Healthcare Debate Starts

Now that the bill is passed, the debate has begun over how it will affect Americans. Democrats and Republicans are taking their stances:

"If you have health insurance, this reform just gave you more control by reining in the worst excesses and abuses of the insurance industry with some of the toughest consumer protections this country has ever known -- so that you are actually getting what you pay for," Obama said.

Republicans:

"His health-care bill is unhealthy for America," said Mitt Romney, a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2012. "It raises taxes, slashes the more private side of Medicare, installs price controls, and puts a new federal bureaucracy in charge of healthcare."

I'm not too happy about the tax increases myself, but I think we need to wait and see how it is implemented to truly see how it affects the country. Tort reform was a major issue that was not addressed.