There is nothing more close to one’s personal interest as their health and the ability to manage health issues, which for many includes insurance coverage.  All the polls I have seen indicate the majority Americans do not want higher costs, increased taxation, fewer options, and government interference between patients and their doctors. But the House health care reform bill does all of these things.
 
Our House representatives, Ben Ray Lujan (D) and Martin Heinrich (D) have ignored the undeniable opposition of the American people and placed their partisan political agenda over the desires of their constituency.  To his credit, Rep. Harry Teague (D) listened to the voices in his district and joined other Democrats in opposing this government take-over of an important part of our soul.

My country has always had at its core belief, the constitutional right to freedom, justice and liberty for all.  That’s what I call “America’s soul,” but this House legislation encroaches on those rights and our representatives should be held accountable and at least, informed as to our feelings on their vote.
 
According to the congressional record, this 2,032-page House bill criminalizes non-compliance of insurance mandates, establishes 118 new bureaucracies to control health care and tramples on our individual freedom and liberty. It tramples on our very soul and here is how:

The bill poses up to a $250,000 fine and a maximum of 5 years in Jail for any American not purchasing government-approved health insurance. It poses $729.5 billion in new taxes on small businesses who cannot afford to provide coverage that meets federal standards.  According to the Lewin Group, 114 million Americans could lose their current coverage and be forced into the government option. The bill cuts $450 billion from the Medicare Trust Fund rendering it broke in 2017.  It also poses $1.055 trillion in new federal spending of our tax dollars to manage government run health care.
 
This legislation is blatant attack on our pocketbook and American freedom and we should be outraged.

There was an alternative plan presented which the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office evaluated and reported it could lower health care cost 10 percent and reduce the national deficit by $68 billion over the next 10 years.

But House Democrats voted down these common sense alternatives posed by Republican’s which would have lowered health care premiums and increased access to affordable, high-quality care – without adding to the national debt. The Republican alternative contained only 219 pages that included coverage for pre-existing conditions, instituted real medical liability reform, enhanced Health Savings Accounts, enabled large insurance pools and purchasing across state lines.

Democrat’s actions, including those of Reps. Lujan and Heinrich seem to best represent the agenda of Speaker Pelosi which is intent on expanding government control and diminishing individual freedom.  Their vote totally ignored patient-centered rights and fiscal responsibility.  Their vote was not about providing quality health care for all Americans at a reduced cost.  If it were, they would have supported the alternative plan.  Their vote was about furthering a radical liberal agenda and an unsustainable trillion dollar deficit called government run health care reform.

American’s want affordable health care, less taxation and less government control of their lives.  Americans want freedom and for their soul to prosper and I feel we will hold our Democrat House members responsible for this egregious encroachment on our liberty.