If the Left and Right hate this bill

[dem mba]

what do you make of it? How can a bill be a socialist power grab for bigger government AND be a capitalistic power grab for bigger corporate profits?

I can't think of any example of a bill that gives the Federal government and corporate interests increased power at the same time, over the same group of citizens.

When government controlled monopolies break up, power shifts to the corporations (and consumers usually win with lower prices, greater variety of services, etc). When corporations become heavily regulated or corporate monopolies busted, power shifts to the government (and consumers usually win with better safety standards, etc). I get that.

Now we have a bill that seems to protect more citizens from unfair practices of the industry, but still gives corporations more power. I think most on DU see that too. So how am I totally unable to see the RW perspective? Normally I disagree with it, but can at least understand it. How is this a government power grab? How is this socialism?

Somebody help me see what they see. I've been to their forums and read their articles, but I frankly just don't understand what their problem is. Even the WSJ opinion piece today didn't make sense to me. Is it 100% a political fight? Surely that's a part of it, but c'mon. Somebody please, how is this a government takeover of healthcare??