Because, it's really bad. Not only will you be forced to buy insurance, and pay a HUGE PENALTY for not doing so, but there will be NO PUBLIC OPTION to ensure that insurance is affordable to the very people who already can't afford the coverage today. From Jed (and DKTV): Baucus plan: No public option, but $3,800 fine for families without health insurance Seriously, you'd think that people would be laughing Max Baucus off the political stage after he spent the past year coming up with this load of junk. It's obvious why the insurance industry loves his plan: there's no public option to give families an affordable insurance choice and it requires all Americans adults under the age of 65 to buy health insurance in the private sector, fining those who don't up to $3,800 per family. In a more reasonable age, we'd call this plan a criminal plot, but today we're calling it "bipartisan." It's a total joke, but if we don't defeat it, the joke will be on us. read more from Jed (via Daily Kos)... see more videos from DKTV....Oh, and on a side note, Max Baucus gave his lobbyist friends a copy of his long await health care giveaway BEFORE he gave it to the President Obama or the White house: Special interests receive a copy of Baucus plan before the White House doesvar addthis_pub="thejoshuablog: In today’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs admitted that the Obama administration has not yet seen a copy of Sen. Max Baucus’ (D-MT) newest draft of health care legislation. “e’ve seen what we’ve read in the paper, but I do not believe that we’ve seen paper on the plan,” said Gibbs. However, he added that he believes special interests on K Street have already received a copy: GIBBS: I was told that — that K Street had a copy of the Baucus plan, meaning, not surprisingly, the special interests have gotten a copy of the plan that I understand was given to committee members today. Baucus has received hefty financial contributions from the health care industry. Igor Volsky com