Originally Posted by AccordSleeper
...if my taxes dollars (most likely a tax increase to pay for this) are going to this healthcare plan why the hell would pay to be on the one i'm on now. so basically most people will have gov't health care while the rich will buy private healthcare. this will mean the rich will get great health care while ours suffers.
The reason one would want to have a national health care plan is because some people see the choice between the current NO health care for poor people and the choice for SOME health care in the future.
Whether or not it's as good as "rich" people would pay for, I do not know.
It's a matter of providing some health care for people where there is none now.