I don’t like the healthcare reform bill for numerous reasons, but the main reason is that it’s trying to address too many problems with one panacea, which means we will end up with placebo. There should be a series of bills that reasonably address the individual gaps.
A bill to make insurance transportable and focused just on that would be a sure win easy pass through congress.
A bill to allow associations like say the BBB to offer group plans would be a sure win.
The list goes on with tort reform etc. Trying to package these all together along with some crud that would never pass on its own merit is creating a nightmare.