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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
The government has just delivered millions of new customers to the insurance companies by mandating that the uninsured purchase insurance. Oh sure they're being subsidized by the government, but the insurers who are the root of the problem are the end recipients of those government subsidies.
It really doesn't do a whole lot to end the insurance companies stranglehold on our health care system. The public option is so watered down and weak that it doesn't do anything to actually solve any problems. It was done in an attempt to appease Republicans, and now when it doesn't work, they're going to scream "SEE WE TOLD YOU SO!"
It's like solving the homeless problem by passing a law stating that all the homeless people need to buy houses.
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Ok, got it. Personally, in my mind Obama is just attempting to create a legacy for himself via this healthcare bill. He does not care if he wins 2012. He does not care about a public option. He will move along in 2012 and write books until he is old and gray. At any rate, that opinion is soley my own. As it stands now Lieberman said he will not vote this bill in. Apparently Lieberman's vote is needed. Just another government snafu!