I'm beginning to have some hope that this monstrosity will not pass, once the middle class (which includes a lot of union members) learns how much they will be paying to insure a few million more people. If it does however manage to squeak through, we may be looking at a repeat of the late 80's
section 89 debacle, a brain-child of Dan Rostenkowski and the dems which was an earlier attempt to finagle expanded coverage. Section 89 was so complex, and so infuriated Americans, that it was ingloriously repealed by a still-democrat dominated legislature by an overwhelming vote of 390 to 36.
The fact that Baucus' plan front-loads the costs, while delaying conferring benefits until 2011 and beyond, may increase the prospect of this occurring, since it would be almost impossible to claw back government giveaways once they are under way.