the alternative is the current system where your premiums go up 20% + every year and where you're forced to take a larger and larger deductible and eventually you just decide that you can't afford the coverage any more
And guess what? This bill does absolutely nothing to curtail costs and those 20% increases are going to be 35 - 50% when the mandates kick in and people realize the fine is cheaper to pay than a policy and they can get covered once they get sick.
Its the same as if people could get homeowners insurance once the house is already on fire. This whole mess is so poorly constructed you have no idea.
I pay $298 a month with a high deductible and $20 co-pay, which to me is completely fair. i have no gotten these increases like the media crys about, but i know for sure once MengeleCare goes throughm, I will.
What do I do then Straw? Go cry to ZERO that he promised it wouldnt happen?