I think ALL the pols have underestimated the repressed anger and frustration over healthcare [View All]

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

This issue hits ALL AMERICANS regardless of any type of statistical identification.

Young people fresh out of college and between jobs can't afford healthcare and go naked
The unemployed can't afford healthcare as they choose between mortgage/food or health coverage
The bitter employed have to stay in jobs they loathe due to the benefits
Small businesses fail due to the crushing burden of coverage for small groups
The over employed with 3 jobs working 60 hours a week still have no coverage due to the "part-time" scam that is pulled on them
The under-employed are denied full time hours in order to deny them benefits
The economically over-burdened American is one large medical crisis away from bankruptcy and foreclosure
The people with chronic illnesses are filtered out of coverage due to immoral pre-existing clauses and wait periods

This is a POCKETBOOK ISSUE that hits ALL American pocketbooks except those of the extremely wealthy and those like our very own Reps and Sens who all have government paid healthcare for life and can blithely wash their hands of our "little" lives while they try to figure out how to keep their health industry gravy trains running while still appearing to be "concerned".