Reply #82: Health insurance does not equal health care [View All]

[dflprincess]

This scam still allows large out of pocket expenses that will continue to drive Americans to bankruptcy. Nothing, absolutely nothing, in this bill guarantees that most of us will be able to afford care when we need it.

Health insurance is not affordable now and the Insurance Profit Protection Act is not going to make it any cheaper "in a couple years". The CBO estimates that while there will be an intial drop in people with no insurance, that number wil begin to climb again almost immediately (and it makes no estimates on how many more will be underinsured). In 10 years we're going to right back where we started - maybe even worse off as Congress passed and Obama signed a bill that does nothing but dig the insurance companies in deeper and still leaves us lacking the care we need.

As far as Obama fighting? Please, he rolled over before negotiations even began. And, up until Clinton, I don't recall many Democratic presidents being so willing to sell us out to their corporate masters.