Last night's passage of the healthcare reform bill has people fired up on both sides of the political fence.
Katie Crosbie joins us now with some perspectives on the bill.
 Doug, Congressman Mac Thornberry has opposed the bill all along ...
    He says due to the new regulation and restrictions, everyone who has health insurance now will see their premiums go up.  But he says he'll keep fighting to change the bill.    

13th District Congressman Mac Thornberry says Americans are disgusted with Washington -- & that the "backroom deals" that went into this legislation only adds to people's frustration.

"I think it tells you something about the problems in Washington -- but also something about this bill, that they had to resort to this sort of stuff to get it passed."

Kelly Fristoe
Nt'l Assoc. of Health Underwriters
"Healthcare reform is something we need - obviously. A vote against the legislation was not a vote against reform - the reform we need needs to be the right kind of reform."

Kelly Fristone is a member of the National Assocication of Health Underwriters.  He says the high cost of insurance is a direct result of skyrocketing healthcare costs.

"Healthcare has inflated at astronomical rates over the past five to ten years."

Fristoe sees big problems with this bill:

"Someone can be better off financially by paying the 750 fine & not buying insurance until they get into a situation where they've got a big claim - then they can buy an insurance plan & have it pay that claim, & cancel the insurance once it's done its job."

Wayne Campbell
Opposes Bill
"I hope we're gonna find some way to combat it and turn it around. A lot of people are gonna be voted out - I'm gonna work at that."

But for some, this reform is welcome -- like Christina Caston, who had to drop her insurance when she went back to school full time:

"Very excited. Several of my friends definitely did a little victory pump last night when that went through."

"The legal appeals, plus the policitcal appeals are gonna continue, because most americans do not favor this bill. So if the people are with you, you've got to stay after it. You can't just throw up your hands & give up."

"The American consumers need to demand that this be done correctly. Because this is gonna affect our children, our grandchildren."

    Thornberry says there are grounds for a legal challenge to the bill -- but that it could take several years for the challenge to work its way through the legal system.