xhonzi said:

Here's my solution:

Have the gov't set up a fund. When you file your taxes, you can elect to send your return or any percentage (even 0%) of your income to this fund. From this fund the gov't can provide healthcare for the uninsured.

Since "most" of the American people "wanted" gov't run healthcare, finding moneys for this fund shouldn't be a problem, right? And so the people without healthcare can have it, the people who want to pay for it can, and the people who don't want to have anything to do with it can stay as far away as possible!

There's your "Public Option!"

What do you think?

that's no good. Then the wealthy can opt out of it and those on the lower end of the economic spectrum still dont have enough money for healthcare. Honestly if that's the plan then there's no point in having a plan :/. I believe that someone's health and well being is too big an issue to be dependent on the size of one's wallet, but that's just me. I'm not totally happy with the new plan, which, as I understand (and I wouldn't call myself the most politically saavy person on the planet), still puts peoples well being in the hands of insurance companies, but If it gets more people decent healthcare it's an improvement IMO.