What are your thoughts on the HR 3200?

I think it’s an ugly, insufficient compromise and a blowjob for the insurance companies, from which Baucus got about $3 million so far.

It places an intolerable tax on the middle class, sells out the public option (the sine qua non) and doesn’t do enough to reform Medicare.

The Dems are cowards and the Repubs are motherfuckers, and they all roll over for big Pharma and Big Med.

Other than that, it’s OK.

I agree with pdworkin

pdworkin saved me some typing.

In case anyone wants to put their reading glasses where their mouth is here is all 1017 pages.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3200ih.txt.pdf

Of course bills go through changes before they become laws.

@pdworkin – thanks for appending to your first answer so I could GA you twice.