It seemed to me (although others dispute this) that Obama made it pretty clear that he was still going for a public option. Which I think is good news. The only thing that did sound kind of scary is the part about health coverage being mandatory like car insurance. Now, this makes sense if there is a public option. It means more people paying into that program. Without a public option, that could mean trouble.
About the guy who shouted "liar" during the part when Obama said the program would not cover illegals, well, officially it will not cover illegals, so calling Obama a liar is pretty stupid. The trouble is that when applying for the program, some would like more rigorous steps to be taken to identify the immigration status of the applicant. Now, I don't know how easy it would be for an illegal immigrant to sneak through the application process, as it is currently formulated, but I doubt it's just that simple to sign up without showing some kind of citizenship or landed immigrant status. Even if it were that easy, how hard could this possibly be to fix?
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