I havent had the chance to read over all the nuances of the new Bill, however, as a health care worker I'm glad to see steps be made to insure all Americans. The legislation passed does not resemble the Canadian health care model, nor does it resemble the French model. From what I'm seeing the model is somewhat unique in that private insurance is still marketable.
I've been on an Health Insurance Benefits Committee for several years. Health Insurance is the main reason I've stayed at my employment. My wife is a diabetic and it's the #1 priority for me.
What scares me about this is that I'm not sure anyone knows what is in this Bill. I always said if a Bill was done right, it would benefit everyone. I was hoping for the best, but (as you stated) time will tell... but my gut feeling is this is not the best.
At our employment, Our Third Party Administrators were really concerned about the first version and what it would do to them. As a health care worker, have you been told anything that would scare you?
Last we heard this bill will not affect our plan at work.
I have a friend that is not able to afford insurance on his wife and we'll see if this changes that. I doubt it and he does too. He's sure he'll have to foot the bill. I do know, costs are going up and a lot of it (per the Hospital reps we talk to locally) is do to people without insurance and not able to pay their bills.
I do like the no pre-existing condition rule in this bill, but what cost will that have on the plans.
I think to do this right, we need to have someone (that is very knowledgable to the health industry but neutral at the same time) come up with the bill. Not politicians!
As for what Pelosi said... nothing amazes me anymore..
