[theoddz]

Originally Posted by Jess

While the list of goodies above regarding insurance reform ( I truly don't see this as healthcare reform) is all good.. I see no where limits being placed on insurance companies for what they can charge or how often they can increase. That is one of the greater issues I have with this bill. It is NOT what Mr Obama wanted. It is not what our country needs. It may be a start, but until insurance companies get capped and until pharmecuticals have shorter limits set on the time before drugs can be made generically, then we are still at their mercy. Until malpractice suits stop making decisions for our medical professionals and until more med students become general practioners again instead of cosmetic surgeons ( because that is where the big bucks vs low risk is), we are still at their mercy.

Frankly, this country and the folks running it have forgotten what "mercy" really means.

I so totally agree with you, Jess, but like you said, it's "a start" in the right direction. I would have liked to have seen this bill go waaaaaay further. In fact, I'd have liked to have seen a single payer system be implemented, right off the bat. Thing is, too many people have been making far too much money for far too long and they won't be giving it up overnight and certainly not without a huge ol' fight!! Just this little big of legislation in the right direction has big insurance chafing at the bit and throwing millions of their ill-begotten "blood money" into the grist mills of lies and misinformation systems, such as Faux/Fox News. It's working, too....just look at all the people who mistakenly believe that their taxes are going to go through the roof, instead of actually being lowered. Until that blood money is wrested from the grips of the fat cats, we won't see true health reform, but slow-acting hybrids and "half dones", until the job is done.

Mother says, "How do you eat an elephant??......One bite at a time."

~Theo~