Frontline (PBS) to look at the health care bill

[Speck Tater]

Can Daily Kos accept the truth about the healthcare bill?
by nyceve

Tue Apr 13, 2010 at 06:09:51 AM PDT

The passage of President Obama's health care reform in late March made for great political theater but little else.

You don't need to believe what I say, but if you still harbor illusions about this legislation and why it is likely to bite democrats bigtime, you should watch Obama's Deal on FRONTLINE tonight on PBS.

Now that it's passed, and it's the bad law of the land, many of us will continually revisit the reality of healthcare in America. It remains a privilege not a right, and even after the legislation is fully implemented, your ability to pay will determine the quality of the care you receive.

Even when if the exchanges are up and running, by then skyrocketing premiums will virtually guarantee that all but the most affluent, will be forced to buy low actuarial value junk insurance. Will you have a contract called insurance? Yes. You'll have insurance in name only, which may or may not keep you from financial ruin. Stay tuned, no one really knows.

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