Actually, you're quite an idiot.
This is no "socialist takeover". You loving rednecks have no idea whatsoever about what's in the bill, so perhaps you should read it before you speak out of your collective ass.
Every other single leading industrial country has universal healthcare. This bill doesn't even guarantee that; it's just a start.
The point is that it was passed. America now has a chance at not being ass-backward when it comes to healthcare.
The bill is far from perfect. The public option doesn't even exist anymore, so there isn't a government run insurance option. This means that there is no competition for monopolizing insurance companies, and they are able to raise premiums simply because they want to. The bill promises controls on that, and also stops various immoral and now illegal practices of insurance companies.
The point is that this bill can be added to and amended in the future. It's a start, and we'll eventually get a healthcare system that can actually be compared with Canada, UK, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, France, etc.
And just so you guys really know you're full of stuff: you're repeating the exact same arguments verbatim that were used against Medicare and Medicaid 50 years ago.
I'd like to see you people say Medicare and Medicaid should be abolished.
Also, pretty much everything in the bill that's a direct help to large insurance companies was put in by Republican members of congress, or are the remnants of things that would control them that were taken out by Republicans.
My god, I actually thought this thread was going to hell till I got here. Thank you Inverted and Ephialtes.
You all are seriously biased by your parents and their standpoints. Go shove it up your ass, and go on with your life, cause you certainly will not deal in politics anytime soon.
And I liked the part about Glenn Beck Ephi. :D
