I guess 73% of Americans are willing to pay more for their health care

Spalladino, this is simple economics, if people are very happy with your product, then you can charge more for it. I will be you my dog, that health insurance companies will increase their rates at the end of the year, and they will remind you all about how much you love to pay way to much for health insurance.

simple fact is that you are already paying for illegals health ins. The problem is instead of paying for a drs visit for 125 dollar you are paying for an emergency room visit for 550+. The illegals have been here for centuries the whole system has been out of whack forever and a day. So you are saying because some illegals would get some benefits that you are willing to let Americans go without? It is about having affordable health care not free health care. I want the option of a health care system that I can afford and what I get offered is 1379 a month do you see that as being afforable? I dont! I hurt myself at work and now my kids dont have insurance how fair is that? What makes anyone elses kids more important than mine?

@grammasnook ....That Is exactly what I was going to say!! I am not thrilled that the health care bill includes illegals, I dont think illegals should be allowed any services here...if you are here illegally then you shouldnt be handed everything on a silver platter... BUT if including illegals is the only way we can get the bill passed then so be it... And you are absolutely right not only are we ALREADY paying for all of their health care but also their food, clothing, education and everything else...(and what really burns me is they collect every government program they can and then work under the table and collect that money too...They live a LOT better than I do in my own country that is for sure...but anyway....we ARE already paying for their health care and like you said with the new bill it will be cheaper in the long run!

The government program would cost money, but would also allow people to have more than on option. If you ever look at insurance prices, they are very expensive, and close to each other. Please explain to me how this will "bleed taxpayers dry"? I have seen the numbers, and if we just ended on of the wars we are fighting, it would pay for most of this program. I hate to tell you this, but your tax dollars have gone to paying for illegals health care for decades now. So you might want to call Bush and ask him why he didn't do anything. I can tell you that he won't give you the truth, which is that the hospitals, and health care system makes alot of money, and they donate alot of money. Why would you put your cash cow out to pasture? I am not calling you a racist, but I think that you need to look at all of the facts, and realize that the average doctors office visit is $165 per visit, and the average ER visit is $684. If you could control this, would you rather see your tax dollars pay for the ER visit, or the doctors office visit? This is what this argument is about.

But, you want to control the insurance options of others?

btw, according to the CBO, this plan will actually INCREASE the cost of healthcare in the US. If it is going to increase costs, how can you accuse us of wanting to spend more on healthcare? One of the accusations against our current system is it's "The most expensive system in the world"... well, apparently that isn't a problem for Obama, since he wants to make it MORE expensive.

Ted, being a right wing republican, you should know that the more people like a service, the more it cost. All of you anti-government health care just insured the rest of us will pay more for insurance, and cause more corporations to drop their health care.

I hate to tell you this, but who ever told you this, lied to you. I hope you didn't let that person borrow money from you. By the way, Bush already tried to destroy this country, and he almost did it. Obama is the one cleaning up the mess that Bush left us in. Does anyone really want to go back to the last three months of the Bush administration?