Reply #42: Yes they do spout off.

[Jakes Progress]

Have you ever filled out SCHIP forms? I guess not since they are done several times a year.

I'm not the one who doesn't know what they are talking about. I'm glad you are literate. That means you won't be one of the hundreds of people who come to the center where I volunteer by helping them work with dozens of prying and invasive forms for a variety of government and insurance and legal and medical reasons. I know the forms. I know that they will be used to deny help. But then, what's that to you if you get yours.

And the answer is that the "subsidies" that will come from other's tax money to help pay for your insurance will not be enough. First there is the cost of the service. Then there is the cost of the pharmaceuticals (which have already been promised that they can keep their 2,000% margin of profit) then there is the profit for the insurance companies which covers the advertising, bribery (I mean lobbying), salaries, and bonuses for the very rich.

As for not having a clue. The clue is found somewhere further out than the six inches in front of the face of those who are solely concerned about their own benefit and who lack the ability to see that this whole thing is a stalling tactic by those who will use you and your money. A strong public option would be good for many. But most will continue to live in fear of each cough and every slip. The whole thing is a scam without the single payer method that you think is so impossible. So if it is impossible, buy a ticket to France. Even with public option, your life won't get any better and your chances of escaping the burden of debt that illness can bring will not improve. So don't yell single payer. Don't whisper it. Don't even think about it. Without it, people with the situation you describe are screwed. But don't roil the waters. Don't upset those in power.

I know that the administration and the party sold us out on single payer. My comments were about what should be. I already know what will be. Au Revoir.