I actually believe that a common healthcare bill would have been good... To be honest, Anthony Weiner was correct... Single Payer... Allowing people who can't afford real insurance to buy into Medicare at any age.
The current healthcare bill is crap, but unfortunately, when the Republicans had the ability to do whatever they want, they decided healthcare wasn't important and found other things to do instead.
The Democrats pushed forth something shitty because there really wasn't much of an alternative.