Change is coming...is it really what we want?

Every day we hear commentary about the health bill that is under discussion behind closed doors. Will there be a public option, who will pay for all the people now covered who weren't covered before, will we receive less care or poorer care, why isn't competition across state lines an option...and the list of questions goes on.
Does any of this scare you? It sure scares me! If there was a truley open forum where we could hear the discussions maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Or if those voting on these changes were going to be relying on the resulting healthcare plan, maybe it would be reassuring,
But that isn't the case. We don't hear what is being decided behind closed doors. We don't know what concessions are being given to win votes and we don't know how this new healthcare plan will affect us at an individual level. Heck, we don't even know if our representatives will have read the bill before voting. If that isn't scarey, I don't know what is!
Here is something else to think about. How can any business or type of business have any chance of success when they are competing against the government?! If things don't go well with the government plan...change the rules. The private sector won't have that option. I just don't see how that can work.
And another thing, many people are up in arms about illigals being included in the healthcare plan. I am a firm believer in being strong on illigal immigrant policies. The first word in the description...illigal...is pretty clear. However, if there isn't some plan in place for illigal immigrants to buy into the healthcare plan, or something, we will be back to where we are now. Now those with no insurance go to emergency for every little thing because they have no other place to go where they will not be turned away. Insurance holders pay exhorbatant costs to cover their own expenses and those of the non-paying. It is a topic that needs to be addressed, not ignored. It exists, face it!
So, what this all boils down to is that we need to be vigilant, watching the current goings on and make our views be known wherever we can. If we don't get involved, we deserve whatever we get...not a happy thought.