The Obama Care bill should NOT have been passed

Past Presidents did not try to pass costly legislation when our country was in the most debt, by far, that it has ever seen. This bill will add to the debt and Obama Care will only cause things to be worse. The only recourse to this ever mounting debt will be for the government to raise taxes. Lawrence O'Donnell (previous Democratic Chief of Staff) says this will be our largest tax increase in history. (. http://newsbusters.org...) An additional 5% of Americans being covered under this bill is a number you used earlier. You said this bill will offer coverage to 95% of the people. With about 30 million people not begin covered (about 10% of the American population), that means 90% of the people have coverage at the moment. If you subtract 90 from 95 you are left with 5%. This 5% is important to cover, but not at a cost of hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars. It is not a small businesses' job to offer health insurance coverage. The reason most do not offer this is so they can pay their employees more money. Under this plan, small businesses will be forced to give insurance to everyone and end up costing them lots of money which will in turn force them to cut wages or worse, cut jobs. I understand that Obama care was a far more important agenda by this administration to be pushed through rather than help improve the job market in one of the worst unemployment times in our history. Caterpillar has already shown us this problem on a large scale. The Obama care bill will cost Caterpilliar $100,000,000 in the first year alone (. http://www.riehlworldview.com...) and AT&T will be forced to spend $1,000,000,000. (. http://sweetness-light.com...) Not every business will see an increase this high, but they will all see increases. Small businesses are already struggling to survive in their competitive markets and this bill forces them to additionally pay tens of thousands plus dollars each year. If my opponent has a problem with the regulations that qualify a person for Medicaid, then why not alter those qualifications. It would be a small and simple fix and would surely cost less than a trillion dollars in the first 10 years. (. http://sweetness-light.com...). I agree this bill covers pre-existing conditions as you continue to bring that up. But you fail to recognize this bill will have a government panel deciding who gets what type of care. While you may get to pay into an insurance system even if you have a pre-existing condition, you may not be able to get the treatment your doctor says you need. Obama has admitted that he wants the government to decide what health care Americans receive. (. http://www.washingtontimes.com...) My opponent said "Nobody said anything about their taxes being spent unfairly, until Obama came along. " And to be honest, I actually laughed out loud slightly when I read this. I have never heard a comment farther from the truth posted here. Americans have been upset about their high taxes for lifetimes. I do agree that Obama is spending more money than any other president ever has (and he has only been in office for just over a year) which makes people very upset because they know the government only makes money by taking tax payer dollars. Again though, this is a separate issues that I will debate in another forum if my opponent chooses. My opponent is trying to turn this debate into an argument over who was voted into office in November. And to talk about how much power Obama has over the American people now that he is in office. The president, however, is elected to represent the people, he is not a King. Though you may not realize that after looking at this Obama care bill. Obama has already called for cuts in Medicare and Medicaid (. http://www.wsws.org...) and additionally will ration care as the government sees fit. The elderly will primarily be the ones effected by this. The bill has cancer treatment rationing, it calls for mandating the government to order end-of-life plans, and puts the government in control of care you receive. (. http://hubpages.com...) This bill includes the takeover of the student loan industry, it exempts unions from paying the Obama care taxes everyone else must pay (. http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com...), premiums will increase, taxes will increase, the bill will cost more than projected(. http://cnsnews.com...) and has additional deals for certain states. Simply put, Obama care makes the problem worse.