tigger
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I'm not arguing with any of that. The money they had to throw around, favors, etc is disgusting. Stupak even extorted an executive order out of Obama (to block federal funds from paying for abortions) because he couldn't get his outrageous amendment in. Again, if this had been done 9 months ago I think a lot of that would've been avoided.And how much pork was thrown around to pass it? It is a large, dense, and complicated piece of legislation meant to provide soundbites for politicians. Costs will not be lowered and benefits will be illusory.
Hell I don't even like the plan. Without public option it's half-ass at best. I want true universal coverage, but this is at least something that can be worked with. Costs will probably be capped and then they'll say they've been "lowered". Coverage (for a majority of Americans, iirc) will be government subsidized. So nearly everyone should have healthcare. Plus no more people getting dropped by their provider and going bankrupt. Considering 60% of bankruptcies in the US are blamed on medical bills, I'd call that a tangible benefit as well.
The real solution is universal coverage, but that's socialist and bad, so we can't have that. Even though it would be an improvement over this legislation and the status quo. Lower costs, massively reduced bureaucracy, private insurance if you want it, true 100% coverage, etc etc etc.