Victory!

Last night was a good night.

Prepare yourself for a political blog. Many of you will not agree with what I am about to say. But I am going to say it anyway.

Cause that's how I am.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

I was glued to my iPhone on my 5 hour drive to Boise last night. Thanks to my awesome husband for this awesome gift by the way.

I was waiting for hours to see if the House would finally pass Health Reform.

And they did!!!

Finally! After over a year of hard work it passed. Kudos to Obama for not giving up and continuing to push this through.

It's impossible to say what this will mean for our country in the long run. It's hard to say how effective this reform will be. We may not know for years to come.

But what I do know is this: it's about damn time.

Thanks to this bill, and to over a year of hard work from my man, Obama, people with pre-existing conditions will no longer be denied health insurance.

That means my good friend Nate, who has been a diabetic since he was a kid, will no longer have to pay nearly $2,000 out of pocket for his meds every month. He'll finally have health insurance.

This means that the many families (my own included) who have been plagued with over a million dollars of debt, due to their child's cancer, or illness, will now have insurance.

This means that the wonderful people I have met who are suffering from MS - will not be denied insurance because of their condition.

Seriously. We live in America and it's about time we take care of our people.

Now I know this isn't cheap. However, I am willing to pay for it.

Seth and I may officially be in the tax bracket that will be taxed for this. But you know what? I think it's great. I am happy to have more money taken out of my pay check so that my friends can have health insurance. I am happy to pay some money so that my dad won't have to pay $1,200 a MONTH to buy insurance for his family.

I believe that in the long run, we will see some serious benefits from this.

Now don't get all "we live in a communist society" on me. I know that my three favorite people (and by favorite I mean "least favorite") people will be preaching end of the world to you for months and months.....

This isn't the end of the world. This is a good thing. A very good thing. This is a good step and a much needed step. This is the biggest social reform bill that I may ever see in my lifetime.

I screamed and clapped (and then cried) when the news came across my iPhone last night.

I am thrilled - and I hope some of you are too!

Way to go Democrats - way to get this done!