I can't disagree on the sentiment regarding expanding access. However, to me, that goes hand in hand with reducing costs. If no meaningful effort is going to be made to reduce costs in conjunction with a bill this massive, it will ultimately be self-defeating. The country simply can't afford it. Them's just the facts. There are those who realize what kind of financial shape we are in, and what that bodes for the future - and those who seem not to. We're one reckless program like this away from a sequel to the '30's.
BAC is right - the healthcare/pharma industry wrote this bill, just like they wrote the prescription drug bill a decade ago. Not only does the bill not seek meaningful cost reduction - it actively seeks to keep prices high in some cases.
No one disputes that the biggest problem with health coverage is that it costs too much; it's one of the main reasons we have so many uninsured in the 1st place, and why companies have been dropping coverage for working Americans for years. What kind of gov't do we have when the biggest piece of health legislation in years does not really address the #1 problem with healthcare, and rewards those who are responsible for that?
