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Carie L.
Granite Falls, MN     10/29/2009 1:32 PM

I want to know how our elected politicians in Washington define the word "affordable"... because, if it is defined in the manner that the Baucus Bill defined it, it is NOT affordable to those people in middle-low income brackets. I am all for health care/insurance reform... I really am - I am even in favor of a public option. But it doesn't seem to me that Washington has any clue about how the "average" American's finances are already strapped to the max, and how the "average" American defines "affordable". It also doesn't seem that Washington understands the meaning of "option"... seems to me that it is a mandatory option - either enroll, or pay fines. The intent here, while honorable in concept... sure has fallen short in the implementation.