Public Option?

With the country up to its neck in debt, how in the world can these lame brain congressmen even consider any issue that will put us deeper in the hole. They have no business being in any type of business, cause they have absolutely no conception of what it takes to operate one successfully. To add 47 million people to the system, 1/3 of which are illegals, will not only strain existing medical resources, but will tax us into oblivion, regardless of their bs rhetroic that no new taxes will be required. If they really want to reform the system, why won t they consider permitting insurance companies permission to operate thruout the entire U.S. They can simply overide the individual states mandates that serve to prevent this competition amongst insurers. They might also look into the books of the various insurers in order to make them more transparent. I remember one time seeing the local Blue Cross group requiring premium increases, when their balance sheet showed a $700 million cash reserve, on the basis they may face a pandemic. This is the kind of stuff that requires reform. The rest is nonsensical.