Even if the 2,700-plus-page bill passes, it's only the end of the beginning. The Obama blueprint will be carried out under less-than-ideal circumstances. Rising medical costs and an aging population will keep squeezing the federal budget. Lawmakers will have to revisit hard choices they sidestepped.
Patients wait almost three weeks for an appointment at MCC Medical Clinic in Silver Spring, Maryland. The patient list at the free clinic has grown 50 percent in the last year. (photo: Robert Giroux/MCT)
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When the bill is put in place let it begin in several 3-6 month stages. The insurance companies are able to keep up with their new rates and exclusions every 6 month to a year. They can certainly keep up with the new rules! This bill does not protect the American people enough from the insurance companies bad practices and will give them ample time to push even more people off the roles, just due to premium hikes, before the bill even goes in to effect.
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