[Matman]

As it is now, if we let things stay the same, the cost of HC will continue to rise as it has been for a decade, way before "Obamacare". We will pay more and more money for less and less coverage.

So you start at the root cause of this increase, which is too many uninsured people. These people already seek healthcare, so having them insured is not going to cause the demand to go up. My point is we already pay for them, why not do it in a way that will decrease our own costs? Will also allow for more well paying jobs, with good benefits. Is everything in the bill good? Not in my opinion, there are things I dont like. However, I think the rewards outway the cons in this instance.

Well this is where we differ. I think we drastically need an overhaul of our HC system. However I do not believe it is purely due to the uninsured. It comes down to the bloated salaries of Insurance companies, overpaid doctors, pill mills, law suits, and a lack of self responsibility. Our nation is full of over weight and obese individuals. We are a nation of high risk citizens. We eat fast food, drink gallons of soda, and sit on our butts all day. Then we wonder why we pay so much for health care. Its because we don't care about our health. I know hospitals charge what insurance will pay. It can be different from patient to patient depending on their insurance. They do this because you have people deciding what is needed and what is not needed that do not have a clue about treatment. Before I got an MRI on my back they dad to do an Xray. They even said the xray will not show anything that I needed an MRI. But they had to do it because the insurance company required it. That is just crazy.