Most Americans oppose health law but like provisions

[SoutherDem]

38. Ok, we know you hate the mandate

and most likely the SCOTUS will agree with you.

I said I prefer single payer, so to some extent you are shooting a friend.

But, what I mean is they don't know the penalty if they don't, they don't know what happens if they don't pay the penalty, they don't know the assistance to those of lower income, they don't know the details.

As to giving power to insurance companies. We already have given them the power. As it is you are either rich, pay and insurance company, are financially ruined or simply die if you get sick. At least the other aspects of the ACA does give some restrictions to the insurance companies.

How did they trick us? It was a compromise, an attempt to get something passed since single payer was so hated. This does give absolute proof that Republicans will block even their own ideas if they are picked up by Obama.