What a SURPRISE!

[elmariachi]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

Should we then prohibit ANY business from providing any health care above and beyond a set Government standard? This is a ludicrous argument.

Here is the biggest misconception about this whole damn plan. Once the government steps in with the standardized and subsidized plan, my company and most others are going to STOP offering healthcare because it COSTS THEM TOO MUCH. At present, it costs me $140/mo for my entire family of 5 to be insured with BCBS. My company also contributes $1003 on their behalf as an EMPLOYMENT benefit. They will STOP doing this once the ObamaCare takes effect because THEY WON'T HAVE TO.

Why is so hard to understand that what this administration is proposing might make healthcare available to everyone equally, but it will take those of us already enjoying existing plans and diminish our benefits drastically. I have earned the right to have a best-in-class health plan without having to pay the rockstar rate. I can assure you what the administration is proposing will NEVER match my plan benefits. All of this is yet another attempt to rob from the rich to give to the poor. Well I was once poor and I have worked my a$$ off for 25 years to get what I have, so why can't everyone else do that???

I made more money AND PAID MORE TAXES last year from my regular job than either Obama, Pelosi, Reid or Kennedy made from their salaries as public servants. Why is it again that I will be forced into the government plan and they won't?