[goldstategop]

I suspect it will never become law, which is good news. What's even more good news is to see the Democrats run against seniors and managed care in an election year. This Republican and his elderly father both belong to an HMO. Guess who I will vote for next year and isn't going to be Nikita Dean!

[LS]

It will become law. Get used to it. That's not all bad: there are small market reforms built in. I always maintain that all the market needs is to be on the playing field, not an "even" playing field, and it will destroy socialism.

But another way to see this is that this bill will totally bankrupt the system, and force a REAL reform sooner rather than later, perhaps with a 60-vote GOP Senate lead.

[untwist]

The current bill will not be put into effect as it is. This is political maneuvering but the poison pill for the democrats is any movement toward privatization. This will be their doom. Our country will move in the coming years to a privatized system or we will collapse. I am confident that we will not collapse.