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On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 11:46:09 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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They passed the bill they though they could hold all 60 democratic
votes with. If they had leaned any more to the left they would have
walked away with nothing. I still think nothing may have been better
and take another swing at it.
The real problem is that the insurance companies bribed enough
democrats that their success was going to be assured. Everything else
was window dressing. All this bill did was deliver 20 million more
paying customers to the insurers. There was no help with the price and
the taxpayer picked up a little more of it. The money still goes to
the same weasels you guys hate.

No, that's not "all it did." That's just a talking point and has no basis
in
reality.


There are lots of things in that bill but in the end they all funnel
right into the same pipe. There is still no alternative to the
existing insurance/medco establishment so there is no reason to expect
any savings.
I am not defending the GOP position but the democrats caved into it
anyway because they couldn't hold 60 senators either if they tried
public option.


There was never a serious plan to replace the existing establishment. Again,
that's just right-wing paranoia. No single payer legislation was every
seriously considered... and I'm not defending that either.

Public opinion is actually in favor of much better legislation and much more
in line with a single payer system when you break it down into
understandable language.