"Obama suggested he wouldn't object as long as it 'doesn't put additional burdens on middle-class families.'"

Well isn't that sweet. Never mind that that's exactly what it's going to do. The government option is going to have to ration care in order to satisfy its goals of getting care to a wider swath of the population - the poor - who don't tend to be able to have the means or, perhaps, the inclination to take care of themselves and keeping costs down. At the same time, the government, or rather the Democrats, want to "compete" with private companies to "incentivize" them to lower costs. In reality, of course, they'd rather see everyone become dependent on the plan, so that people are encouraged to vote for them to expand the benefit schemes, slowly, year after year. So the private companies are going to see themselves undercut, and hospitals are going to see regulations forcing them to accept HillaryObamaCare. Private companies go into the premium market, selling supplemental coverage to the people who can afford it, and most middle class employers drop the health benefits on the grounds that they're paying into the public coffers for the public plan anyway. The Democrats won't make a peep because it means more people have signed up for their latest tax-and-spend scheme to generate an additional constituency, and the Republicans will bumble.

And the middle class takes the hit, because they won't be able to afford the premium care. The Democrats' base wins, everyone else loses or gets snookered into losing.

I doubt if what you say is true, but IF it were...since Canada and the EU deliver a much higher quality of care and outcomes, and at ONE HALF the cost we do, then we will all benefit from this "scheme" you have dreamed up, you IDIOT.

Your right to exploit me to the point of killing the chickens to get the eggs is not going to stand...because it brings you down too, although you are too slap damn stupid to know it.

Sorry Nike, I mean Candoxx, you are wrong on this and Hellifiknow is right. You are surely naive to believe that Canada and the EU has superior healthcare. Cheaper, yes, better, I doubt it.

YOU

READ MY LIPS--YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!!

we should have had healthcare since Bill and Hillary

only the medical field and the insurance companies win

people on the hill are bought off

To the original letter writer:

I am not poor, I am a middle class woman, I need health care reform and a public option. My cost: premiums (employer based), Rxs (7 of them), and co-pays comes to about $350/month, I have a chronic pre-existing condition and am only 53 years old. Your assumptions are just that, assumptions. Yes, the middle class is being hurt NOW!

Are Health Insurance companies that pump out obscene profits because they do not have to compete in the market since their customers and their users are not the same people.

That overhead that we pay for is what we get. Overhead.