Is the current house Healthcare Reform Bill better than nothing?

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Marcia Angell M.D. writes today in Huffington Post that the Healthcare Reform Bill just passed by the House is NOT better than nothing.  Indeed, it provides a "public" option that the CBO estimates will cover only 6% of the population, and those would be the sickest part whom private insurance doesn't want to cover anyway.  Abortion is not covered under ANY subsidized plan - a big reduction in services from the current system.  Perhaps most importantly, Healthcare companies do not have to reform their ways - there is nothing in the bill to make them more efficient, or reduce CEO pay (The CEO of U.S. Healthcare alone is estimated to cost 1 out of every 700 dollars spent on healthcare).  
On the other hand, the Administration is saying this is a first step toward reform, and that it will cover most of the uninsured, somehow.
Also, that coverage can't be denied based on pre-existing conditions (except for age, where rates can be doubled for older enrollees). Ending Recision is a big accomplishment, they say.  Read more details about what the bill provides here.

What do you think?
Is the current bill better than nothing?

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