[craigimass]

I did read it.
I was wrong - it is definitely less than 4 pages - more like 2.

Patients’ Choice Act 2009

It looks like something cobbled together in a few hours. Basically, employers would LOSE their ability to deduct health care benefits. Instead, each person would get to deduct some of theirs...of course, such a deduction does many people absolutely no good, since they don't pay large amounts of Fed. Income tax.

The plan does nothing to save money....nothing at all. To be honest, either do 1/2 (or more) of the plans being discussed by other republicans or democrats. Sure, they all give lip service to preventative care, but the devil is in the details. My 15K+ plan now didn't even pay for my last physical.

If I might liken it to the current mess with the Federal Budget, it would be like saying that we can solve the fiscal problems of the government by just getting a little better price on the food and office supplies that they buy. Yes, that is true. We could put a tiny dent in it that way, but to solve it we need VAST cuts...or VAST increased revenue.

In health care, we have already had the vast increases, and the system seems to get worse as we spend more and more. As with Federal Spending, the difference is VAST - something like 40% higher than we should be paying for covering everyone. You cannot save 30 or 40% and stop double digit increases with talking points. The problem, IMHO, is systemic.

Of course, as I said before you have nothing to worry about. Comprehensive health care reform will NOT be passed. The money changers will win. After all, who is going to voluntarily cut off the flow of trillions to corporations owned and run by the likes of Romney, Frist and many others (including, I'm sure, many Dems).