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Originally Posted by Bucco
I am curious about something. Can you, at this time, tell us what part of this bill makes you believe that it is as "monumentally important" as others and MOST IMPORTANTLY since answering the first question would be difficult since what is in the bill is the big mystery, but more importantly, what this bill will do for health care costs which is what the big problem is right now ?
Thanks
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The bill which is now near vote is not a mystery. This morning it contains the provisions I outlined above.
It is monumental for at least these reasons:
- as a civilized nation, our health care system is primitive, outrageously wasteful and unjust;
- after repeated efforts for many years Congress, frozen in their politics and special interests, might nevertheless make some real forward steps toward solving this problem;
- we will finally begin to get health care costs under control. All of the arguments about the proposed health care reform causing economic collapse can be countered by even more compelling data showing what will happen to health care costs and the economy if reform is not started.
Because the structure for beginning to regulate the insurance companies, shift a larger share of the costs to very high earning investors and earners, and control medicare abuse is fundamental to this bill, I believe we will see health care costs stabilize before the end of the decade, (not bad when some of the controls don't take effect until 2018). Within only a year or two, I believe the health care crisis will no longer be a the 'hot button' issue, and even some Republicans will begrudgingly admit that the costs are not what had been predicted or feared.