How many of those 8.5 million uninsured choose to spend their money on Illegal drugs instead of health care? How many of those uninsured choose not to work because they have grown up on welfare and therefore believe the government can take care of them. How many of these two groups voted for Obama?

Medicare costs 10 times what the initial estimate was by the government. It is estimated that the new government health care program would cost $1Trillion dollars per year. If the government is off by 10X, how much is this really going to cost us?

Also FW and Sedley, please tell me why you think the federal government can more efficiently run the health care program in this country? Please provide examples of existing government programs that are within budget and are run well.

I agree that health care needs reform. What the country needs to do is reform the current private health care system. Most clear thinking people in this country understand the government failures in all federal programs and would support legislation that puts a cap on lawsuits to bring insurance costs down.

The worshipers will follow Obama lock step over the cliff. Do you worship Obama as the savior of the USA? How dare any of us challenge his administration and programs who the hell do we think we are?

Steve