Thanks, I forgot about the employer tax breaks.

It would actually benefit someone like me, who wants to retire early. But, if I wait 'til '12, my employer will let me keep my coverage and retire at 55.

As Paulina says, "Either way, it work out fine."

But, how about all this shit about pre-existing conditions, throwing people off when they get really sick, insurance companies deciding who gets what treatment, and all the other abuses? Will there be legislated caps, so some poor alcoholic heart attack cancer survivor on depression meds like me won't be facing astronomical rates, and forced by law to pay them? These are the real problems.

-Chuck, Vegetarian fanboy