If Senator Brown opposes the law, and is actively supporting its repeal, then why is he not a hypocrite for taking advantage of it? A person of conscience would "just say no."

No, it's hypocrisy. He didn't just say he didn't like the law, he told us he was _the vote_ to get rid of it. He's suggested nothing that would replace the law, except the status quo--rich people having coverage, poor and middle class people left without.

Absolute hypocrisy. This shows how much Scott's word can be trusted....about as long as Mitt takes to change his mind.

This little column desperately needed a "however" paragraph. Good to see it about three quarters of the way down. The reality for most people in Alya's situation is that because she's trying to follow her interests, she would probably forgo insurance and/or put it off (sometimes for many years) and never save for future hospital bills. Young people never do that. That's why we need health insurance reform. Another aspect is, as a responsible young person, she doesn't have to give up her dream (by working three jobs) to pay for coverage.

Although I can't disagree with the basic premise of the editorial, I must agree with the previous posters that he is a hypocrite. All the Republican Senators are hypocrites. They are mostly, if not all, millionaires who can well afford private health insurance, but as members of one of the most select clubs on the planet enjoy the best health care possible at taxpayers expense. Yet these same persons block changes to health care policy that would enable poor and middle-class folks to receive decent care at an affordable price.

You're wrong. If Senator Brown thinks that Elizabeth Warren has a moral imperative to pay more than the minimum tax because she supports the middle class and is passionate about their well-being, then Scott Brown has the same obverse moral imperative to ignore the benefits of a law he so passionately opposes. He's a guy who would vote against a health care law which provides coverage to a child under a certain age, but when he has such a child, hequickly and willingly uses that same coverage. That's hypocritical.