Health Care Passed

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Let there be no doubt the legislation will increase the deficit (in the long-term) while reducing quality of care.  I'm not against the idea of reform, but this legislation simply increases government control while relying heavily on malfunctioning delivery systems.  We briefly discussed how the restraints placed on the CBO estimates hide the true costs of this plan.  Chris wisely demonstrated our current tax burden minus this plan, the phase out of the "Bush" tax cut, and our increasing deficit load which will need to be repaid.  Politics aside, it doesn't make financial sense!

The points of contention from people like Chris and myself is that reform could have come about more efficiently through more pragmatic solutions such as opening the marketplace, allowing purchasers to pool resources to lower coverage costs, tax incentives for the purchase of private insurance, correcting the "doctor fix", tort reform, etc. 

Of course none of this suits the philosophy of those currently in power who feel that the government should be the sole arbiter of our well-being and happiness from cradle to grave.  After all, what greater way is there to retain power than to make more people reliant on government for their existence?