#1 sounds like a good suggestion. However, it is not a "bad part" of the legislation that was passed.

I don't know about #2. I will look into the Medicare implications along with you. Then we'll both know more about it.

#3, Canada is neither here nor there. (Well, actually it's there if you want to get technical). The Canadians I know are accustomed to and enjoy their medical safety net, and I haven't heard any complaints about cost. There was a letter a few months ago in The New Yorker (* - Liberal Rag) from a Canadian woman in response to an article about the rumpus here over health care. She said when she delivered her first baby, with complications, it cost her and her husband $5 out of pocket, and that was for parking at the hospital.

If you think of more bad parts of the legislation, we're open late <g>.

>Tougher penalites for companies that drop their health care coverage. The way it is now, for many companies, it's a bigger financial incentive to drop it and pay the tax.
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>It's still not clear to me how the law affects Medicare. You and I are both approaching that age. Will the new bill hurt or help me as I grow older?
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>We keep hearing about how the law compares to Canada. Well, it ain't so great there. Everyday there are Canadians coming to the US because they can't get the care they need. One example I heard about recently was a man that needed open heart surgery, but there was a long waiting list. Odds are, he would die before his turn came along, but the surgery would save him. So, he came to the US to get it. How is that health care? How does the law guarantee that this won't happen here?
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>>What exactly are these bad parts you would like to see changed?