There are certainly valid complaints about the bill.
Death panels, socialism, it will kill medicare, it will raise the deficit, it will restrict personal freedom, and "Democrats will lose EVEN MORE seats", arent any of them, though.
I agree on lots of your statement -- The death panels was a fabrication -- there may be some truth that if costs started spiraling out of control that certain procedures may not be given to everyone but I actually agree with that approach (as ruthless as it seems) -- I dont care about the politics and whether politicians lose their seats or not -- restricitng personal freedom -- heard things about that but its more in context of overall government and not just health care and in any case that train has left the station (seat belt laws, banning trans fat,- banning smoking things like that).. As for killing medicare -- only the government can actually kill that -- I do believe that medicare will radically change -- certainly my father is having trouble finding a new primary care physician that takes medicare due to the imposed rates - but who knows if the radical transformation will be positive or negative.
As for my own opinion of the bill I may be naive but I would prefer a stepped approach == that includes triggers for a public option if we didnt control costs -- but not something that we need to push all at once -- I also am concerned that the costs will sky rocket - but thats life