5 Freedoms You Would Lose in Health Care Reform

[Peter Trippett]

Here is a very good article, sent to me by Robert Shearer.

5 Freedoms You Would Lose in Health Care Reform

Excerpt:

5 Freedoms You'd Lose in Health Care Reform
by Shawn Tully
Monday, July 27, 2009
provided by FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com

If you read the fine print in the Congressional plans, you'll find that a lot of cherished aspects of the current system would disappear.

In promoting his health-care agenda, President Obama has repeatedly reassured Americans that they can keep their existing health plans -- and that the benefits and access they prize will be enhanced through reform.

A close reading of the two main bills, one backed by Democrats in the House and the other issued by Sen. Edward Kennedy's Health committee, contradict the President's assurances. To be sure, it isn't easy to comb through their 2,000 pages of tortured legal language. But page by page, the bills reveal a web of restrictions, fines, and mandates that would radically change your health-care coverage.

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