I always love when CON$ argue both sides of an issue.
First they argue the public option will be more expensive because the gov does everything more expensive than the private sector.
But then they argue the public option will be so inexpensive the private sector insurance will disappear because it will not be able to compete because the gov does not have to make a profit.
So we have the CON$ arguing that gov run health care will be both cheaper and more expensive at the same time.
The gov can use taxpayer money to eliminate the competition (make it less than private sector insurance, CHEAPER). Once the competition is eliminated, raise the fees (taxes, MORE EXPENSIVE) to whatever 'the gov' claims it needs to cover the 'costs' (that includes all the administrative costs for departments added for all the paybacks owed to supporters that are not in the medical field).
This man is now telling the religious community that they have a 'moral obligation' to support 'his' plan; this is the same man that said it was above his pay grade to determine when life begins. The same man that said it is acceptable to perform human experimentation, that people should be made for human experimentation only, and if not used for experimentation, they should be killed (embryonic stem cell research). This is the same man that voted against giving a child that survived an abortion any form of assistance(leave the child alone, uncovered, without any form of nourishment until he dies (on his own) Now, he wants to be able to say when life should stop (at least for those that need medical assistance).
There is no addressing encouraging competition in the medical insurance areas (across state lines) in this bill.
There is no addressing of tort reform to reduce the lawsuits on the medical profession.
There is no addressing of medical savings accounts (tax-free).
There is no addressing of no ongoing treatment for illegal aliens.
There is no addressing that this plan will create a national identification system (using a medical identification #) that will give all your personal information (description, blood type, DNA, bank account # required by one bill) to the gov and anyone that has access to this national database (freedome of information act).
It does not address taxpayer's monies will not be used to perform abortions (against many religions).
It does address giving power to gov to select the schools that will teach medicine and who (their version of diversity) will be able to become medical professionals.
It does address that if or when a person's insurance changes that, at that point, that person will be forced onto the gov insurance.
It does address the gov having the power to 'advise' 'customers' on their living choices (weight, smoking, children).
In my humble opinion, this 'plan' is to change this country from a republic to a tyranny run by people that THINK they know more than the rest of us. It will hurt the medical industry (along with the entire country), not help it.