With all due respect Ken, I've yet any legislation made by a government agency concerning massive, sweeping change where the predictions have actually come true. In most instances, the costs have gone up, dramatically.

Oh, and I believe that BCBS of Michigan (your favorite health insurer) gets a multi-million dollar paycheck under the legislation in question.

Im ny opinion, Anyone who thinks that the insurance companies have been "brought to heel" because of this legislation is kidding themselves. From everything I've read, they're the ones who had a hand in actually crafting the bill in the first place.

I predict Topper's insurance costs will go up.

Unintended consequences suck!

^ #24

Great post, bloody. A voice of reason.

HD,

I predict, you are correct, PLUS my taxes will also probably go up!! but at least I will not have to commit fraud to get insurance like I had to do last summer....

I also predict US health care companies will still make PLENTY of money... The only people that will get F'd are the same one that are being F'd now That would be about all of us...

Of course the insurers and the drug companies will make out, our gubmint just created 20-47 million new customers for them. There will always be creative ways to over bill for services for insurance companies. If they can't raise premiums then they will just add fees and call it "admin fees" "processing fees". No different than any other business. All this bill does is waste more taxpayer money by creating more useless government jobs and worthless committees.

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Are you kidding me?

Civil War?

We're all Getting F'd.

That is bullS**t.

There was a saying back in the 60's

Love it or leave it.

Still Applies!

God Bless America!

Civil war?

bust the closed shop AMA union!

import foreign doctors to work at half the price.

no mention of this obvious step in the bill.

AMA = massive lobby by any chance???? yup.

47. Author: zapgr

"There was a saying back in the 60’s

Love it or leave it.

Still Applies!"

The people that need to leave are the ones who don't like it the way it has been...liberal Democrats in congress.

A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFIRMARY

Take a number please

This thing is going to the Supreme Court . . . It's gonna get ugly . . .

if you didn't have any insurance would you go fight for it..?? What if you got hurt in battle..??