Reply #70: Speaking of premises

[suffragette]

Your first few sentences would ring true if we were discussing single payer since then we would be talking about a basic right of equal healthcare.

But that's not this bill. This bill is insurance reform with different plans for different people.

And asking those who have somewhat decent insurance to be penalized to bring them down to the level of others is the wrong direction.

I hate this terminology of Cadillac and gold-plated, especially since it is being applied to middle class workers who made major concessions just to achieve an adequate level of coverage . It reminds me of Reagan terminology and a similar pitting of the have-nots against the have-not-much-mores.

And the people denying coverage aren't those who have to buy these damn plans, they're the insurance company employees who deny claims. If you want to look to where the Cadillacs and the gold-plating really are, look there and apply some additional taxation there.