This entire fiasco was based on the ridiculous concept of health insurance being a "right," which like all positive rights, requires forcing people to provide it if a fair price can't be paid. This bill is the first step: Make it impossible for the private sector to continue providing the service, and then step in "reluctantly" and take over the wreckage. There are Democrats out there today saying as much.

By 2019 the annual cost of this bill, even assuming the predictions are, for once, accurate, will be well over $200 billion and rising. The Democrats plan to "pay" for this with crushing taxes on those who invest and create actual private sector jobs.

And yes, the Democrats will paint everyone who is against this mess as being "against health care."