To put it nicely, people are showing a lot of passion at these congressional 'town hall meetings' on health care reform. I think it's funny for two reasons:
First, when politicians schedule these things, they think they're going to draw a few mostly friendly folks to chat, just so they can say they met with their constituents, maybe even pickup a campaign contribution or two. You're going to see a lot fewer town hall meetings in the future.
Second, and this is more sad than funny, I'll bet if you asked any of these angry folks against health care reform, you'll find that almost none of them understand how their existing health plan works. Outside of the premiums they pay, they have no clue what a deductible is, or how coinsurance works, or ultimately how much they'll have to pay for a hospital stay. So how can they possibly know if change will be more expensive?
That's right, they don't know. It's just that someone else told them it was that way, either in person or on TV or the internet, so they believe it. (See my first post, lather and rinse.) We are a country of sheep, and there are currently more wolves than any shepherd can handle.
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