Reply #4: You are missing my point

[Armstead]

yes there some good things in the bill.

But the fundamental structure locks us into the status quo, and prevents any possibility of actual improvements down the line.

As I said above, if the issue was how much reform were enactred now,I could accept something with a very low bar.

But THIS BILL IS DESTRUCTIVE. It does more harm than good. It will make it impossible to get anything else in the future, by its very nature. It embeds a bad system with mandates that force people to buy private insurance. We can't ever come back and expand Medicare or offer anything better.