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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Am I right in thinking that to some (many) US citizens, the issue is more one of "freedom of choice" than any other?
Not wanting the government to make the choice on their behalf?
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The claim is mostly that it unfairly taxes people who shouldn't have to pay for other people's health care. Issues of choice exist, but aren't what the noise is about here.
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As someone who has greatly benefited from the UK's NHS, I shudder at the vast expense that health costs may have on those in need.
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Many US residents have no idea what it'd be like to assume that you'll have health care when you're sick or injured. One of the big changes that this bill has, is to deny insurance companies the right to cut off coverage of sick people. (They covered annual checkups and normal treatments just fine--and some of them would remove coverage of people who got cancer or kidney disease or any other kind of long-term care illnesses.)