I would like to congradulate all the Americans on this site reguarding the passing of the Health Care bill in the Senate last night. The fact that the worlds richest and most powerful country has gone so long without a universal healcare system has always astounded me. Congradulations, and welcome to the First World America!

The house or representatives (400 + politicians) passed the bill last night now our Senate (100 more politicians) still need to vote and pass the changes the house of reps want to our new insurance reform so it ain't done yet.

That's true, we ain't there yet, but the Republican facade and lies are finally falling apart. Their massive lies about this bill are being revealed.
I feel momentum is now with the Bill for passage in the Senate.

Sadly, this is not even close to a "Universal" health care plan. The Insurance companies will get a huge boost from this and there are a thousand things wrong with this "half way measure" of a bill. Just listen to Dennis Kuscinitch (D- Ohio)

The idea that the Immoral Religious Right hypocrites have led the phony Tea Party movement (and Anti-women's rights groups) in resisting this legislation is outrageous. Many in our country have forgotten one of the tenants of our constitution: Separation of Church and State.

Keep the frickin' religious hypocrisy out of my govt. thank you!

So this is a very rough beginning and a lot of work needs to be done to really make this reform be effective and really save BIG MONEY to tax payers. As long as the insurance companies are still involved and allowed to be middle men in all this, we've got problems and insurance will still cost us way more than it should. Profits and Health care do not go together, IMO.

What everyone should know is that virtually the entire Republican party are on the take from HUGE insurance and drug company interests. I'm hoping some of these guys will be going to jail for acting as direct pawns of the Insurance lobby in illegal ways.

Yeah, that's not a partisan nor sheep-like statement. Quit drinkin' the Kool aid.

How exactly is it going to 'save' me money by offering a limited resource to everyone?

Needless to say, I am deeply upset that this monstrosity passed. In the end the gov't is going to screw it up. I'm going to have less choice, poorer quality, and pay quite a bit more for healthcare. Sounds just wonderful.

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I'm curious, what do you base this analisis on? Are you one of the 30,000,000 people in the US that don't have health insurance?

LONG LIVE THE NHS.

don't break bones in the U.S as this costs a small fortune. I bought health insurance for the states thank me, Not God (still waiting for him to prove his/her existance to me and as for his son what a con man,and his con has been going on for 2000 years.) health care cost my insurance company $45,000 just for a broken leg. Same injury in the uk cost me nothing as everybody is entitled to the same health care for free.. wake up america.you dont live in the land of the free. the uk is free, well nearly.

I question the word "richest". It all depends how you cut the cake of national wealth. The US is about (6th from the top of a list which places Canada, Sweden, Norway ,denmark etc ahead of the US. This is because wealth in the US is skewed heavily towards the few who already have too much. Bush and his gang increased the imbalance of course.

Blair etc did the same in the UK.