I'm in agreement with 325, if I were rich, I'd be pissed! This new law is nothing but a bunch of...

Wow.... times like these I am grateful for where I live...

Yeah I pay for it out of my taxes, so I deserve it.

Its not seen as a horrible thing here, in fact its the norm... there would be psychotic riots if they took away medicare here. Its a basic right to be able to access health services. We aren't corrupt communists.. do you think Australia is a threat? or too socialist? , we have our own problems... but thank the Lord we can live easier and not freak the heck out if one of our kids gets sick or breaks a bone... wouldn't you be rejoicing that it will only cost you a small amount, rather than thousands???!!!

People are going off tap because its Obama doing this and it seems like they are robbing you to pay for it, they already rob you blind!!!!! so whats the difference?

Atm over my way we are seeing the state being less in control of hospitals as they have effed it up big time, federal government is stepping in so all hospitals are of good standard etc... Yay!

Why are you all so angry when none of your money is yours... truly it isnt....?! If you believe in God and His word, you believe all things given to you is from Him and to be done for Him... so realistically, He can make sure you have enough funds for what you need... wants are different.

I will be working my arse off my whole life anyways, so policticians can bicker in a building for inflated pensions and wages for their whole life.

I am sad that you are all raging about helping the poor, when in fact that is what we are called to do!!!!!! Yes Obama doesn't seem fully awesome, I don't give a poop about Obama... neither should you... concentrate on Gods might, not a governmental fool.

actually. the rock .. our taxes are not getting raised to pay for this.. that is one of the reasons it takes four years before most of the new policies even come into play.

the complaint about " my taxes are going up to pay for this".. is actually just the default position of American Conservatives anytime something to benefit Society might cost money..( altough you will hear no complaints from them on the trilions we have spent on going to war ).... it is rhetoric that gets spread around from one person who hears it, then to another.. cause it adds something else to critique a party and position you are opposed too.. regardless of it actually not being true.

The people that claim this can back this up with precisely zero facts.

the facts.. thus far.. show that federal taxes on the middle class and poor have only decline slightly under Obama.

I'm going to ignore all of this and lay it out my opinions on this whole thing:

It would bother me less if:

a. we weren't trying to fund all 3 entitlements(Social Security, Medicare and this new Nationalized Healthcare) if they dropped the first two, I would say I wouldn't like it still but it wouldn't be such a big deal since as Ash and Katie point out, people would riot because they are already dependent on the first two(which is a sickly brilliant goverment play, but I must acknowledge the facts)

b.If the goverment wasn't going to make me BUY health insurance under threat of fines/jail via the IRS.

c.Katie, btw, the system that is best to run a secular goverment by the way, has nothing to do with Christianity or the Bible, which last I checked said nothing about the goverment making society help the poor, Christians are supposed to help the poor.

It's what's best for humanity as a whole, and that's not under a mixed economy or a Euro/Aussie-socialist setup. However the greatest private non-profits to help the poor work there way up were started by Christians (Goodwill, The Salvation Army)

d. Ash, you still haven't noted how we are going to have enough doctors with this nationalized healthcare(that's currently a emerging problem in the 'old' system), unless you expect the goverment to roll out a grant for it (which do exist for engineers/scientists and teachers)

Stop it with the name-calling. Final warning to all.