US Senate Passes Obama health bill

[Jackson5050]

Kasz216 said:What I don't understand....

If there is no Public Option....

what the hell is costing so much? I mean what needs 700+ Million dollars?  Creating an organization to find people who don't buy health insurance? It's a silly, silly bill, both worse then the status quo and an actual full out universal healthcare.

Espiecally when you look at who that 36 million is.  Not to many of them are actually people who can't afford healthcare, a lot are just people who don't want it.

What is costing so much? Well, there is the expansion of medicaid. There is also expanded coverage for children. There are the subsidies that help people obtain insurance through the health exchange(s).

Actually, that is not true. Many of the people who will obtain health care under either plan (House or Senate's) will be those who do not receive it from employers and cannot afford it individually. This includes the expansion of Medicaid and those who will purchase insurance from the exchange.