Here's an article from the most recent issue of the AARP Bulletin.

Basically, Congress and the special interests are still so early in the "discussion" stages of any kind of legislation, that there really is very little for us to argue about here.

Then, when all gets said and done, the question of whether we can afford whatever plan is put on the table will remain. All I can say is that it would be a shame--an indictment of our system, really--if the most developed country in the world can't come up with an affordable way to provide healthcare to almost 20% of it's population.

Here's the article explaining how early in the process we really are...

http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/...lthreform.html