Reply #33: It's difficult when what is right must fight against the profit motive.

[tclambert]

The insurance companies have lots of money they can budget to fight against what they know is right. This issue has become a revealing test of democracy versus plutocracy. Something like 70% of American voters favor health care reform. Now we find out if voters matter more than money.

And where have the big corporations gone who support a public option? Part of the driving force behind the issue came from companies complaining they had to pay for health insurance that their foreign competitors did not. I remember GM saying it added $1500 to the price of every car, $1500 that Japanese and German carmakers did not have to pay.