Something to think about

After watching that video can anyone believe the President and Congress are playing it straight with the American people when it comes to healthcare? Both the Senate and House have an individual mandate in their plans. This is an idea we in MA are very familiar with. The premise is that many of the young and theoretically healthy don't buy health insurance even though they can afford to do so. So ,the grand idea behind the mandate is simple, force the young and healthy into the insurance pool and costs go down. The results in MA have not borne this out. When passed the MA plan was projected to cost 125 million a year. The actual cost: 133 million in 2007, 647 million in 2008, 869 million in 2009 and an estimated 1.1 billion next year. The U.S. simply can't afford to follow in our footsteps.