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Geez, okay, since no one else is posting, I'll just tell you what I think.

Okay, first, find me a country where the single-payer system works 100% and covers everyone, everyone is satisfied, and taxes aren't astronomical. Two of three is okay, I guess.

Second: do we really have the money to fund this? Where are we getting it? The magical printing press? The money tree? Exhorbitant amounts of taxes? Oh, and who pays these taxes? The rich? Ha! Who do you think? The middle and lower classes. You honestly think the so-called "rich people" will stand for that? No; they'll pass those taxes onto the middle and lower classes.

Third: where in the Constitution does it say that the government should control our healthcare?

Fourth: this doesn't even cover those that are uninsured because they can't afford it. They're going to expand Medicaid to take care of them. But once again, who is paying for it? That's right, kids! It's the ones that can't afford insurance and the ones that refuse the single-payer system, as well as the employers who don't go to the single-payer system.

Ultimately, this is a stupid bill. They may as well call it the 'we tax you, and you get healthcare that's as good as they get in a V.A. hospital, or worse, bill'.