The American Pundit

Thirteen to ten, along party lines. Democrats have cleared another hurdle in the sprint to the destruction of our nation’s health-care system. Another step closer to Washington bureaucrats rationing the care you receive and shoving you off your private plan.

Voting on strict party lines, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved a bill on Wednesday to revamp the nation’s health care system, as Democrats said that the legislation held the promise of more universal health coverage and more effective and affordable medical care while Republicans argued that the measure was unaffordable and would lead not to better care but to the denial of it.

The committee vote was 13 to 10.

The acting committee chairman, Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, had made clear from the start that his panel would bend little when it came to the top priorities of Senate Democrats and the Obama administration, including on a provision to create a government-run health insurance plan to compete with private insurers that Republicans insisted was a deal-breaker.

In the end however, Republicans held their ranks. In his closing statement, Senator Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming said that Republicans had been forced to offer more than 100 amendments to the bill because Democrats had largely shut them out of the drafting process. And he said that the $1 trillion, 10-year cost of the measure would simply drive the nation further into debt, while denying many Americans the choices for health care providers that they now enjoy.

Mr. Enzi, with a hint of sarcasm, noted that the bill’s title was the “Affordable Health Choices Act.”

“With its trillion-dollar price tag,” Mr. Enzi said, “this bill is anything but affordable.”

Not only is it bad legislation because of the socialization of the health-care system that it brings about, but it costs the American taxpayer over $1 trillion. That’s money we simply can not afford to spend, considering the already mounting deficit and national debt, on such a disastrous policy.

Americans shouldn’t be forced to spend money they don’t have on the destruction of their health system. Democrats in Washington want to commit future generations to pay off uncontrollable debts that lead to rationing of health-care, a decrease in the number of doctors and nurses, a decline in the quality of care provided, and the government takeover of such a vital industry. It’s insanity, plain and simply.

It’s time to step-up our opposition efforts. Blue Dog Democrats in both chambers don’t want to be left holding the bag when the legislation proves disastrous and average Americans seek retribution for the destruction of their health-care system. They need to hear from you that, not only will you hold them accountable, but you’ll work for their defeat in the next election. We also need to make sure that limp-wristed moderate Republicans aren’t even thinking about supporting such a disastrous policy as the one being proposed by their Democratic counter-parts.

Call your representatives in Congress. Tell them to vote against the socialization of our nation’s health-care system: 202-224-3121.

And if you want to see just how disastrous these single-payer systems turn out to be, be sure to view Steven Crowder’s undercover video from inside the Canadian health establishment. It’s absolutely terrifying.