Please don't assume that I think the bill ended up as a perfect piece of legislation; however, foreseeing future problems and not bringing that to the table to be worked out is not my idea of good governance.  And, of course, if money is the only criteria, you are certainly correct.  I wonder though, how the millions who gained acces to healthcare feel about it.  Some of us have been waiting several years now for the alternative, and claimed better, healthcare proposal from those who sat on the sidelines and said this is your problem to those who actually tried to do something.  In my opinion, the marked unwillingness of a major political party to engage in public discourse on the issues before the country has, in no small part, brought us to where we are today.