“No, no, no. No, no, no, you have it all wrong. Nobody dies. Nobody pays. Only those over $250,000.00 pay. No, no, no, it’s not true there will be rationing of care. No, no, no, we cannot wait. Hundreds of millions of Americans are suffering under weight of insurance premiums. People going broke. People not covered. People dying. People sickening. People puking in streets, losing everything. No, no, no, we have no time, no time to read 1000 pages, we, we must act quickly. Millions will die, will go broke. Will only cost $1.5 trillion. 

No, no, no, no worry about how much it costs. Cost will go down once we cover 47 million more, who losing, who suffering, who are without healthcare. They have no place to go. No doctor, no nurse, no potty. They defecate in streets as dirty as Bagdad. Everybody at risk. No, no, no, don’t worry about Grandpa and Grandma, they die soon anyway. No, no, no, not true we valuate lives based on future revenue. No, no, no, all lives treated equally under new system. No, no, no, not true we are wanting a single payer system. No way, Jose, not even true, just a little government option will be offered. We, we, we, will find savings in Medicare and Medicaid to pay for 2/3s, 2/3s of new system. 

I know, I know, you say Amtrak never made money, Post Office loses money, Highway & Bridge Trust fund broke, Medicare and Medicaid going broke, Social Security will go broke, but we can do this, this is real hope for suffering people. But we must act fast, do it now, buy it now, good deal for you. Just a little more money and you get everything you want.”

Everything?

"Everything."

Really.

Dr. K, from my corner of Main Street