Your "side" for reforming it... is not the Obama side first and foremost and if the other side thinks that's what you believe you are going down and fast because you don't even grasp the concept of what's going on.
If your teacher thinks and has assigned it as Obamas side is the reform side, you are free to understand that your teacher is a complete moron.
Both sides know that it has to be changed but not through taking it over.
When people couldn't afford food in the 30's and 40's, the government came up with the program to give food stamps to people..... They didn't decide to take over the food industry as they are attempting to now.
The real simple and easy way to solve it and provide reform is to REDUCE the red tape that has been put on the insurance companies.
As crazy as this may sound, currently insurance companies are limited to within their own state and cannot provide coverage outside of it.
All you'd need to do to not only provide competition and then low prices would be to allow them to insure people from anywhere in the country and not just 1 state.
They would then be in competition not with 4 or 5 major insurance companies within their own state...... but hundreds from all around the country.
The difference in the average cost of insurance in this country from state to state is so wide its unbelievable.
The average in Montana is about $1200 a year, while the average in Massachusetts is over $8000.
The only way such a wide margin could and has happened is because the insurance companies have no competition within their own states.
Simple solution.... give them competition from other states.
Honestly I have spelled it out but if you know the facts anyone over the age of 10 should be able to comprehend this and understand that it makes a lot more sense than creating "competition" from an entity that doesn't have to make a profit therefore can price policies at 1/10 of a company.... and an entity that can print money if things go south.
Coincidentally if this all goes through... the government option will actually bankrupt the insurance companies.... and then guess what's going to happen when THEY have no competition..... that's right.... your taxes go through the roof so they can pay for the damn thing and say they're "bringing down the debt".
Logical... rational thinking is all that's needed for the situation.