Is the real opposition to health care reform?

The real opposition has been carefuuly crafted by the health insurance industry with the help of the republicans.

I had difficulty understanding your question. I think your question is "Is the real opposition to Health Care Reform any expansion of Medicaid?"

The Medicaid expansion in the bill and the cost of this may be a small part of why people are opposing Health Care Reform.

The major issue many oppose however, is the requirement that everyone purchase healthcare insurance or face fines.

Hundreds of other issues are found in the 1000 page Affordable Care Act - such as:

Creating State Healthcare Insurance Exchanges,

Health Insurance Premium and Cost Sharing Subsidies,

Creating a Consumer Website on Insurance Plans,

State and Federal government Review of Insurance Increases,

Closing the Donut Hole,

Eliminating Insurers ability to not insure people with preexisting conditions,

and Guaranteed Healthcare Insurance availablity,

Comparative Effectiveness Research on Medical Treatments,

Public Health Programs,

Additional Preventative Benefits,

Better Coordinated Care for people eligible for Medicare and Medicaid,

Medicaid Health Homes,

Medical Malpractice Grants to evaluate alternative to Medical lawsuits,

Value Based Medicare Purchasing,

Reductions in Medicare Payments for Hospital Readmissions

Nutritional Labeling at Chain Restaurants,

Prohibition of Medicaid payments for Hospital acquired infections,

Medicaid Payment Advisory Board to determine how to reduce Medicare Spending.

Changes to Medicare Advantage Plan Payments (Relating to HMO Medicare Insurers),

Financial Disclosure Requirements for relationships between for Health Related entities,

CHIP Extension,

Wellness Program Participation Benefits.

Upon reading over the provisions, it is hinging on the concept of having all healthy Americans buy healthcare insurance, then ratcheting up the overall health of the nation, if possible.

Not at all. The real opposition comes from the people. When something is so incredibly broken, you fix it. You don't turn it upside down and pat yourself on the back because in 10 years it may or may not actually work.

Most people don't want to start paying even more to the government. If people can afford health insurance, they already have it, it's a no-brainer. Forcing them to take on something they can't afford (or face Federal fines) isn't going to do anything, but hurt people. How many today are already choosing between food and utilities?

And, the people who've been cut from Medicare/Medicaid object, people who've died because the Federal funding for their insurance was cut have loved ones who object, older citizens forced into a network instead of keeping their own insurance and seeing their doctors, etc.

The fat cats in Washington have little to do with it in any regard. It's not like they'll be on the same insurance the rest of us are, anyway.

Since nobody is actually receiving any benefits from the entitlement part of Obamacare, it could be struck down or repealed now without any major political impact.

Which is why Obama will do his best to delay the Supreme Court from ruling on it until at least 2014.

Anyone with any brains can see that Obamacare is going to be a major disaster. We cannot afford the entitlement programs we have now and the real costs of Obamacare is going to be about 3 trillion dollars over the next 10 years

Rules regulations an mandates have driven up the cost for 30 years.How anyone can think 2,000 pages of new rules regulations an mandates will drive down costs is naive.An still no one on the planet can tell me how much a month it will cost.