[Hoodat]

The reason: The congressional Democrats who crafted the legislation ignored virtually every actuarial principle governing rational insurance pricing.

They didn't ignore it. They knew exactly what would happen. In a few years, the people will be demanding that government do something to fix the problem (that government created). And voilá - a total government takeover of health care.

[muawiyah]

The Democrats have acted on a mistaken assumption ~ that people will demand single payer when obamakkkare goes belly up.

Remember that box of heads that showed up today? That's Congress when people find they can't get medical care at any price.