is when we will realize that health care is an issue that is much closer to home than we all thought.

As a nation, we have challenged the status quo within the political arena and have become the model for democracy because of it.

Opposition is an element of our rich history. It is a part of the same legacy that makes our nation great, but there is one thing about change. It is unstoppable.

History is my witness. Whether it is in the form of gay rights, women’s suffrage, civil rights, or in our case, health care reform, change will triumph.

Change has been referred to as the only constant thing in the world. It is a force of nature, and opposition has never stopped it, and it never will. It will forever only give it momentum.

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