Yes, This is Really what I Believe about the Opponents of Healthcare Reform

[pizzuti]

We've gone over the suffering that people without access to health insurance face

Comments

[not_a_freak]

The "anti-obamacare" side isn't so much presenting an attitude of "I don't want to share my privelege" as much as one of "I'm afraid that this will ultimately, indirectly, take my privelege away

[pizzuti]

There is no "system of government insurance" in Obama care or any legislation that has passed.

There is no free option. The Public Option failed.

Either I am grossly misinterpreting what you are saying, or you are talking about a different healthcare proposal from the one that actually passed.

At its core, the healthcare law that passed says that

1) everyone must buy health insurance from an existing private health insurance company
2) the government will help pay the costs for people who cannot otherwise afford it
3) health insurance companies are no longer allowed to cancel plans for patients who get sick or refuse to cover someone who is sick already; they must take everyone who wants it

Again, there is no public plan.

[not_a_freak]

Right. I know the public option failed this time. But 1) the paranoia I'm seeing around me is that the passing of this bill is a stepping stone toward not just a public option but an ultimate intended goal of single-payer. and 2) your third point just reinforces that private insurance costs WILL go up out of the necessity to cover pre-existing conditions.

[pizzuti]

Under a single-payer system, Americans would actually be paying a lower percentage of their incomes towards healthcare than they do now, so I'm not sure if the "slippery slope toward single-payer" argument is compelling

Too Close to Reality

[poimen]

Matt, you've hit it so close to the mark that it blows away the fascist cravings of Limbaugh, Henney, and Beck

[firemaplesong]

Thanks, Matt- and the others for the forum.