That's because there is no plan for reform, only plans to increase insurance companies' incomes at additional taxpayer expense in such a way as to allow them to do even less for the "insured". The Republican plans (such as the one endorsed by Sen. Richard Burr , R,NC) also put extra dollars in the ad agencies pockets, by requiring the government to contract with them in order to advertise health initiatives to the public. If one reads some of the Repub. plans, one finds a lot of stipulations about studying and promoting (advertising) "healthy lifestyles" to the citizens and then tracking individual citizen's progress in response to said promotion. There are no programs to help more people ge...

That's because there is no plan for reform, only plans to increase insurance companies' incomes at additional taxpayer expense in such a way as to allow them to do even less for the "insured". The Republican plans (such as the one endorsed by Sen. Richard Burr , R,NC) also put extra dollars in the ad agencies pockets, by requiring the government to contract with them in order to advertise health initiatives to the public. If one reads some of the Repub. plans, one finds a lot of stipulations about studying and promoting (advertising) "healthy lifestyles" to the citizens and then tracking individual citizen's progress in response to said promotion. There are no programs to help more people get health care or "reform" anything, except to virtually eliminate the citizens' ability to sue for medical malpractice.
I can see it now... "Mr Johnson, you bought and consumed a Twinkie last month, so we're sorry, but we won't cover your heart attack due to your violation of the "Healthy Lifestyle" provision in your policy."
America is not impressed, for some reason.