"Obama's blueprint", as the NYT calls the baucus plan,  is a plan to shift the cost of medical insurance from the government and corporations to individuals. Covering (at their own expense) two-thirds of those who lack insurance is secondary and even incidental. What we will have with this proposal is a *free-market* basket of choices from which individuals choose the coverage they can afford, but with no guarantee that they will be covered in the case of some unforeseen catastrophe. This is not compromise. This is a republican wet-dream-come-true bill. 

And as a senior citizen with a limited fixed income, I am extremely concerned about the Medicare cuts Obama has instituted. The cuts may save the government money, but will either shift the cost to me, or degrade the care I get. I have heard nothing to assure me that what we, young or old, get will be an improvement over what we have now. On the contrary, I believe what we get from this so-called reform will significantly lower the quality of care for most of us in this country.

I supported Obama like I have never supported another candidate in my almost 50 years of voting. I am disheartened and angry to find that I have elected a republican wrapped in democratic party platitudes. I never thought I would see a day when I agreed with the recent conservative demonstrators, but that day is here. To this government I say - Keep your hands off my health insurance!