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To: SilentZ who wrote (749941)	10/28/2013 4:30:30 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By Bilow Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574746

Z, If a couple percent of the population pay an extra thousand a year, but most people pay less and tens of millions get insurance that they otherwise wouldn't have at all, is that an acceptable outcome for you? Give me a break. Most people are going to end up paying more. That includes those who had to buy their own insurance anyway, and that will include those who are already covered via their employers or unions. This is the "sticker shock" that you see being reported in the media these days. ObamaCare would have never passed if people knew how much it would have cost them. I know YOU would have still supported it, but not those who, if presented with the true costs, would start to question whether to trust the government with such an ambitious and expensive program. Now that people know, what are you going to tell them? That most people will end up paying less for their insurance? LOL. That more people who didn't have insurance before will now be covered? That's a more valid argument, but then you'd have to dismiss the opinions of those who would have never supported it if they knew how much it would have cost them. And you would have to dismiss them in the way that I mentioned before. Rates going up? Too bad, you can afford it. Think about those who can't. It's the major conceit of liberals, that they think they are better judges of what to do with other people's money. Tenchusatsu