The Obama Care bill should NOT have been passed

To answer your first question, everyone is 'freaking out' about this bill because of all the numerous problems this bill creates rather than actually fixing anything. There is clearly a problem with our health care system, but no one wants to make things any worse than they already are. A comment I am fully shocked to hear you say is that this bill was "not a decision open to the public". In fact, this statement is nearly laughable. This bill 100% effects the American people and is being voted on elected people who get voted into office by those same American people. As Lincoln tells us, this is a "government of the people, by the people (and) for the people". I do not want to live in a country where the government dictates rules to the people as if they are incapable of making decisions on their own and where the 'all powerful' government treats its citizens like uneducated children. An interesting point in this bill is that some congress members and their staff will be exempt from participating in Obama care. (http://www.thefalseoswalds.com...) If this bill is so wonderful and if the voice of the American people should not heard, why is it that congress and their staff are not fully participating?!? The fears you listed are well thought out and accurate for a number of people. Some you left out would include this bill costing the American people lots more money and putting our country even further in debt. It also will force the American public to actually purchase items from a private industry in order to be a citizen of the country without crime or punishment. The premiums will go up and this will not give incentive for people to live a healthier life and take better care of themselves because someone else will be paying for their mistakes. The information my opponent continue to promote show the gross exaggerations that are being rumored around the media. The truth is, this bill will actually cause an increase in taxes to the middle class. This bill will raise taxes on more than 40 million Americans (http://www.nrsc.org...). Experts agree that under Obama care, premiums will continue to climb. (http://www.buzzle.com...) This bill does not give the American people the same care as congress gets. It also will cost $1+ Trillion over the next 10 years to cover an extra few million Americans. (http://sweetness-light.com...) About 90% of the American public was covered before Obama care, and according to your numbers, 95% of Americans will be covered after Obama care, that means all those who pay taxes will have to pay $1+ Trillion into a system to cover 5% of the American people. That is a large bill for about half the American people to pay while covering an estimated 5% of the population. You are making this sound as though the bill creates more competition among health care insurance companies but it surely does not. If you were looking for better insurance rates, you should have been in support of a plan which allowed companies to compete across state lines; not included in this bill. This bill does not create competition between insurance companies. There was a proposal by Republicans to let the American people shop across state lines for their insurance to lower costs, but that proposal was rejected for this bill. This bill will add to our ever-increasing debt and cause our economy even more problems. A health care related portion of this bill was purposely placed in a separate 'doctor fix' bill on its own. The reason for this is because this health care bill and the doctor fix will create a tremendous amount of debt in future years. In this bill, however, there is a very unrelated piece of legislation; a takeover of the student loan industry. The interest collected from the student loans will offset some of the huge costs of this health care bill. Though, this is clearly a ploy to make it appear as though health care is not as costly as it really is, but in actuality, it will only make the government larger and able to dictate how Americans live their lives that much more.