DougR, Beardedbruce:

I ask again: What's your alternative to universal health care?

"Move" or "get a job" are not viable solutions and indicate a serious lack of connection with reality, so please don't say those things again. What do you, as individuals, intend to do about the millions of people who don't have affordable health care in this country? Do you really not care about your fellow citizens to the point where you are willing to sentence them to death for getting sick?

Do you really believe it is the job of businesses to supply health care to employees? If so, why? As the manager of a small business, I can assure you that health insurance is the biggest single thing eating into our profitability. From a purely pro-business standpoint, I would expect the Republican party to in support of getting American businesses out of the health care business. Why should I spend my time at work staying tuned into the vagaries of insurance companies' policies and trying to figure out how to keep the business going while paying their obscenely large yearly price increases?

You keep saying the current bill is not a good one. No argument there -- the bill has been gutted by the Republicans, who still refuse to vote for it. But it's a start, and can get fixed up later.

Tell us your alternative plan if you're going to tear down the only other plan in town.