Here is the 2 basic fundamental points I am trying to make, at no point should my government tell me they can run my life, my finances, or my proprtey better than me and then force me to do so. #1 We separated to avoid taxation without representation, and that principal (if not the literal translation) is being stepped on. Our sucess was built on that philosophy, and the republic/senate system was formed to make sure that unpopular laws were not passed. Unfortunately it is now ruled by the republic/house/elite(I hate the word elite but I don't have another on tap), and the people cannot vote for whom they feel can do the best job for them. I don't care if it's better for me and less disease will spread if everyone has some kind of health care, it should be everyones choice to make their own health decisions. I don't need to give reasons of why it's better, or how it will eventually work out, or how it's the law of nature and that's why I'm correct. There are 2 options, free people to let them live free as they see fit, or command power over people. Ensuring that the people who direct pinnacle of legal force of the nation are also the only provider of health regulation is foolish. Ethics, and our constitution dictate that this is the only ethical imparitive of the government at the Federal level. States then can change the semantics and if someone doesn't like the rules of one state they can move or fight to change the rules. This is in fact another welfare reform. It will reward those that don't want to work, fight, or in general better themselves. It removes one more thing that people can strive to work for. The only reason someone in power does that is because they want to remain in power. Eventually the people cannot sustain their own health management and then at that time the Fed will be the only source. Again ensuring power staying with those plucked to continue in power. #2 This is unpopular and Americans support this reform less than the "war on terror". It also has no pragmatic merit based on need. There is no black plague :coughswineflu:, nor any other epidemic sweeping the nation than needs support or aid from a Fed level. At worte the US is full of fat people. No amount of health care, free or not will stop anyone from buying a tripple whopper. Yet this was pushed, forced and manipulated through the law making process. The top executive branch then held the rest of the process at mercy and said it would just be shoved through a different avenue if it wasn't accepted by the house/senate. Either way it would be passed according to Obama and his staff. I'm embarased that the people in office then rolled over like a kicked dog hoping to not get whipped and maybe take some table scraps on the way out.