Detailing the Health Care Reform Bill

[paalexan]

"The CBO says..."; appeal to authority is the oldest fallacy in the book. Avoid it.

Now, regarding subsidy--supposing we've decided to use a certain amount of money towards health care, why funnel it through private corporations who will skim their pound of flesh off the top before it gets to actual hospitals & doctors? Why not just send the money straight to those providing health care? What you're talking about isn't subsidy for your constituents, but subsidy for private insurance profit.

[ShereKhanTiger]

Some of those costs lowering avenues will be through taxes on people who have too much health care, or choose not to get health care. Thus raising cost of living. The reduction of health care costs you mention is a gamble on competition forcing insurance companies to lower their prices to stay competitive. In fact, they have raised their prices in anticipation, as have prescription drug companies.