Congressman Mike Rogers' opening statement on Health Care reform in Washington D.C.

O.B.A.M.A
One Big Ass Mistake America!!!

TOP TEN WAYS YOU CAN TELL ITS A BAD BILL
10. They want it passed yesterday before you find out whats in it.
9. They hide the truth about the bill instead of bragging about it.
8. The voters have read the bill, the representatives have not, but they vote for it anyway.
7. Congress doesnt want any part of the legislative master plan they have for our lives.

TOP TEN WAYS YOU CAN TELL ITS A BAD BILL cont..

6. They threaten any business or politician that opposes the bill.
5. It is too big to read, has words that are too big to understand, and creates 111 new bureaucracies that are too big to fail.
4. It punishes, taxes, penalizes, or potentially bankrupts everyone it was meant to serve: patients, elderly, doctors, hospitals, taxpayers, employers, and state governments, but by all means protects trial lawyers.

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3. The community organizer- in-chief gets upset when communities organize to protest his bill.
2. They call anyone opposed to their bill - even grandmothers-Astroturf, Nazis, racists, or mobsters.
1. Compulsory enrollment, or else $250,000 in fines, and up to 5 yrs in jail. That proves they know you wont like the bill.

You speak as if you are not in the U.S. Your profile says you are.

The 46 million is a bogus figure. The real number of people who want insurance and don't have it is close to 12 million. There are ways to fix that without the government taking control of one sixth of the national economy.

You call yourself a Superpower with 46 million Uninsured Citizens.. ?? Don't make me Laugh..... Your more like a Healthcare Banana Republic....

Oh no! Another poor brainwashed dolt who thinks that gigantic monstrosity is about people getting health care.

46 million Americans living without Health Coverage - Shame on you America!!!! Shame on you.....

Many of the freedoms that Americans hold dear are the ones that you gave up so long ago that you just take the situation for granted.

This bill is not just something that says "Poof, everybody gets free health care." It's a historically large conglomeration of rules and regulations, many of which have nothing to do with health care. The "shall" occurs over 34,000 times. NOBODY is against people having health care.

eltorg, there are indeed things we can learn by looking at other countries who have government controlled health care. For instance, I know two people from Canada who have lost loved ones because they had to wait for months to get treatment. My daughter has a friend in Ireland who is having to come to the U.S. for treatment because she wouldn't last long enough to get treatment there and the treatment would be inferior. I could name more that I know about personally if time and space permitted.