There are no words... oh wait I think I have a few

 Alex and I are very lucky in many ways. We are particularly lucky in the sense that we have great jobs that provide great health insurance. Unfortunately, that is most likely going to change with the passing the Universal Health Care bill. There is no doubt that the health care system in the country has problems that need to be fixed, but there is no way that this is the answer. I have never been without health care (thank God) but even if I was I would not support this bill. If I were to not have health insurance  

I STILL didn't want this to pass. If I didn't have insurance and elected not to purchase it then I would have to pay a tax to NOT have it. I have not heard of anything less constitutional in my life. I don't like the idea of the government telling me I HAVE to buy something. I actually LIKE my health insurance and I want to keep it, but the only way possible for me to do that would be me paying additional taxes to keep the insurance that we work hard to have. How is that fair?!?
Luckily, it will be 2-4 years before this plan goes into effect, but the downside to that is the tax increases will begin now so that it can be funded. REALLY?!? Do we (a hard-working middle class family) really have the extra money laying around, so that we can pay MORE taxes? I don't think so. No doubt that health insurance is expensive and something should be done about it- this is not the answer.
Somewhere along the line people got the idea that health care is a RIGHT and not a PRIVILEGE! When did health insurance become a human right........oh wait it's NOT! It IS a privilege to have health insurance and people forget that and think that they are entitled to it.  

 I saw the number somewhere... I think it's something like 32 million Americans do not have health insurance. Some people don't want it (so what? That is their choice) and some cannot afford it. I think it should be more affordable- no doubt. Butttt just because they do not have health insurance doesn't mean anything. They can still go to the doctor when they are sick and still go to the hospital when they need it. There is something call the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. They ARE covered! Sure the bill may be expensive, but if you take the services then you need to pay for them. The hospitals WILL work with you. I get big bills for things too and you know what? We budget, save and do what we can to pay for it.

The government runs Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare now and look at all the problems there are with those three. There is a TINY population that use those three programs and the government has it all screwed up. If people with Medicare and Social Security can't get in to see doctors in a timely fashion how will the rest of us?

Not only those things - BUT, it will cost our country TRILLIONS of dollars of which we don't have. So, my children and grandchildren will pay for this to their GRAVE!

Get this... I want a new car ( I have it all picked out) but we don't have the cash for a new car soooooo I DON'T get a new car until I have the money for it! Bottom line this country does NOT have the funds to support such a system!

Why do all these people have this sense of entitlement?!? They want everything for nothing! If you receive a service you should pay for it! I have bills.... YOU have bills. I get that. Why should I have to pay extra taxes to pay for somebody else? That makes ZERO sense to me.

I ask this... why do people from Canada (who has a system such as the one I oppose) come to THIS country to get seen by specialists in a timely fashion where in Canada they have to wait MONTHS to be seen. Doctors and specialists have to be APPROVED by the government. Are you kidding me?!? YOU want the government to approve what doctors you can see? I don't know about you, but I'd like to choose whatever damn doctor I want! 

I think we ALL really want the same thing.... AFFORDABLE health care! We just can't agree in a way to get there.  Let's break this HUGE bill into several different sections and vote on each section! What's the matter with that? I don't think people will pre-existing conditions should be denied health insurance. Let's pass a bill so that can't happen anymore. This should be about helping those who do not have health insurance to get it. Not to make the rest of us pay for it for them or for the rest of us to not have the freedom to have out own plans. This is really sad...