Obama care for his owners. Period.

I think one of the big problems with this whole discussion is that there is no "Obamacare." Anyone reading the news knows that, in an effort to avoid the the mistakes of Hillarycare, Obama decided to let Congress craft healthcare reform, and to date, has offered very little specific guidance about what it would take for him to sign off.

As of now, there is no such thing as Obamacare.

I guess the question that I have about the whole thing is "will I get what I pay for?"

The debate on this issue is filled with hyperbole, misstatements of fact and mischaracterizations on BOTH sides of the issue. Rational discussion is being drowned out by screams of death councils and socialism.

It's time to sit back, take a deep breath and see what this bill is really all about.

I encourage everyone to do their own independent research on this issue (don't bother with the political talking points and talking heads--they have their own agenda!)

This bill is indeed a bad one, but it isn't because the bill will usher in a Western European type of healthcare system. A public option would actually be far better than the bill currently being debated.

This really shouldn't be a debate about public versus private health care options. The truth is that the public option was taken off the table by Obama. What is left over is a proposal for taxpayer funded subsidies for private healthcare providers.

People under this bill will be forced to choose which for profit healthcare provider they want to take. Health insurance will no longer be optional, it will be mandatory.

If you can't afford any of the private health insurance plans, the government will pick one for you and they will then front you the money to buy the policy. But you will still have to pay all the premiums, the co-pays, and the high deductibles.

This bill is nothing more than corporate welfare cloaked in the guise of social welfare. This reminds me a lot of Bush's Medicare Part D bill, which was nothing more than a huge taxpayer funded giveaway to the pharmaceutical industry.

Obama's economic team is planning to reduce funding into Medicare, that will only leave government aid to private insurance companies. Worse yet, the government is going to force the taxpayers to pay for all of it without pressing for cost controls and no guarantees of coverage from any of the participating private insurers. Some will go uninsured despite the fact that their taxpayer dollars are funding the system!

Such health insurance mandates in the past at the state level have created large increases in the price of coverage (due to the fact that the insurers gain a captive market for services). This will mean lower quality service and higher costs for both the government and the individual citizen. The healthcare companies however will reap a bonanza, all at our expense.

Meanwhile the national debt continues to rise towards unprecedented levels--and the American people have nothing to show for it. Just a lower standard of living.

A lot of people think that this bill will create a massive new public healthcare bureaucracy, but it DOES NOT do that. It is mostly yet another massive taxpayer funded giveaway to the health care industry. It doesn't do much to solve the problem of spiraling costs, nor will it improve the quality of care. Most don't really understand this--that's why I encourage everyone to research the bill (HR 3200) and come to an informed opinion about it. This will have a direct impact on all of us.

Obama Health Care proposals are a disaster in the making for American consumers/taxpayers both in terms of quality and cost.

Government has no incentive to have good quality of healthcare.
Who wants to be put on a Government waiting list for cancer treatments and have some bureaucrat in Washington decide whether you are worthy of a pacemaker, liver transplant or an appendectomy?
What's to prevent Government from favoring Obama supporters over his opponents in terms of getting treatment?
The IRS will look compassionate next to Obama Care.
Research and Development has no incentive to grow with a take it or leave it system in place.
Employers are already looking for a way to dump insurance of their employees right on to you The taxpayer. Nothing is ever so expensive especially in hidden costs as when Washington politicians get their claws into the picture. Turning 16 percent of the economy over to Washington bureaucrats ought to frighten anyone that is concerned about future health care .
The same Government that has given us FEMA's handling of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the bungled wasteful taxpayer bailouts of inefficiently run businesses now wants to get into your pocket again. Just say no to the red tape bureaucratic nightmare that is Obama Health Care.