Congress has the athority in section 8 of the constitution to lay and collect taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States. What could be more significant to the nation’s general welfare than one of the its greatest resources, the health of its citizens? Health care also provides for 1/6 of the entire national production of goods an services and is the leading cause for Americans declaring bankruptcy.
Insurance companies have been protecting the health of the United States for many years, and now almost 50,000,000 Americans have no health care at all, and an unknown number are not sure of what they have. Meanwhile, the amount of money Americans pay for their second (third?) rate health care is TWICE as much as the citizens of any other developed nation in the world pays.
President Obama and SOME members of the Democratic Party have a plan for a big change in this program. The Republican Party and the "Blue Dog Democrats" just say no. No program, no plan, no change. Just "no".
Think about this for a moment. The insurance companies are making enormous profits. Many of their CEOs are making one million dollars a month. When the republicans vote "no" - and have no plan - what does that tell us about who they represent?
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