Reply #426: Basis of the law is mandated purchase of private insurance

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that is a FACT.
All the other regulations included in the bill can be changed MUCH more easily than the framework.
The only control on corporations would be the threat of people choosing another method of healthcare delivery...which is why single-payer was taken off the table before the debate even started and the COMPROMISE...public option...was dropped.
If the Republicans DO take control, they will be getting rid of many of the admittedly progressive regulations but the mandates will be going nowhere.
Why do you think the Insurance industry is backing the Republicans now? They got something Republicans never would have been able to pass and now they want the rest of the stuff that Democrats held their noses in order to get gone as well.

We ARE disagreeing with outcomes because I wanted an outcome that actually presented an alternative to for-profit healthcare delivery.