With all the rumors going around about what's going to happen and what's not (most, if not all politically fueled), I don't think everything I thought might be true actually is true...like the $20,000 insurance—I thought that was what it was going to cost everyone despite income, but apparently that's only for people who make a certain amount of income, of which I don't remember what the amount "supposedly" is.

I do think the fines for not having insurance is real...and the'll be big delays and confusion in hospitals because everyone is forced to use the same information system when a lot of hospitals are used to using one customized to their own place. My dad helps work on these systems who says they are really difficult to make work. He's told the higher-ups who don't understand why it doesn't work. The problem is the system doesn't match the doctor's/nurse's "workflow", not 100% sure what that is, just that they don't know how to use it and are frustrated that they have to learn a different system. Maybe it isn't like this everywhere...but now they're having problems obtaining even basic orders for blood tests properly.

The thing is, since my dad has always worked for hospital we've had excellent insurance (until the economy went downhill, but it was still good) so I (and the rest of my family) had access to medical that I think many didn't and still don't...so I have no idea what it's like to have no insurance and less access to medical care. I just wish it were possible for everyone to have access to care like I did, no matter where they worked or how much money they made...

And yes, this system is set up to discourage people from working unless they can get really really rich (maybe).

And about the pharmacies, I probably will have to use a chain, as I'll probably be traveling a lot and in some place like Walgreens, I was under the impression that you could get a prescription from any Walgreens anywhere in the world without "transferring" it.