Reply #51: I don't have a crystal ball,

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and maybe this bill will ultimately improve our health care delivery system, but I'm not feeling real confident. I certainly don't identify with Jim Demint, because his opposition to the bill is based on a completely different mindset, but I do oppose the bill as it stands. I would have much preferred a single-payer system. It just seems to me that it would be so much simpler and cost-effective for us all to pay our taxes, whatever our income allows, and for us all to have equal access to health care.

Maybe this very flawed piece of legislation is a good first step and maybe it isn't. If it fails, then we'll just have to try again later and maybe remember the lessons from this time. I guess I really am a socialist...