Excellent points 3derot.
There should be a public option plan. It makes sense. The Repubs claim to love competition so much... this is competition for godssake!!
The Repubs are infuriating sometimes, becasue so many are so obviously controlled by their corporate overlords.
I don't care if there's a $3000.00 per year deductible.
As long as there's reasonable insurance (maybe $800 to $1200 a year) so that somebody can't get screwed over if they have a 'pre-existing condition', then its all gravy.
Sometimes I can't believe i live in a society that allows the whole pre-existing condition scam. One of my buddies is caught in that trap. He had some liver condition before he got insurance, so now, ANYTHING having to do with that (which is his only medical problem) is not covered. America sucks sometimes. Its the best place in the world if you're fabulously wealthy, but not so good if you just want to be middle class.