first--nationwide and portable coverage from private insurers and limits on damage awards for malpractice. I have a special-needs child so I have had to deal with both private insurance and the public options that are available. I can tell you first-hand that those public options are poorly run and more frustrating than any private company I've had to deal with. Throw Obamacare in the trashcan and let's start with small and cautiously with reform. cathy | 1.14.10 @ 12:49AM makaha | 11.5.09 @ 6:12PM Jerry-I should not have to pay for healthcare if I choose instead to have an HSA but the GOV will impose taxes and penalties whether I want it or not. This is outside the domain of the constitution and frankly will stifle innovation on the medical front. This bill will lead to damaging America in everyway possible and there is already a death panel funded in the stimulus bill if you read it. You should spend the time reading the draft, i do not think you will find it American at all, perhaps more Russian or Chinese. Irvine Joe | 11.10.09 @ 7:26PM Hey Jerry ! You are equating fractions to whole numbers ! . . . and blindly supporting asinine legislation makes it even more laughable !! The health insurance coverage you are in favor of WILL bankrupt us . . . because of Cool-Aid drinkers like you and the blind support for the "someone-else-will-pay-for-it" leftists believe that nothing is worth preserving . . .especially