Subsidies for the poor to help with insurance,
So higher taxes to fund another handout.
not allowing pre-existing condition exceptions(which I think is a significant gain),
So we all get taxed more, and all of our insurances go up to cover the increased risk in the pool, whereas some companies may have covered the p.e.c.s without any government interference, great.
a clearinghouse for easing getting insurance from a nonprofit insurance company among other things.
So we shrink the consumer pool to private companies, further straining the risk/premium pool and allow unfair publicly funded competition, this is called a monopoly in the private sector.
I am far from an expert on the topic, and am ambivalent about the bills so far. I think some things being done are good, some are not so good, and some things not done should be(some tort reform for example).
In their own words:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-bY92mcOdk"]YouTube- SHOCK UNCOVERED: Obama IN HIS OWN WORDS saying His Health Care Plan will ELIMINATE private insurance[/ame]
Sorry for the double post, the url was misbehaving.