States opting out is nonsense.  It would lead to a total splintering of federal policy.  Could Vermont opt out of paying for the National Defense? 

Let’s face reality, corporations run the show. We have Fascism not Democracy and the people mostly don’t care.

Things have not gotten bad enough for enough people for them to care yet.  When it does and they become active, the U.S. Military will be used to shut them down.  Democracy is dead in America and people don’t care. 

It’s up to Mother Nature to correct things now, and she will!

First off, I’m strongly in favor of a non-profit, non-employer provided health plan.  But, from the latest out of Congress, the public “option” is no option for most of us.  We who already have health insurance, cannot opt for the public option.
  Also, those few who are allowed to opt for the public option may be among the sickest of us.  Those opting for the publc option may include all the “rejects” from the for-profit insurance companies - those truly sick - thus causing his public option to not really be any competition to the health insurance companies but to be a boon the said companies.
  The public option should be an option for us all.  Let choice and competition reign.
  Again, I despise ANY for-profit health plan.  We know how those companies will rip us off and fail us when we need them.  But I won’t get to opt for a non-profit health plan.

Every decent, honorable and conscientious American should first and foremost
consider that ” the people that make up the USA, a government of the people by
the people and for the people are not subservient to any entity such as the
insurance industry to decide for all Americans what they have a right to”.

  The “public option” provides all Americans with a more democratic and open
choice while those opposed to the “public options” want “complete and
dictatorial control” if not a monopoly over ALL Americans.

  Its hard to believe that certain Senators and Congresspersons many of whom
take advantage of the American taxpayer paid health benefits consider the
money they receive from lobbyists more important than the citizens they
represent in DC.

  Given the anti public option one can only compare those Senators and
Congresspeople to Judas Iscariot.

  As far as Arkansas’ Senator Lincoln, she is married to a doctor and the brother
of Congressman Ross from the 4th District in Arkansas is pharmacist.

At the very least we seem to be seeing that the “public option” part of health care reform is difficult to kill. Despite the many millions of dollars the Insurance industry throws at this “problem” it simply refuses to go away.

I wonder if this is a sign of exactly how much the people want said option? I wonder what form this option might take? I do not wonder whether we will see real and inexpensive universal health care come out of our legislature, we wont.

We should understand that every politician has his “honey pots” which he will defend and protect.  Just sitting back to watch Barney Frank scream about health care reform but then water down the consumer protection agency bill is enough to make one understand this unpleasant truth.  The system as designed by our representatives is intended to provide them with a rich stream of money for their personal use (aka campaign “war chest”).  They game the system at both ends, ginning up problems which industry has to respond to with cash while telling their voting base about how they are protecting them from the evil businessmen/bankers.  This crap will not end until there is some system in place that finances their campaigns and makes any contact with a lobbyist and/or corporation illegal and strongly punished.  Corporations have NO PLACE in the public discourse ... despite a stupid court ruling to the contrary, a corporation is not a person.  They may publicly make their positions known but they are not legally allowed to conduct private and secret dealings with our elected representatives.