Tao-Te-King
Epictetus
In order for the healthcare reform to be successful there are two changes that need to be made that presently aren't in the healthcare bill. The first change is revoking the antitrust exemption that the health insurance companies now have. The second change is putting the regulation of health insurance companies at the federal level. This is the only way to get competition across state lines. I believe this is possible based on the Constitution that the federal government regulates interstate commerce and most if not all of the health insurance companies sell insurance in more than one state.
It would be much easier to understand the Senate healthcare proposal if it was written in everyday language. Anybody with a high school degree should be able to read and understand the proposal. The way it is written now takes a lot of time and effort to understand exactly what the proposal is the defining. One example is that I had to assume that the reference to Secretary in the proposal was to the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
I find it interesting that this proposal sets a requirement for presenting a summary of benefits and coverage in both style and language. It's too bad that the Senators who wrote this proposal did not follow their own requirements that they are establishing for the insurance companies. If they had it would've been much easier to understand the healthcare reform proposal.