Will the Clusterfuck of Health Care Reform be the Genesis of a Three Party System?

I really wish I was a lot happier about today. When this whole possiblity of universal health care began discussion in the middle of 2009, I was wrought with smiles and sparkles. The sun shone lovingly upon congress and liberals like I existed in a haze of "what could be" - which was a world in which health insurance companies did not profit to the extent they presently do on what should be a humanitarian effort. But now, at the much anticipated Christmas health care reform deadline, all I can do is think about how huge those Democrat's anuses must be from taking it hard and fast in the legislative prison shower.

They made compromises which destroyed the whole purpose of any health care reform at all: to equalize over all costs for all citizens.

Making compromises with republicans, such as losing the Medicare buy in and the public option, was fucking fruitless. Not one of them were going to vote for it anyway by virtue of the name "health care reform". Democrats held the power, still hold the power, but took the easy road by compromising - and I can't even begin to explain why this might have been "easy" except for that maybe it stopped the whole Senate Clerk reading bullshit for hours on end thing.

It is economic and coroprate logic that for-profit companies will take whatever route they can to justify increasing costs. This will happen again.

The new health care bill does not do two things, that it could have done to prevent this:

1. Eliminate the for-profit status of all private health insurance firms
2. Create a public option (or Medicare buy in)

One of the two would have been just dandy. In the former, health insurance firms wouldn't have had to fire any employees. The gluttons at the top simply would have to cut their salaries - a function that Obama's lovely and forthright pay czar could have done.

Becuase private health insurance companies are still for profit entities, they are shtting themselves with glee over the prospect that they now have 30 million new customers. Who wouldn't be? There is no reprecussion for this other than um...

Oh they HAVE to take those 30 million higher risk customers.

But...nobody told they they coudn't amortize that risk over ALL of us. Nobody told them they couldn't hoard additional profit from this amortized risk and subsequently higher premiums.

No, the god damned senate could have told them that. With the iron fist the Democrats possessed, this was a reality that will never be again.

You fucked up guys. I hope that the revolution of a three party system starts now.