I might add VK, that your stressing of imaginative items that oppose the "bill" forgets that our President is not very forthcoming on this issue either...

His constant misrepresnetation of how many are uninsured.....and recently his constant talk about how you can keep your insurance if you like it...

"The most consequential misrepresentation in the health care debate is when Obama and other supporters claim that if people like their doctor and their insurance plan, they will get to keep them. The reason for the heavy stress on that reassurance is the belief that health care reform that jeopardizes what people currently have isn't going anywhere.

The promise is false, however, even by the terms of the committee bills. Existing plans are grandfathered in, but only for five years. After that, they have to meet the new federal mandates, whatever they turn out to be. In the interim, they can accept no new enrollees."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...ger_97989.html

This same writer makes this point...

"The heart of the Obama reform, supported by virtually all congressional Democrats, is to treat health insurance companies as national public utilities. The federal government would determine the benefit packages they could offer. Pricing decisions would be strictly limited and profits capped."