Here are just 10 of the immediate health care benefits that Republicans fought tooth and nail to prevent and that their leadership has vowed to repeal:
* Prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in all new plans
* Provide immediate access to insurance for uninsured Americans who are uninsured because of a pre-existing condition through a temporary high-risk pool
* Prohibit dropping people from coverage when they get sick in all individual plans
* Lower seniors' prescription drug prices by beginning to close the donut hole
* Offer tax credits to small businesses to purchase coverage
* Eliminate lifetime limits and restrictive annual limits on benefits in all plans
* Require plans to cover an enrollee's dependent children until age 26
* Require new plans to cover preventive services and immunizations without cost-sharing
* Ensure consumers have access to an effective internal and external appeals process to appeal new insurance plan decisions
* Require premium rebates to enrollees from insurers with high administrative expenditures and require public disclosure of the percent of premiums applied to overhead costs
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I think the main reason public opinion seems to be against the bill 60-40% is simply message. Both sides can make good points but the Republicans are so much better at message. They seemingly have the ability to give voters a gun, call it a toothbrush and convince people to pull the trigger to stop their plaque problem. While democrats can't even convince people that the actual toothbrush in their hand is really a toothbrush.
A weird way to get my point across. But to put it another way, the viewers of Fox news have propaganda pouring down their throats. My advice to Democrats: quietly by Fox News. Worked for the Republicans.
The Republican party seems increasingly scary to me. They are like a baby whose toy has been taken away. Or maybe, I should say teat. Scarier than the Republican party are the people who vote them in.
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