k wrote:
] [ Be fair, the vast majority of people don't even know this
] happened, so they really have no opinion on it. They're
] getting fucked in the ass while they focus on other shit, like
] American Idol, or being poor already.

Yeah, but the pundits have been talking it up a bit in certain circles.

Its worth pointing out that the Democrats are certainly to blame here. They are all taking handouts from the finance industry. Publically visible figures like Edwards and Pelosi are "speaking out" to maintain some sort of connection with their constituency while the vast bulk of party voted for the bill. In Edward's case its positively creepy. He has voted for this stuff over and over again, and now that he is a party leader he is using opposition to this to promote himself. The only thing worse then a bunch of guys kicking cancer victims in the teeth for personal profit is a bunch of guys who do that while claiming to oppose it.

RE: MarketWatch: Illness And Injury As Contributors To Bankruptcy -- Himmelstein et al., 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.63 -- Health Affairs