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I wanted to do some reading before I replied, but I still haven't managed much reading, so I'll just ask: will every private insurance plan now have to conform to these same rules? In other words, will it be the case that everyone with private insurance has the same prescription drug coverage, or will some people be able to buy better policies which cover drugs without trying to save money on cheaper drugs if possible?

A quick look around the internet did show that most private insurance already restricts drug prescriptions they will pay for, and that under obamacare, there will be a provision for physicians to make a case for medical necessity for any drug not otherwise allowed.

On another note: does anyone know any websites with balanced, factual and descriptive coverage of this stuff? Seriously, everything I read is either hyperbolic and inaccurately anti-obama (with inaccuracies revealed by a few minutes' search time) or else hyperbolic and unquestioningly pro-obama (with inaccuracies revealed by a few minutes' search time) - including most of what gets written on this forum.

Are there any websites that cover this stuff that isn't so biased as to make claims everything obama does is de facto wonderful or de facto evil? I'd like to know more without having to choose dogmatism before I even start.
I don't think what Obama's doing is something based on evil. He truly believes he has the best interest of the country in mind. And more importantly, it's not what Obama's doing but the whole progressive left is doing. This isn't a one man show by any means.

As far as unbiased documentation, much of what's said on both sides are assumptions. We won't know exactly how it turns out until it turns out. Even those that have put this thing into action can't really answer these questions honestly, it's too massive of an undertaking to know what areas it will touch. But we do know it will touch a lot since it is so massive. And we can also look at the facts that have already come out. So far, within a few months of the legislation being enacted, millions have lost their health insurance, millions more have seen their premiums go up and many more can no longer use the doctor they had use. Regardless of the side of the fence you sit on, these are all undisputed facts.

If the right or libertarian minded talk about the above facts, they say it's wrong because we should be free to make our own choice. If the left defends what's happened their defense is that person had a sub-par plan, which is a nice way of saying we know how to take care of you better than you know how to take care of you. Is there any other way to look at that?