The health care reform bill won't reduce costs or cover the uninsured?

You're reading the figures for the wrong bill. The current one would cover the uninsured and would reduce the deficit. Saying that "medicare is currently 900% more than projections" is a lie, unless you're trying to say that Medicare should not have been funded to keep up with inflation or increases in medical costs, which is the same as admitting you want old people to die.

The NY Post Opinion columns are not a source of anything but random opinions of non-experts and propagandists. They have no basis in fact, and anything printed back in October is not even about the present bill. ∠°)

The Democrats have been striving for this goal for over 100 years if one would take the time to research the background of the this measure, they would find that this concept was a Progressive Party idea, for over a 100 years the American People have said, "NO!" to this universal health care concept, we are "Not" Europe, we are "Not" a third world (although we appear to be advancing to that status), and we are "Not" Asia;

our ancestor left that part of the world for a better quality of life, not for the same life in which they were living.

What has changed in 100 years nothing, the more things change the more the stay the same....

When politicians get involved in ones' day to day life, they always figure out a way to take more and leave the individual with less....it has been and it will always be this way...the more successful the individual the more they have to pay for being successful...ENOUGH!

There is no way the current bill, House or Senate, is going to reduce health costs. What would reduce them is control over the cost of drugs, for one. Common drugs sold in this country can be purchased in Mexico for about 1/10 the price. Then there is the problem of the huge fees that doctors, hospitals and clinics charge. These could be reduced, just by eliminating all the petty and fraudulent malpractice suits filed in this country. This could be stopped by limiting lawyers in their advertising campaigns. Just a couple of things.

I see the national health plans as just one more step towards the socialization of our nation, by the liberal bleeding hearts!

I agree with you 100%.

According to the NY Post PostOpinion column dated Oct 19th, 2009:

Only 5% of Americans are uninsured and making less than the median income. ( And many amoung that are already eligible for government programs).

And the costs associated with health reform must be weighed against the simple fact, reported by the census, that 90% are already insured-and well over half the rest can get insurance if they so choose.

The column removed the # of illegals-dropping the actual # of uninsured down. Plus,it used the official medicaid roles to cross check the participants and found that 16.9% (9 million) people on medicaid claimed they were uninsured.

Obama agrees with these numbers according to the column.

Why are we wasting our time and money with this nonsense?

You're right, of course, but symbolism is more important than substance in politics. If the bill passes, Democrats can say they "did something" about health care while Republicans did nothing but oppose their efforts. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups!

im glad that you can see into the future.

can you tell me who will win dancing with the stars next season?