Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>They should have gone to Canada where everything is free.

>Our system is not the best, but the present bill in Congress is even worse.

I say the bill they will pass soon will be an improvement. The CBO
finished their analysis today and it was described thusly
in the Huffington Post:

"Comprehensive health care reform will cost the federal
government $940 billion over a ten-year period, but will increase
revenue and cut other costs by a greater amount, leading to a
reduction of $130 billion in the federal deficit over the same
period, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget
Office, a Democratic source tells HuffPost. It will cut the
deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next ten years."

The source said it also extends Medicare's solvency by at least
9 years and reduces the rate of its growth by 1.4 percent, while
closing the doughnut hole for seniors, meaning there will no
longer be a gap in coverage of medication. The CBO also estimated
it would extend coverage to 32 million additional people."

I say that's a significant improvement. It could be more
comprehensive, more universal and more fair, but it levels
out the present unequal healthcare problem to a significant
degree.

Steve