My party is poised to ram this health insurance bill down my throat

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. . . and I'm just exhausted with outrage over the fact that I'll be FORCED to buy into a system which I'm not convinced I can afford. Not a thing has been done about the high deductibles which make every policy I'm privy to just a facade of coverage. Yet, it appears that I'll be forced to come up with money I don't have for even my present collection of obligations - in a decade of economic downturn and upheaval - for coverage that I'll end up paying out of pocket for in the end if I use it and pay for even if I don't want it. The kicker is that the IRS will be the ones I'll be indebted to in the end. All of this after Congress works to pare the benefits and price controls in the bill down just to pass it. I never asked for this.

Completely messed up that Democrats' opposition to provisions in these bills is being lumped in with republican obstruction and dismissed as just another obstacle to these elites' political victory. They don't have a thing to lose financially and are determined to pass this thing and proceed to tell us how much better off we all are. I wonder what the economic effect will be from folks who are forced to add these costs to their family budget? Where's this money going to come from??!!

Well, for the folks who say they'll benefit from this legislation, congratulations. I probably won't see a dime of health care out of it, but after it passes. "It's not all about me," but I'm sure I'll be paying for those who will benefit. I sincerely hope their high expectations pan out. Me? They're going to MAKE me pay for lousy health insurance that I don't want and can't afford right now. I'll probably never get over that. I'm sure they'll tell me from their elevated, subsidized perches that I should be just fine. I guess they'll all huddle together and decide that we'll all be just fine with whatever they finally pass. We've been lied to all the way along and compromised down to the point where most folks accept that this is the best they can do for us. What a joke. Billions for war, billions for banks and a miserly pittance for public health care. I know, I know . . . just shut up and fall in line while our Democratic leadership bulldozes this thing through.