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Even without the public option, which can be added on to the current legislative framework later if we stay on the ball and scrape up the votes for it, we're still getting community rating and subsidies for low- and middle-income families. That's huge. Ten years ago this bill would have seemed a godsend. The fact that it doesn't now is a reflection of higher aspirations from the left, and that's great. It demonstrates a resurgence of liberalism that's long overdue. But this is still a huge achievement that will benefits tens of millions of people in very concrete ways and will do it without expanding our long-term deficit. Either with or without a public option, this is more than Bill Clinton ever did, more than Teddy Kennedy did, more than LBJ did, more than Truman did, and more than FDR did. There won't be many other times in our lives any of us will be able to say that. So pass the bill. The longer we wait, the worse it will get. Pass it now.

AMEN!

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/12/healthcares-home-stretch


And one of the comments:

"This imperfect bill gets us to something pretty closely resembling universal health insurance via the use of nearly a trillion bucks of public money. And health insurance companies will no longer be able to deny you coverage based on your medical history. That's HUGE. And health insurance companies will no longer be able to charge you higher premiums based on your medical history. That's huge, too. And health insurance companies will no longer be able to cancel your coverage for some flimsy excuse like than can, now. Again, huge. And we'll now have a federally-regulated framework -- the exchanges -- that effectively ends job lock, and helps small businesses compete on a more equal footing with their larger competitors. And we'll also be laying the ground word (via tax code changes, Medicare commissions, etc.) for a future, more substantive assault on costs".