Dude, I wrote a response regarding the health care stuff, but I think you are just messing with me. Find me a single time when I've linked from DailyKOS. I don't even visit that website, so I can't imagine it's ever happened. I will say that I consider the Democrats reform plan a damn sight better than anything the GOP proposed, and I read them all. Is it perfect? Nope. Is it good? I think it does more good than harm, but it's far from ideal. From my perspective, the GOP made the health care debate into a political game. Their proposals were gimmicky, vague, and weak. I read every single one of them and was constantly infuriated by what I saw. Why? Because this is an area that has severely impacted me on a personal level and not a god damn game. I actually care about policy because it impacts lives, both my own and that of my clients.
As for the loan program you bashed, do you actually know anything about it? I've looked into it because it's one of the few things that might make public service in my field worth entering. In particular, I want to work for the VA with Combat Vets, but it's hard for various reasons in my field and the pay isn't great, but there is tremendous need because we seem to enjoy fighting wars. The loan forgiveness makes doing so possible. It requires you work for 10 years, make all of your payments on time, and then the rest is waived tax free. You need to work in areas where there are critical shortages of professionals in your field. This same program is available if you work private sector and make payments for 25 years, but the waived amount is taxable. It is for people who enter health care and education. This is similar to how ROTC Scholarships work: we pay for school, you serve. Oh, and it stopped cut $70 billion from the deficit by stopping one form of corporate welfare to banks.