Do you agree that the health care debate has utterly ignored the factors that have made health care expensive?

First of all those who state as fact that the number does not include illegal immigrants, you do not know this is fact, the number is arrived at through a poll, so no one knows for sure if it does or not. No one can state for a fact that it will not cover illegals, as there is nothing in the bill to prevent it. This is why the bill is not something that should be blindly voted for. There is monies in there for specific groups, like those retiring from GM. If you really want to make health care reform work, do not try to make it all at once, do it the way it should be done, one point at a time without special interest funding being added in. There are other ways to achieve this without making competition impossible. No one can state that you will be able to keep your own insurance once this is ped, there is no way at this point to know for sure as the commissioner and committee has not decided what coverage will be mandated, and if your current policy does not carry something that is mandated, you will have to switch to either a more costly policy or the government system. There are ways to provide for those with preexisting conditions without relying on a government program. Things such as creating a combined policy through all large insurance carriers so all carry the same risk. But this bill is wrong for the nation and wrong as written for the people.