By Douglas V. Gibbs
Last night the House of Representatives passed the Senate Health Care bill by a vote of 219 to 212. The new piece of legislation will spend money we don't have, raise health care costs, and point our nation in the direction of becoming just another socialist nation on the road to economic failure.
Ultimately, however, understand that the health care legislation is not about health care. If it was, the leftists would be trying to pass a bill that was not full of mandates and government restrictions, but one that would actually do something that would improve the delivery and quality of health care while driving down costs with a truly free market solution.
There is no turning back. The will of the American People has been defied, and the arrogance of the Left has, in a single vote, allowed the government to take over one-sixth of the nation's economy. The Democrats claim that the legislation is deficit neutral, while creating a huge bureaucracy, and offering to hire thousands of IRS agents to enforce its mandates.
What we witnessed last night was a power grab by big government. But understand, the battle is not over yet. There is still a Senate vote for Reconciliation, and court battles ahead.
Like all other entitlement programs, the longer this law is in place, the harder it will be to reverse. This is why it is important we remain diligent, loud, and involved.
God help us.
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