Originally Posted by dc_dux

The purpose of the town hall meetings is to explain the various proposals:

...explain with a little more clarity and backbone what really resides within the bureaucratic labyrinth of the healthcare bill and what it means for the average taxpayer and their families

How can a member of Congress be expected to do that when he/she is shouted down before uttering a word of explanation?

Then, I'm curious how you can reconcile these conflicting positions:

...explain if you can why members of congress (or federal employees, I might add) would still be getting better healthcare benefits than private citizens....

...maybe also explain the wisdom (or lack thereof) of handing over anything to a bureaucracy that doesn't run anything efficiently
(have you ever talked to federal employees about the efficiency, choice, cost and level of satisfaction within the FEHB program?)

Do you want greater choice in your health care or not?

And then explain how, in the field of health care:

....that profit motives, competition, and individual ingenuity have always led to greater cost control and effectiveness.

So why are health care costs for the private consumer doubling every 7-10 years?