Regardless whether you support health care reform bill that is currently being reconciled between both houses of US Congress, here’s something to consider:

Health insurance companies are quiet.

The insurance industry has a powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. They can also mount an intense media campaign to raise fear, uncertainty, and doubt among the US population if they felt their sources of income were threatened. The leaders of these companies sprinkle hubris in their coffee every morning.

And they’re quiet.

Believe this: If this health care reform bill would benefit the American people, the insurance lobbyists would be in a frenzy and the airwaves would be filled with prime time commercials showing how government influence would doom your loved ones while showing images of IV drips and cemeteries.

My prediction is that health care reform will pass. And it will boil down to nothing more than offers of government subsidies for our poorest citizens who still won’t be able to afford out-of-pocket expenses. Meanwhile, there will be no relief for the middle class, and the CEOs of major insurers will still receive annual multi-million-dollar bonuses.

It’s all bread and circus, ladies and gentlemen.