I do not have health care.

 As a full-time student, I did. I was covered under my parent's policy. Now, as a part-time student, I don't receive that benefit. I work almost 40 hours a week and my employer does not offer me health care.

 Now, I know that there is some turmoil going on over President Obama's new health care reform bill. The problem for me is that I have no idea what actually is contained in the bill. I don't know, not because the information isn't available, but because the bill is agenda-driven.

 What happens is that all of the congressmen and senators will only pass the bill if their amendments to the bill are added in. This sometimes is called "pork-barrel spending."

 The problem with this for me is that nothing is ever simple or clear. There is always a hidden agenda or motive for getting bills passed which completely dilutes the original bill. Because of this, I am not so sure what exactly is in the president's health care reform bill.

 What I do know is that myself, and millions of other young people are uninsured and we shouldn't be. Therefore, I am pro-universal health care because this is an issue that affects me personally.

 I used to love to play sports and skateboard, but now I am more wary about doing physical activities that I used to enjoy. If I get seriously injured, then it is pretty much guaranteed that I will spend the rest of my life in debt. This is unfortunate because if it has happened to me, it is happening to other people.

 If you listen to the pundits on the radio or TV, they all have something to say about this issue, but nobody ever talks about the issue. They just talk around it, often leaving me in a state of confusion and bewilderment.

 How am I, or anybody for that matter, supposed to make an educated opinion on this subject when there is so much bureaucratic red tape to cut through? Have you ever tried to actual read a congressional bill?

 The language that is used is so difficult to understand, that one page feels like you are reading a hundred. It is very difficult to understand.

 Another issue is the length of the bills. Obama's health care reform bill is over 2,000 pages long with every page filled to the brim with legal language that is totally not understandable to the average person.

 Of course, the people in Washington have to understand this fact. I would imagine that they do it on purpose. The fewer questions that people ask, the fewer problems the politicians will have getting what they want.

 In reality, I have no choice but to not understand. No one is going to explain this bill to me in the detail that will give me a complete understanding of what is actually going on.

 What I do know is that I am uninsured, along with countless others, and that is simply unacceptable.