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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (66890)12/16/2009 9:19:04 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
And yet, it will keep costs to the average family from rising five fold over the next 7 years. It will ban denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions. It will insure another 30 million people. It will reduce the nations long term deficits, but holding the line on costs, versus the status quo which guarantees continued steep cost increases to both citizens and our Fed budget. And it will reduce the number of bankruptcies due to health care costs from 2/3 to something far lower.

There's a lot to like. It's not 100% of what you wanted, but it's at least 70-80%. Don't be an Arafat. No one ever gets 100% of what they want in Congress.