The complicated nature of the various versions of the health reform bill are so cumbersome, nobody can fathom what will be the end product.  All we get are half-truths and pieces of the puzzle along with politicized commentaries.  When the puzzle is finally assembled into something that gets passed (if it does), I think it is likely that it will be a monster with effects that we won’t fully realize for several years down the road.

In the meantime everyone has their own perspective as to what is in the bills, what is wrong with the Senate and House versions, and a lot of fear as to what kind of monster is being created.

And that paragraph from Talk Left, Pat, is remarkably honest but seriously illogical.  Why should any American be expected to buy into this when:

IT DOESN”T SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

Big Tent Dem needs to have his or her head examined.  Buy into legislation at a cost that will break our backs and we don’t get reform or cost containments and people are still left uninsured?  And please, let’s not forget how women are treated under this “historical bill.” 

I’ve got news for these people.  This will be the end of the Democratic Party for a long, long time.  And I’m not one to think the Republicans are going to “save” us.

This is the screwing of America.  And people will not forget.

Thanks for the toon, Pat.

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It’s Simple: Medicare for All
http://www.healthcare-now.org/its-simple-medicare-for-all/

By George S. McGovern for the Washington Post –
For many years, a handful of American political leaders — including the late senator Ted Kennedy and now President Obama — have been trying to gain passage of comprehensive health care for all Americans. As far back as President Harry S. Truman, they have urged Congress to act on this national need. In a presentation before a joint session of Congress last week, Obama offered his view of the best way forward.
But what seems missing in the current battle is a single proposal that everyone can understand and that does not lend itself to demagoguery. If we want comprehensive health care for all our citizens, we can achieve it with a single sentence: Congress hereby extends Medicare to all Americans.

Those of us over 65 have been enjoying this program for years. I go to the doctor or hospital of my choice, and my taxes pay all the bills. It’s wonderful. But I would have appreciated it even more if my wife and children and I had had such health-care coverage when we were younger. I want every American, from birth to death, to get the kind of health care I now receive. Removing the payments now going to the insurance corporations would considerably offset the tax increase necessary to cover all Americans.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2010/01/04/democratic-leaders-plan-secret-health-reform-deliberations.html